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Silk Weavers' Guild of Vlissingen, guild medal no. 44
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Silk Weavers' Guild of Vlissingen, guild medal no. 44

anonymous · 1694 · casting; engraving; brass (alloy)

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

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Brass medal. Obverse: cloth merchant, standing behind a counter in his shop, measuring fabric with an ell; left and right: man and woman; between them, on the counter: number 44 above a compartment containing number 44 within an inscription. Reverse: crowned bottle above a hat; around it: spectacles, snuffbox, comb, two strands of knitting yarn, etc., above the year within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZijdelakenkopersgilde van Vlissingen, gildepenning met no. 44. 1694. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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