Bus met tekeninstrumenten uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Bus met tekeninstrumenten uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia

Object type

• pen
• pencil
• compass

Object number

NG-1979-215-H-1088

Description

Tools and instruments, case of drawing instruments; (12); a: (1) case, oval in section, slightly tapering (6.9h, 4.7-4.1w, 2.3d), engraved decoration of floral motifs with plain central panel, moulded upper rim with three-lugged hinge on short side, lid and bottom missing; b: (1) partition frame with slots for instruments; c: (1) pen, straight tube (2.4l, 0.5d) with dip pen inserted (0.4d); d: (1) pencil, tube (2.9l, 0.4d) with inverted baluster-shaped finial, (w) pencil inserted (0.3d); e: (1) pen(cil) holder, cylinder, octagonal faceted, tapering (7l, 1.1-0.9d), with lid; f: (1) pair of compasses (4l), circular hinge, legs with faceted ends, oval recess on inner edges; g: (4)fragm(1) of folding ruler, (2) strips, straight (6.4l, 0.4w, 0.1t) with engraved scale, (2)fragm of hinge, splayed strips with small fitting holes and engraved scale; h: (1) pointed strip; i: (1) cylindrical piece of fluted foil.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• copper (metal)

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase 1979

Copyright

Public domain

• Hollandia compendium : a contribution to the history, archeology, classification and lexicography of a 150 ft. Dutch East Indiaman (1740-1750), p. 438, cat.nr. 2.9.2.1.
• De VOC in de kaart gekeken : cartografie en navigatie van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, 1602-1799, cat.nr. 4.40