# Piet Heyn ewer

- Date: c. 1550 - c. 1600
- Medium: silver (metal)
- Classification: flagon
- Dimensions: diameter 10 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-NM-583--a988eb7535d3cb3195b5a7cf09b0c003)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/dSrVs/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

According to the inscription in Dutch under the foot of this silver ewer, it ‘comes from the \[Spanish\] Silver Fleet that Sir Lieutenant-Admiral Piet Heyn captured on 6 September 1618’. These details were engraved later, and a mistake was made over the date. The year 1618 is incorrect: it should read 1628.