Badge of the chamber of rhetoric at Honselaarsdijk
Also known as: Draagteken van de rederijkerskamer te Honselaarsdijk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1625
Diamond-shaped silver badge of the Chamber of Rhetoric at Honselaarsdijk. Engraved on the obverse with a seated woman holding a palm branch in her hand. Suspended from the bottom are the letters: H I S M. Maker's mark: twice an axe. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2658; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 10.5 cm x width 10 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 10.5 cm x width 10 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 10.5 cm x width 10 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Draagteken van de rederijkerskamer te Honselaarsdijk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2658
- Museum classification
- draagteken
Catalogue references
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