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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
Chest with nine bottles
anonymous, c. 1680 - c. 1700, chest, NG-444
The box was probably made in Batavia (Jakarta). The bottles are from Japan. They would have been used for expensive spice oils to prepare food, perfumes or medicines. Representatives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) would present these as gifts to Asian potentates.
On display in room 2.9
Ship’s model of the Prins Willem
anonymous, 1651, ship model, NG-NM-11911
On display in room 2.9
Crown for the King of Ardra
anonymous, c. 1664, jewellery, NG-NM-816-A
On display in room 2.9
Dirck Hartogh dish
anonymous, 1600 - 1616, NG-NM-825
On display in room 2.9
Portrait of Jan Valckenburgh and an…
Daniel Vertangen, c. 1660, painting, SK-A-4969
On display in room 2.9
The Trading Post of the Dutch East…
Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665, painting, SK-A-4282
On display in room 2.9
The Whale-oil Refinery near the…
Cornelis de Man, 1639, painting, SK-A-2355
On display in room 2.9
Pieter Cnoll, Cornelia van…
Jacob Coeman, 1665, painting, SK-A-4062
On display in room 2.9
Cradle
anonymous, c. 1700, furniture, BK-1966-48
On display in room 2.9