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Guild Token of the Blikslagers and Speldenmakers of Gent

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1778

Lead, Ø 3 cm, recto w. text "Spel/ lemae/ kers/ 1778 D.E.", verso w. text "S/ Anto/ nius/ Blecksl/ aegers". De speldemakers en blikslagers gaven samen deze gildepenning uit waarop hun patroon Sint-Antonius is vermeld.

Op het patroonsfeest der nering bedacht men de behoeftige leden met een uitdeling van wittebrood. Daags nadien werd voor de overleden leden een mis gelezen, welke door alle leden, op straf van een boete van 12 grooten, verplicht moest bijgewoond worden. Bovenstaande penning was dienstig ter controle van deze aanwezigheid." (Website Stadsmuseum Gent).

Evidence at a glance

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1
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
0

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Physical characteristics

Material (listing wording)
Lead
Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
Ø 3 cm

Identification

Source note
Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
Listing object ID
200917953

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Research required

  • Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.
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