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	Iron stamps from the 19th century.
	The stamps served to mint the reverse of the award coins of the Society for the Encouragement of Horticulture in Leiden. The stamp on the left depicts a coronet and reads "KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSCHE MAATSCHAPPIJ TOT AANMOEDIGING VAN DEN TUI (...) Read more >

	Ceramic tile with caption, 1634
	Square tile of red ceramics.
	Square tile of red ceramics, laid in with white engobe and covered with lead glazing. On the tile 7 lines of writing read: “EENEN ENGEL DES HEEREN HEEFT INEENDER,, NACHT,, 185 DVISENT MAN OMGEBRACHT DIT IS IN DEN GROENEN ENGEL MAER SONDER KR (...) Read more >

	Rosette tile from the Castle of Breda, ca. 1536-1544
	The tile shown here is a prime piece from the collection of G. de Goederen.
	From 1536 Hendrik III, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, had his father’s castle in Breda rebuilt as a renaissance-style palace. In this process one or more floors of majolica tiles were put in place. Majolica is tin glazed pottery with a certain (...) Read more >

	Copper ornamental plate
	with admiral Louis de Boisot greeting mayor Van der Werff after the Relief.
	On the reverse a label with the words “NAMAAK VERBODEN”(imitation illegal) and a certificate of authenticity with an autograph of the maker M. C. Segaar. In the collection we have another copy in brass, also with the text “NAMAAK (...) Read more >

	Tin soldiers
	This running soldier is one of the tin toy objects in the collection of De Lakenhal.
	In the red Papenzaal you can find three display cases with tin toys. (...) Read more >

	Gilded bronze clockwork
	by Antoine Ravrio, with reading muse and bust of Homer, Paris, around 1810
	This bronze clockwork is a magnificent example of the skills of the bronze casters and clockmakers of early 19th century Paris. Antoine Ravrio, designer and maker of the piece, was, together with his rival Thomire, the most important “fondeu (...) Read more >

	Pot with coins
	On the 11th of December 1902
	a lucky farm labourer found this pot with hundreds of coins in Noordwijkerhout. De oldest coin dates from the late 15th century and the most recent one from 1572. This treasure was probably hidden in the ground shortly before or during the Siege o (...) Read more >

	Vase by Colenbrander
	For years Colenbrander was the chief designer of pottery factory Rozenburg
	In the late 19th century the factory of Rozenburg set the trend when it came to ornamental pottery with contemporary designs. Rozenburg let go of traditional designs, such as 17th century Delft Blue or Chinese porcelain. One of the designers in pa (...) Read more >

	Jasper ware water kettle with playful putti
	This single water kettle contains more than water: it contains the mind set of an era.
	Staffordshire (England), factory Josiah Wedgwood, around 1780 The rediscovery of Ancient Greece and the excavations of Pompeii in the 18th century caused a Neo-Classical trend in Europe. The English manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood followed the d (...) Read more >

	Plant hanger
	This plant hanger is made by Willem Coenraad Brouwer, a famous ceramist from the beginning of the last century.
	He was first and foremost a re-inventor of ceramics and pottery, also of pottery used for buildings. A well-known landmark his building-pottery was used for is the Peace Palace in The Hague. Brouwer was born in Leiden in 1877 and died in 1933 in L (...) Read more >

	Wooden cookie molds with Saint Nicholas and the holy family
	Probably dating from the 18th century.
	Carriages and ships, horsemen and kings of Orange, lovers, saints and biblical scenes, animals and plants, they all appear in wooden cookie molds. Inventions were popular too. In the first half of the 19th century steamships and locomotives made t (...) Read more >