Object data
copper, brass and tin
height 63 cm × width 63.8 cm × depth 25.5 cm
Enthoven & Co. (possibly)
Powder Chest
? The Hague, 1866
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1222
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Rectangular copper powder chest with round brass lid and two handles. The interior is tin-coated. The lid has a pressure lock, consisting of a brass bar pivoting on a bolt in the middle of the cover, jamming itself under two notches on the outside of the rim of the opening and tightened by means of the pivot bolt. The pivot bolt has a ring.
This powder chest is obviously a variation of the types illustrated by NG-MC-1020 and NG-MC-1021.
In 1866, new powder chests based on British designs were examined for the ironclad Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden. Enthoven & Co was the firm contracted for their production.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1222
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Enthoven & Co., Powder Chest, The Hague, 1866', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245035
(accessed 23 November 2024 00:00:16).