Object data
pewter and rope
height 49.5 cm × width 45 cm × depth 39 cm
Enthoven & Co.
Powder Chest
The Hague, 1845
Inscriptions
- label, top: 720 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-720
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Hexagonal pewter powder chest.
The chest has a double lid, both lids are round. The inner one has a ring on top, the outer one opens and turns laterally on a hinge; it fastens with a bayonet catch. The chest has a rope handle.
These powder chests, known as ‘prismatic’ powder chests, were not accepted by the Dutch Navy. This chest was the largest one that was proposed.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 720; H. van Goens, Handleiding tot de kennis van de zee-artillerie, Rotterdam 1861-65, pp. 228 ff.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Enthoven & Co., Powder Chest, The Hague, 1845', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244535
(accessed 23 November 2024 23:05:02).