Box belonging to the letter bag of de Ruyter, box covered with red velvet. The lid with gilt ornaments. Inside covered with purple silk. Purple silk opening loop almost gone, fixing ribbon cover bottom broken. On the inside cover inscription in gilt: BRIEVENTAS VAN DEN ADMIRAAL DE RUYTER / AAN Z. K. H. PRINS HENDRIK DER NEDERLANDEN / FROM GRATEFULNESS .... FROM A. F. DE BRUGE / RECEIVER NEDERL. PILOTAGE IN VLISSINGEN 19 JULY 1875., Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter, Netherlands, 1875, cardboard, velvet (fabric weave), silk, gilding (material), gilding, h 13 cm × w cm × d cm
Box belonging to the letter bag of de Ruyter, box covered with red velvet. The lid with gilt ornaments. Inside covered with purple silk. Purple silk opening loop almost gone, fixing ribbon cover bottom broken. On the inside cover inscription in gilt: BRIEVENTAS VAN DEN ADMIRAAL DE RUYTER / AAN Z. K. H. PRINS HENDRIK DER NEDERLANDEN / FROM GRATEFULNESS .... FROM A. F. DE BRUGE / RECEIVER NEDERL. PILOTAGE IN VLISSINGEN 19 JULY 1875., Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter, Netherlands, 1875, cardboard, velvet (fabric weave), silk, gilding (material), gilding, h 13 cm × w cm × d cm
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