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Scissor Sharpeners' Guild of Amsterdam, guild medal by Cornelis Banckrus
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Scissor Sharpeners' Guild of Amsterdam, guild medal by Cornelis Banckrus

anonymous · 1629 · engraving; silver (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Silver rectangular medal with rounded corners on a suspension loop. Obverse: two men standing by a wheel and a flat stone, busy sharpening instruments; on the left: a bucket, on the right: a shovel; above both men: a pickaxe and two axes, and a compass between letters A and C; cut: inscription. Reverse: inscription.

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medalCornelis BanckrusAmsterdam
Credit lineScharenslijpersgilde van Amsterdam, gildepenning van Cornelis Banckrus. 1629. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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