LOW COUNTRIES, Middelburg. Cast Æ Medal (56mm, 40.43 g, 12h). Weaver's guild identification medal. Dated 1689. (tower)DHBVRG STEVEN VOET OVER DEKEN DAVID SANDRA DEKEN, draper standing facing behind table, present bolt of cloth to man standing right and woman seated left; below, dog seated left; 1689 engraved above, 68 engraved below / (tower) IOHVCANEGIESOVD DEKEN ANDS ANDRIESEN HVIRVISSCAERTEELEET, various symbols of draper's trade, including spectacles. Ophthalmologia XI.35 (this medal). Brown surfaces. VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex J. Schulman 282 (18 November 1985), lot 2698.