Staff of the wine-buyers' guild, Round wooden stick with sections, decorated with carvings. On top is a Bacchus on a barrel with a drinking bowl in the right and a bunch of grapes in the left hand. That includes Adam and Eve before and after the fall, including marriage and a wife with two children. Below five smoking and drinking men making a round dance. The staff ends in a bunch of grapes. There should be silver rings between the scenes, of which only the bottom one is still present, Netherlands, anonymous, 1675 - 1700, ebony (wood), silver (metal), striking (metalworking), h 61 cm × d 4 cm
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Staff, wine-buyers' guild, Round wooden stick, sections, decorated, carvings, top, Bacchus, barrel, drinking bowl, right, bunch, grapes, left hand, includes Adam, Eve, fall, marriage, wife, two children, five smoking, drinking men, round dance, staff ends, should, black-and-white rings, scenes, bottom, present, Netherlands, 1675, 1700, ebony, wood, black-and-white, metal, striking, metalworking
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