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Saturday, 30 April 2016 18:10

Letter Pouch from Constantinople

Letter pouch of Cornelis Calkoen, Dutch ambassador to Constantinople, made in 1727.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently acquired an embroidered letter pouch (acc. no. NG-2011-25) that belonged to the Dutch ambassador to Istanbul (Constantinople), Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764).

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