Netherlands. Amsterdam. St Joseph’s or Carpenters’ Guild. Undated personalised guild token, 18th century. Gerrit Goederheer.
Obverse: The Flight into Egypt. Joseph, carrying a staff, walks beside the donkey bearing Mary and the Christ Child. Below, IOSEPH in relief within a rectangular panel.
Reverse: The crowned arms of Amsterdam, bearing three St Andrew’s crosses, supported by two lions. Beneath, the owner’s name engraved in two lines:
Gerrit / Goederheer.
The biblical scene identifies the guild’s patron saint, Joseph, traditionally associated with the carpenter’s trade. Tokens of this type are recorded as attendance tokens of the Amsterdam St Joseph’s or Carpenters’ Guild. The engraved name links this example to an individual holder.
A corresponding type in the Rijksmuseum is inscribed to Hendrik Bouw and dated 1771. This example bears no date; its precise year of issue has not been established.
Type references: Keuzenkamp-Roovers, Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 45 (1958), no. 257; Dirks, plate IX, no. 97.
Weight: 15.7 g.
Diameter: 32.5 mm.
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