Pattern bag from the wreck of the East Indies' t Vliegend Hart; Copper oblong; slightly curved box; the sides of which are rounded. The box is open flat from the bottom and from the top. Inside there are twelve copper (soldered) cartridge tubes vertically. In the top edge there is a row of small holes that served to confirm the (absent) cover. In full condition; the cartridge case was leather; with a leather lid and a belt. The cartridge tubes could contain 12 cartridges of rolled paper with powder and a musket ball. Cartridge case; Dutch East India Company; 't Vliegend Hart (ship); anonymous; Middelburg; c. 1700 - c. 1735; brass (alloy); tin (metal); h 11.9 cm x w 24.6 cm x d 4.6 cm