Page 103 - Loss of the VOC Retourschip Batavia, Western Australia, 1629

Dividers
BAT 3320 BAT 3171 BAT 3388
Of the five pairs of dividers recovered. two are similar (BAT 3171 and BAT 3320). Both pairs are decorated with a circle on the side. and the latter pair has the Arms of the City of Amsterdam stamped in the middle. Both have a slot at the lower end of the arms where originally the iron points were attached. The hinge mechanism consists of three leaves belonging to one arm and two leaves belonging to the other. Numerous similar dividers have been found on other sites. Stenuit (1974) found a number of similar dividers on the Las/drager (1653) site. these ones stamped with a fleur-de-lis and decorated with circles.
DAT3053
BAT 3046
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The pair of dividers (BAT 3388) with an iron tip is slightly different from the two above. having a round opening in the body of the instrument, presumably to assist in separating the legs. The only parallels are from the Firebrall!i (17fJ7). but this is not absolutely certain.particularlyasoneoftheotherdividers. said to come from Colossus. looks distinctly like a divider from the Las/drager (Morris. 1984).
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The two pure brass dividers (BAT 3053 and BA T 3046) both have small wheel-like stamps on their shoulders.