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Pieter Holm's tobacco boxes
From: R.H. van Gent
Date: 1999 Feb 21, 18:29 EST
From: R.H. van Gent
Date: 1999 Feb 21, 18:29 EST
Dear list members: Thanks to all who responded to my queries a few weeks ago on the 'dip', the International Date Line and the territorial borders of Kiribati. I have learned a few things, though still have some questions. However, enough of that for the moment. I am collecting information on the whereabouts of 18th-century Dutch seaman's tobacco boxes attributed to Pieter Holm (1685/86-1776). I am preparing a paper on this group of tobacco boxes and I would be very grateful for help in filling in a few question marks or to learn of boxes of this type preserved in private or maritime collections that I am unaware of. Further details, an illustration of a typical Pieter Holm tobacco box and a preliminary list of locations of preserved copies can be viewed at: http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~vgent/holmbox/holmbox.htm Thanks to all ================================================================ * Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 * * Zaagmolenkade 50 * E-mail: r.h.vangent@XXX.XXX * * 3515 AE Utrecht * Home page (under construction): * * The Netherlands * http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~vgent/ * ================================================================ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
