Wool weavers' guild of Leiden, wool blanket seal made from an Overijssel duit
Also known as: Wollenweversgilde van Leiden, uit Overijsselse duit vervaardigd merkloodje voor wollen dekens
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1741 - c. 1769
Copper medal. Obverse: inscription, struck over an older design: crowned coat of arms within inscription. Reverse: lion with drawn sword above its head and shield on ribbon in left claw, struck over older design: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-442-A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 34 g. 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 34 g · diameter 2.3 cm x weight 34 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.3 cm x weight 34 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription, struck over an older design: crowned coat of arms within inscription.
- Reverse
- lion with drawn sword above its head and shield on ribbon in left claw, struck over older design: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Wollenweversgilde van Leiden, uit Overijsselse duit vervaardigd merkloodje voor wollen dekens
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-442-A
- Museum classification
- duit · loodje · coin
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