VOC Hanger 1761 Amsterdam

Jim McDougall · 26th January 2017, 04:24 PM

Maurice, thank you so much for your well explained answers! It is good to be learning more on the very esoteric details of these fascinating swords. I very much appreciate this added detail, and am grateful for Jasper posting this topic and sharing his examples.

I know the guys on ethnographic have posted many examples over the years of these blades in many unusual mounts, and it is great to see these in their original settings!

cornelistromp · 28th January 2017, 08:22 AM

national military museum # 019069 , a houwer dated 1788 Amsterdam same hilt type as the AA one, depicted above .

cornelistromp · 29th January 2017, 04:49 PM

some more pictures

Jim McDougall · 29th January 2017, 07:47 PM

Superb examples Jasper!! Thank you!

On the one shellguard hanger, there are a number of chop marks on the back of the blade near the hilt. It seems this type line chops occur on a number of ethnographic sword blades in the same manner (it seems dha in SE Asia and others). Have you come across any notations on this feature?

Also, it is interesting to see the variation of application of the dates and devices used, some in script, some stamped. The astral man in the moon aligns with of course these devices used on Solingen blades with talismanic/magic symbolism.

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

Terry K · 30th January 2017, 04:17 PM

Those are some great looking swords for their age and use. Great info too
Terry

cornelistromp · 21st January 2021, 03:08 PM

this voc cutlass was once shortly in my collection approx 20 years ago,
an rare original piece but unfortunately in a highly excevated condition.
The blade is dated 1790 and marked with an R for the VOC chamber of the city Rotterdam, The VOC Chamber of Rotterdam was one of the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company.

The cutlass is recently auctioned in 2018 at Bellmanns for 400GBP.
After offered to me with forged provenance!?! probably to boost or justify the new price of 6 times the auction value.
When I carefully informed the person the real provenance, in this particular case known to me, he felt caught and not amused.

best,

28th January 2017, 08:22 AM	#2
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	national military museum # 019069 , a houwer dated 1788 Amsterdam same hilt type as the AA one, depicted above . Attached Images

29th January 2017, 04:49 PM	#3
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	some more pictures Attached Images

29th January 2017, 08:21 PM	#5
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

21st January 2021, 03:08 PM	#7
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) cutlass dated 1790 this voc cutlass was once shortly in my collection approx 20 years ago, an rare original piece but unfortunately in a highly excevated condition. The blade is dated 1790 and marked with an R for the VOC chamber of the city Rotterdam, The VOC Chamber of Rotterdam was one of the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company. The cutlass is recently auctioned in 2018 at Bellmanns for 400GBP. After offered to me with forged provenance!?! probably to boost or justify the new price of 6 times the auction value. When I carefully informed the person the real provenance, in this particular case known to me, he felt caught and not amused. best, Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 21st January 2021 at 06:05 PM.

26th January 2017, 04:24 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	Maurice, thank you so much for your well explained answers! It is good to be learning more on the very esoteric details of these fascinating swords. I very much appreciate this added detail, and am grateful for Jasper posting this topic and sharing his examples. I know the guys on ethnographic have posted many examples over the years of these blades in many unusual mounts, and it is great to see these in their original settings!

29th January 2017, 07:47 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	Superb examples Jasper!! Thank you! On the one shellguard hanger, there are a number of chop marks on the back of the blade near the hilt. It seems this type line chops occur on a number of ethnographic sword blades in the same manner (it seems dha in SE Asia and others). Have you come across any notations on this feature? Also, it is interesting to see the variation of application of the dates and devices used, some in script, some stamped. The astral man in the moon aligns with of course these devices used on Solingen blades with talismanic/magic symbolism.

30th January 2017, 04:17 PM	#6
Terry K Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 86	Those are some great looking swords for their age and use. Great info too Terry