. At first glance, the object resembles a scissor with a small pouch at the front, lined with leather and equipped with a drawstring of braided gold thread. However, the case cannot open and the pouch is so small that hardly fits coins. Of the three examples preserved in the Netherlands (, Inv. KA-18660, Oranje-Nassau museum) are two lined with solid velvet and the third embroidered with river pearls and gold thread. The specimens in France (Musée de Cluny, Paris) and Italy (Bargello, Florence) are identical to the Dutch. The form seems to like that of a phallus and possibly the exhib
. At first glance, the object resembles a scissor with a small pouch at the front, lined with leather and equipped with a drawstring of braided gold thread. However, the case cannot open and the pouch is so small that hardly fits coins. Of the three examples preserved in the Netherlands (, Inv. KA-18660, Oranje-Nassau museum) are two lined with solid velvet and the third embroidered with river pearls and gold thread. The specimens in France (Musée de Cluny, Paris) and Italy (Bargello, Florence) are identical to the Dutch. The form seems to like that of a phallus and possibly the exhibition had an erotic connotation; Three coins ( one from 1591) were found in the specimen in the Amsterdam Historical Museum.
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