Object data
wool and cotton
height 302 cm × width 401 cm
anonymous
Ship Flag
Netherlands, 1865
Inscriptions
- inscription, centre, on both sides: SIMONOSEKI 4-5 EN 6 SEPT 1864.
- inscription, lower right: Door Z.M. den Koning aan / Z.M. stoomschip. Amsterdam. / ten geschenke gegeven in Augustus. 1865. / ter Zake van de in het vorig Jaar. / IN STRAAT SIMONOSEKI. JAPAN. PLAATSGEHAD. / HEBBENDE EXPEDITIE.
Provenance
...; presented by King Willem III der Nederlanden (1817-1890) to Zr.Ms. Amsterdam, August 1865;1 transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-85-4
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Dutch tricolour with gold and black inscription on both sides. On recto in the lower right-hand corner is a label with the second inscription.
This flag was presented by King William III to the 8-gun paddle wheeler Amsterdam (originally Sindoro, renamed Salak in 1851 and soon after Amsterdam, built by J. Vos in Amsterdam 1850-52, 57.2 metres long, decommissioned in 1872)2 in appreciation of its role in freeing the passage of the Strait of Shimonoseki in Japan in 1864. Taking part in an international expedition, Amsterdam helped to break the opposition of the Prince of Nagato, Lord of Choshu.
Literature
A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 48; M. van den Brandhof, Vlaggen, vaandels en standaarden van het Rijksmuseum. Een geïllustreerde catalogus, Amsterdam 1977, no. 168; A.A. Lemmers and G. Boven, Nederland en Japan. Bijzondere betrekkingen 1600-1868, Den Helder 2000, pp. 26-28
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Ship Flag, Netherlands, 1865', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245363
(accessed 13 November 2024 02:41:00).