Pouch for Percussion Caps

anonymous, 1868

Klein leren tasje, gevoerd met zwart-bruin bont. De flap wordt gesloten met een tong door een bandje; aan de achterzijde twee lussen voor de riem.

  • Artwork typebag
  • Object numberNG-MC-1229
  • Dimensionsheight 6.8 cm x width 8.9 cm x depth 4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsleather and fur

anonymous

Pouch for Percussion Caps

Netherlands, 1868

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1229

Entry

Small leather pouch, lined with blackish-brown fur. The flap is closed by means of a simple tongue that slips under a loop. At the back there are two loops for a belt.

Only one of the two pouches mentioned in the inventory has been recovered. They represented the old and new model of pouches for percussion caps in 1868. Whether this is the old or new model, could not be established.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1229

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Pouch for Percussion Caps, Netherlands, 1868', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054193

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