Sample of Iron

anonymous, 1876

IJzermonster in de vorm van een dikke zeskantige buis, de binnenzijde rond. Dit stuk is gekomen van de Centennial Tentoonstelling in Philadelphia in 1876.

  • Artwork typesample
  • Object numberNG-MC-1379
  • Dimensionsheight 4.5 cm x width 5 cm x depth 4.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sample of Iron

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1379

  • Description

    IJzermonster in de vorm van een dikke zeskantige buis, de binnenzijde rond. Dit stuk is gekomen van de Centennial Tentoonstelling in Philadelphia in 1876.

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Creation

  • Creation

    manufacturer: anonymous, United States of America (possibly)

  • Dating

    1876

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    iron

  • Dimensions

    height 4.5 cm x width 5 cm x depth 4.4 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1876

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Sample of Iron

? United States of America, 1876

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1379

Entry

Sample of iron in the shape of a thick hexagonal pipe, with a round inner diameter.

This sample comes from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 23/3/1877 N29 (inv. no. 2492).

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1379

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Iron, United States of America, 1876', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054251

(accessed 24 mei 2026 11:00:28 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 23/3/1877 N29 (inv. no. 2492).