Object data
pewter and rope
height 41 cm × width 35 cm × depth 30 cm
Enthoven & Co.
Powder Chest
The Hague, 1845
Inscriptions
- label, top: 721 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-721
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Hexagonal pewter powder chest.
The chest has double lids, both round. The inner one has a ring on top, the outer one opens and turns laterally on a hinge. It fastens with a bayonet catch. The chest has a rope handle.
These powder chests, known as ‘prismatic’ powder chests, were not accepted by the Dutch Navy. This chest has a medium size.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 721; H. van Goens, Handleiding tot de kennis van de zee-artillerie, Rotterdam 1861-65, pp. 228 ff.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Enthoven & Co., Powder Chest, The Hague, 1845', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244536
(accessed 27 April 2024 07:11:44).