Chain of the Amsterdam Company of Arquebusiers, Chain of the Amsterdam Calivermen's Guild, Archers chain of the king of the Kloveniersgild in Amsterdam, consisting of fifteen large and small, gold-plated links. Some are composed of curled leaves with a bird's claw, others exclusively from flower and leaf ornament. In engraving on two shields added to the chain: 'Jacob Dirckz Sprongh Anno 1638 den 27 Mey' with a house brand and the letters JDS and 'Pieter Reyersen van Dyck Anno 1663' with a house brand and the letters PRVD, birds, ornament derived from plant forms, Amsterdam, militia of Amsterd

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