Found:


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

Spice box

anonymous, c. 1600, BK-NM-4313

On display in room 0.7

Salt-cellar

anonymous, 1618, salt (condiment vessel), BK-1988-15-A

On display in room 2.12

Windmill cup

anonymous, 1644, BK-KOG-2474

On display in room 2.12

Sutra box

anonymous, c. 1200 - c. 1400, box, AK-MAK-178

On display in Asian pavilion, room 2

Toe jewellery

anonymous, c. 1750, jewellery, AK-NM-7088

Beggars’ Medal

anonymous, 1574, NG-VG-1-407-A

Two candlesticks

anonymous, 1668, candlestick, BK-1968-30-A

On display in room 2.19

Inkstand with the coats of arms of…

anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1680, BK-NM-12400-79

On display in room 2.22

Cabinet

Elias Boscher, anonymous (rejected attribution), c. 1660 - c. 1670, furniture, BK-1999-85

On display in room 2.26