VOC BLADES: A comprehensive look

[asomotif]

A VOC blade dated 1780 in the collection of "Zeeuws maritiem museum".

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by asomotif

A VOC blade dated 1780 in the collection of "Zeeuws maritiem museum".

Hi Willem,

Here a close up photo I have made last week visiting the museum.

I was a kind of in a hurry, but if I'm right it was from a donation somewhere in the 20th century..

[Maurice]

Though this javanese with VOC mark seems also to be collected early!
(From the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg).

[Maurice]

PS I think the VOC mark would make the item much more valuable to collect.
For instance how much would you give for the lid of a chest with VOC mark, and how much would you pay for the same lid without the VOC mark?

:-)

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Here a close up photo I have made last week visiting the museum.

Hello Maurice,

You're making the best of your holidays !

Thank you for sharing these pictures.
Interesting to see a blade with "M" Middelburg marking.

The javanese style pedang with silver scabbard is realy great.

Best regards,
Willem

[Fried Krom]

All,

Attached some pictures of my VOC boarding-cutlass.

Who can identify the hilt for me?

Thanks in advance,

Fried Krom

[Maurice]

Hello Fried,

You have a good old Batak podang with VOC blade.
I have seen several podangs with VOC blade and it is always nice seeing one pop up here or there.

Best wishes,
Maurice