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


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 Amsterdam, anonymous, Northern Netherlands, c. 1500 - c. 1524, silver (metal), gilding, l cm × d cm × t cm


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