Object data
pewter and rope
height 34.8 cm × width 30.2 cm × depth 26.2 cm
Enthoven & Co.
The Hague, 1845
pewter and rope
height 34.8 cm × width 30.2 cm × depth 26.2 cm
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-722
Copyright: Public domain
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 was the smallest chest that was proposed.1
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 722; H. van Goens, Handleiding tot de kennis van de zee-artillerie, Rotterdam 1861-65, pp. 228 ff.
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.244537
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