Carpenters' guild, token of the Engels Coffyhuys (coffee house) in Rotterdam
Also known as: Timmerliedengilde, penning van het Engels Coffyhuys (koffiehuis) te Rotterdam
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Brass token. Obverse: hammer above monogram of the letters W, H and S within a decorative border. Reverse: inscription within a decorative border. Presumably a guild token. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-694; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique engraving; measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 11.27 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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 11.27 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 11.27 g
Design
- Obverse
- hammer above monogram of the letters W, H and S within a decorative border.
- Reverse
- inscription within a decorative border. Presumably a guild token.
Identification
- Original title
- Timmerliedengilde, penning van het Engels Coffyhuys (koffiehuis) te Rotterdam
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-694
- Museum classification
- medal
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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