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

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 11 December 2025 22:15:48).

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.