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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman
anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010
The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…
On display in room 2.20
Model of the William Rex
Adriaen de Vriend, Adriaen Davidsen, Cornelis Moerman, 1698, ship model, NG-MC-651
Model of a 74-gun Dutch battleship. It was made in Vlissingen (Flushing) and displayed in the boardroom of the Zeeland navy in Middelburg. The decorative stern sports the arms of Zeeland. In fact no such ship actually existed. The name William Rex refers to William III of Orange, the Dutch…
On display in room 2.15
Stadtholder’s chair
Gerrit Hutte, 1747, BK-NM-1315
Willem IV sat on this chair when he presided over the high court in The Hague. The cabinetmaker who made it, Hutte, and Van Dijck, who carved it, chose an extreme Rococo style for this ceremonial chair. The back is crowned with the arms of Zeeland, Holland and West Friesland and the embroidered…
On display in room 1.2
Chandelier
anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1770, chandelier, BK-16035
On display in room 1.6
Model of the Noordwachter…
Grofsmederij Leiden, c. 1867, scale model, NG-MC-1269
Container in the form of a crane
anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800, box, AK-MAK-682
Writing Box and Inro
anonymous, 1700 - 1800, AK-MAK-156
Ship’s model of the Prins Willem
anonymous, 1651, ship model, NG-NM-11911
On display in room 2.9
Equestrian statue of…
William Low (possibly), c. 1827, figure, NG-1997-1
Longcase clock
anonymous, c. 1755 - c. 1765, furniture, BK-1967-144
On display in room 1.2