Messenger Buoy, Message Buoy, painted red and white. The buoy itself is a round copper ball with one eye on one side and three chains on the other, to which a watertight tube is attached. This can be opened and contains a blue aniline pencil and a piece of rolled up parchment in a holder., Willem I Frederik (King of the Netherlands), L.J. Lefèbre (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1880 - 1885, copper (metal), brass (alloy), cork, pencil, parchment (animal material), h 47 cm × d 27 cm
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Messenger Buoy, Message Buoy, painted red, white, buoy itself, round copper ball, eye, side, three chains, watertight tube, attached, opened, contains, blue aniline pencil, piece, rolled up parchment, holder, Willem I Frederik, King, Netherlands, L.J, Lefèbre, mentioned, object, Hague, 1880, 1885, copper, metal, brass, alloy, cork, pencil, parchment, animal material
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