VOC Hanger 1761 Amsterdam

cornelistromp · 29th January 2017, 08:21 PM

Hi Jim,

yes I noticed the lines on the back of the hilt, I have no idea why this is done.There are on this blade remains of crossed anchors with a double A
of the admiralty of Amsterdam.
Below a date, unfortunately only the one and the six are legible.see picture , for another AA example of the a similar etching.

it looks as though the date is engraved on early houwers before +-1740 and stamped on the later examples.

best,
jasper

29th January 2017, 08:21 PM	#13
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	Hi Jim, yes I noticed the lines on the back of the hilt, I have no idea why this is done.There are on this blade remains of crossed anchors with a double A of the admiralty of Amsterdam. Below a date, unfortunately only the one and the six are legible.see picture , for another AA example of the a similar etching. it looks as though the date is engraved on early houwers before +-1740 and stamped on the later examples. best, jasper Attached Images