St. Clement's or Skippers' Guild of Emden, medal for the aldermen and wardens
Also known as: St. Clemens- of schippersgilde van Emden, penning voor de oldermannen en schafferen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1700
Copper medal. Obverse: three-masted ship sailing to the right within a legend. Reverse: field divided horizontally into two halves, the right half of which is also divided vertically in two; left: two clasped hands on two crossed anchors; upper right: two crossed grappling hooks; lower right: key within a legend.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-623; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 6.8 cm x weight 72.14 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 6.8 cm x weight 72.14 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.8 cm x weight 72.14 g
Design
- Obverse
- three-masted ship sailing to the right within a legend.
- Reverse
- field divided horizontally into two halves, the right half of which is also divided vertically in two; left: two clasped hands on two crossed anchors; upper right: two crossed grappling hooks; lower right: key within a legend.
Identification
- Original title
- St. Clemens- of schippersgilde van Emden, penning voor de oldermannen en schafferen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-623
- Museum classification
- medal · overmanspenning
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
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