Sample of Australian Wood

anonymous, 1862

Slechts één van de vier monsters van dit inventarisnummer is teruggevonden; nr. 4, sandelhout. De andere drie monsters waren Australisch mahonie of yarrah (eucalyptus marginata), shea oak (niet geïdentificeerd) en blue gum (eucalyptus spec.).

  • Artwork typesample
  • Object numberNG-MC-1151
  • Dimensionsheight 2.9 cm x width 13.3 cm x depth 4.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sample of Australian Wood

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1151

  • Description

    Slechts één van de vier monsters van dit inventarisnummer is teruggevonden; nr. 4, sandelhout. De andere drie monsters waren Australisch mahonie of yarrah (eucalyptus marginata), shea oak (niet geïdentificeerd) en blue gum (eucalyptus spec.).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, on the side: ‘1151’ former inventory label
    • inscription, on the side: ‘Sandel’
    • inscription, top centre: ‘Nº 4’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    compiler (person in literature): anonymous, Australia (possibly)

  • Dating

    1862

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood

  • Dimensions

    height 2.9 cm x width 13.3 cm x depth 4.5 cm

Explanatory note

  • Deze monsters werd in 1863 door kapt. P.A. Van Rees met de Djambi naar Nederland gebracht.

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1800 - 1863

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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anonymous

Sample of Australian Wood

? Australia, 1862

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre:Nº 4
  • inscription, on the side:Sandel
  • label, on the side:1151 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1151

Entry

Only one of the four samples this catalogue number1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1151. originally covered has been found: N° 4, sandalwood. However, despite the inscription, this sample is not sandalwood.

The three missing samples were of Australian mahogany or yarrah (Eucalyptus marginata), shea oak (unidentified) and blue gum (Eucalyptus spec.).

These samples were brought back to the Netherlands by Captain P.A. van Rees in Djambi in 1863.2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 14/5/1864 N19.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1151

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Australian Wood, Australia, 1862', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054140

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 11:22:53 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1151.
  • 2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 14/5/1864 N19.