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Clock and gunpowder horn
anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, clockwork, NG-NM-7687
In 1596, Willem Barentsz, Jacob van Heemskerck and fifteen others spent the winter in an improvised shelter on the island of Nova Zembla off the north coast of Russia. Confined to their hut in the middle of the Polar winter, the men had no sense of night or day. A clock on the wall told the time,…
On display in room 2.9
Book chest of Hugo de Groot
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1615, NG-KOG-1208
Traditionally, it was in this case that Hugo de Groot escaped from Loevestein Castle in 1621. He had been serving a life sentence there since 1619. The internationally renowned jurist De Groot (Grotius) had been arrested in 1618 as a political opponent of Prince Maurice. After his escape, De Groot…
On display in room 2.5
Kroonluchter van messing in twee…
anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1700, chandelier, BK-NM-3932
Kaarsenkroon van twee hoogten met…
anonymous, c. 1525 - c. 1550, chandelier, BK-NM-10798
Hoge hoed van S.J.P. Kruger
Box en Co Ltd Cooper, c. 1850 - c. 1904, hat, NG-709-1
Geuzennap, volgens overlevering…
anonymous, c. 1550 - in or before 1688, NG-71-A
Stam van kaarsenkroon met Maria met…
anonymous, c. 1525 - c. 1550, chandelier, BK-NM-10798-A
Beugeltas in ovale vorm, van…
anonymous, 1808, BK-1973-648
Knoop van zilverkleurig metaal en…
anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800, button, BK-1967-70-A
Tas van zwart leer met een nikkel…
anonymous, c. 1881 - c. 1882, BK-1974-146