Box with Samples of Iron Ores and Slugs, anonymous, 1860

Identification

Title(s)

Box with Samples of Iron Ores and Slugs

Object type

sample

Object number

NG-MC-1093

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, on individual scraps of paper: ‘Hârâng / Malm / rostad Agaffêrgub Elasgjö / Malm Ljàsh Gungrând glas Elgojö Malm / rostad Törala Malm / rostad 4 Törala / Malm / rostad Skotväng / Malm / rostad Harängs / Malm Utto Malm Skotvängs / Malm Lätagrou’

Description

Rechthoekige open houten lade, verdeeld in zestien vakjes, waarin tien ertsmonsters, vijf slakken en twee fragmenten van een slak. De meeste monsters zijn voorzien van kleine briefjes met de inscripties, maar identificatie van de monsters met de opschriften is thans onmogelijk geworden.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Karlberg Palace

Dating

1860

Material and Technique

Physical features

wood, ore, slug and paper

Material

Measurements

height 7.3 cm × width 38.5 cm × depth 33 cm

Explanatory note

Deze monsters werden in 1860 door De Fremery uit Zweden meegenomen.

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer 1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244908

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