Box belonging to the letter bag of M.A. 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 20.5 cm × d 1.8 cm
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Box belonging, letter bag, M.A, de Ruyter, box covered, red velvet, lid, gilt ornaments, Inside covered, purple silk, Purple silk opening loop almost gone, fixing ribbon cover bottom broken, inside cover inscription, gilt, BRIEVENTAS VAN DEN ADMIRAAL DE RUYTER, AAN Z, K, H, PRINS HENDRIK DER NEDERLANDEN, GRATEFULNESS, F, DE BRUGE, RECEIVER NEDERL, PILOTAGE, VLISSINGEN 19 JULY 1875, Michiel Adriaansz, Netherlands, 1875, cardboard, velvet, fabric weave, silk, gilding, material
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