Object data
iron
height 9 cm × width 9 cm × depth 9 cm
anonymous
Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1858
iron
height 9 cm × width 9 cm × depth 9 cm
…; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-744-1
Copyright: Public domain
This caltrop consists of four points placed in a tetrahedron and barbed pins. The older one is corroded.
In his catalogue Obreen mentions only one caltrop,3 but two were found (see NG-MC-744-2). Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) mentions a caltrop in his private collection in 1807.4
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 744
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Caltrop, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200315892
(accessed 9 December 2025 16:51:41).