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101 The visitor's guest book and a brass 'sonnette'.
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102 A 19th century miniature kitchen stove.
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103 'Cuisine de tous les Pays'. Paris 1897.
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104 The Abundance. Decorative brass elements for wine and beer barrels. Early 19th century.
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105 The Taste. From a series of tapestries called 'The Lady with the Unicorn', Bruges 1470.
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106 The Wine. Symbol of festive joy and hospitality.
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107 Grapes. Symbol of festive joy and hospitality.
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108 'Les Rêves d'un Gourmand'.
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109 The Abundance II. Doughnut balls, a traditional New Year's Eve delicacy in Holland.
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110 By the fireside I. Doughnut balls are a traditional New Year's Eve delicacy in Holland.
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111 By the fireside II. Doughnut balls are a traditional New Year's Eve delicacy in Holland.
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113 A gothic image of the Virgin Mary and Child, around 1550.
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114 An alabaster relief depicting the Adoration of the Child in Bethlehem. Flemish, around 1550.
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115 Winter in Holland. 18th and 19th century Dutch ice skates.
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116 Fun on the ice. 18th and 19th century Dutch ice skates. Hans Brinker, the boy with the silver skates, first published in 1865. (Mary Mapes Dodge).
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202 In 1888 the stage-coach 'Old Times' brought the speed record to 35 km per hour!
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203 The old red delivery van. One of the tinplate toys from the Twenties.
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204 An old blue delivery van. One of the tinplate toys from the Twenties.
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206 Paraphernalia from the early days of the automobile industry.
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361 A rare straw box with the inscription 'Spes Meas in Deo'.
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362 Tjalks on the open waterfront of Amsterdam.
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363 A compass and sun-dial from around 1600. The chart is from the famous 'Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' by J. Wagenaer.
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366 Keeping the right course! The brass compass and sun-dial date from around 1600.
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367 The bow of a 'pram' and an early chart of the Dutch city of Enkhuizen.
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368 A Dutch three-master. 'Wheel-engraving' on a glass dating from 1760.
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369 On the right course! A rare ivory compass made in Dieppe, around 1650.
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370 The Anchor. Symbol of Hope and Safety.
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372 The ship's log.
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374 Winter pleasures on the Amstel river around the famous icebreaker.
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375 Full speed ahead in the new year!
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376 Julius Porcellis, Dutch marine painter (1609-1645). Ships on stormy seas.
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377 A clock-globe. Around 1880. Made in France for the English market. Private collection.
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378 A two-day marine chronometer by the eminent maker Rodanet. Paris 1860. Private collection.
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379 A flat bottomed Dutch fishing boat on the beach.
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380 The porthole.
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381 The compass.
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382 The Steering-wheel.
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383 On the right course II.
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402 The famous 'writing machine' of Mignon dating from 1897.
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403 The 'familiar' calculating-machine. This one dates from 1910.
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407 The Arithmometer. Paris 1890.
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410 'New method of Bookkeeping, single as well as double', by N.A. Vestieu, Amsterdam 1800.
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412 The Banker. Curiosa of banking throughout the ages.
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414 A 'modern' typewriter in 1897.
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415 The calculating cylinder widely used in the 19th century.
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416 Writing and calculating I.
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417 Writing and calculating II.
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418 Writing and calculating III.
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419 An early twentieth century calculating machine.
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420 A late eighteenth century wax jack used for the wax-sealing of documents and a Russian abacus. Courtesy Mathieu Hart Collection Amsterdam.
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421 'The Treasury of Italian Bookkeeping' published in Amsterdam 1639.
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502 The House painters' workshop XIV.
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503 The House painters' workshop XV.
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504 The House painters' workshop XVI.
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505 The House painter.
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506 A Rabbet plane, around 1850.
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507 A Levelling Device by L. Berry. London 1810.
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508 The house painters' workshop XXI.
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509 The house painters' workshop IX. Guilding of frames and ornaments.
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510 The house painters' workshop X.
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511 A rabbet-plane and a cross-beam, both dating from about 1850.
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513 Antique tools dating from the 18th and 19th century.
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515 'The use of mathematical instruments in the building trade'. Edition published in The Hague, 1725.
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517 A brass theodolite, used to measure vertical and horizontal angles. London 1880.
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519 'The Great Construction-book' by Ing. Bion. The Hague 1723.
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520 A plummet dating from about 1820.
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521 A 19th century rabbet-plane.
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523 An antique English painters' box dating from around 1870.
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524 The painter.
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526 A look into the workshop of a 19th century painter/decorator.
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528 The workshop of the painter decorator in the beginning of the 20th century.
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529 Christmas time at the contractor's in the 19th century.
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530 Carpenter's tools in the 18th and 19th century.
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531 St. Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters. 18th and 19th century carpenter's tools from a private collection.
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532 The carpenter's workshop I. Various tools from the 18th and 19th century.
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533 The carpenter's workshop II.
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534a Entrance to the Bricklayer's Guildhall.
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535 The house painters' workshop I.
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536 Take care! Wet Paint! The house painters' workshop II.
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537 Entrance to the painters' St. Luke's Guildhall. Weigh House Amsterdam, 1620.
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538 Twinlocked Guild chest (Neurenberg around 1650) and a collection of 18th century carpenters' tools.
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539 Twinlocked Guild chest (Neurenberg around 1650) and a collection of 18th century carpenters' tools.
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540a The house painters' workshop III.
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541 The house painters' workshop IV.
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542 The house painters' workshop V.
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543 The house painters' workshop VI.
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544 The Plumber/Roofer. Antique tools from a private collection.
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545 The Plumber I. Antique tools from a private collection.
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546 The Slater. Antique tools from a private collection.
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547 The Plumber II. Antique tools from a private collection.
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548 The Plumber III. Antique tools from a private collection.
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549 The house painters' workshop VII.
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550 The Carpenter II. Planes!
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551 The Bricklayer. Free adaption from an original etching by Jan Luyken (1649 - 1712).
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552 The house painters' workshop VIII. Painting and decorating.
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553 The house painters' workshop XII.
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554 Masterdom of Masonry in the 17th century.
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555 The house painters' workshop XVII.
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556 The house painters' workshop XIX.
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580 Electricity for household use in the twenties.
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581 Early electricity. Devices used in the twenties.
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582 Early electricity. An electrostatic machine for generating high voltages, developed by the British inventor James Wimshurst (1832-1903). To the left: an electric egg.
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586 An Ericsson wall telephone and the Dutch telephone directory, both dated 1905.
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587 An Ericsson tabletop telephone of the year 1892.
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588 The Telegraph with Key. The invention that revolutionized communication around the world.
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589 The Stock Ticker (Manhattan ticker tape parade!). A monument to the stock exchange, for it is through the instant dissemination of the quotations that the active and continuous interest in de markets is sustained.
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590 Metalworks I.
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671 The Silversmith. Silver ingots and some 18th-century silver candlesticks.
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672 A view in the Goldsmith's workshop.
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673 Gold!
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674 Diamond tools widely in use until the early 20th century.
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675 A diamond sawing machine. The purpose of sawing is to divide a rough stone or to remove undesirable portions.
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831 The Script; with a 'remission' dating from 1713.
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832 The Script; with an antique diary dating from 1625.
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833 The Script; with a traveller's writing set in silver and tortoise-shell of 1775.
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834 Silver sealbox once belonging to King William IV.
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835 The Script; with a sealing-wax box showing an All Saints Calendar of the year 1820.
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836 The interior of a notary's office in the year 1637.
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837 The Script; with a writing box and a deed of conveyance on parchment with two seals dating from 1723.
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841 The Script; with a deed of conveyance dating from 1723.
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843 The wax-sealing.
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844 In the year 1786 a sand-glass and almanac were indispensable in the office.
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846 Interior of the notary's office around 1650.
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1001 The printer I. A platen jobbing handpress built in 1906.
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1002 The Printer II. Typeform and composition stick.
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1003 The Printer III. Wooden postertypes.
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1004 The Printer IV. Typecases for the storage of wooden types, blocks, etc.
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1006 The Printer VI. Composition stick, blocks and ornaments.
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