This extraordinary 15th-century solid-silver chain belonged to a German marksmen’s guild of St George. It was worn on high days by the Marksman King, the title given to the winner of the annual jay shoot event: the shooting of a wooden bird.
The chain consists of 20 identical shackles with a Burgundian fire steel. The medallion made by leaves and flower in ajour work is topped by a statuette of St Christopher. Under the medallion hangs a concave curved chest plate. It serves as a niche for two plastic statuettes on a pedestal, one of them the guild’s patron, St George fighting the dragon.
The whole is completed by a crowned bird referring to the jay shoot.
longueur: 85 cm (geheel) longueur: 45.5 cm (krans) largeur: 27 cm (krans) longueur: 6.7 cm (medaillon) largeur: 7.9 cm (medaillon) longueur: 14.6 cm (borstplaat) largeur: 8.3 cm (borstplaat) hauteur: 17.5 cm (vogel geheel) longueur: 14.3 cm (vogel geheel) largeur: 2.6 cm (vogel geheel) hauteur: 7.4 cm (vogel) longueur: 14.3 cm (vogel) largeur: 2.6 cm (vogel) hauteur: 4.5 cm (blank schildje) largeur: 3.9 cm (blank schildje) Schild fam Van Arkelheighthauteurhoogte2.4Schild fam Van Arkelwidthlargeurbreedte2.4hauteur: 6.2 cm (handboog) largeur: 4.2 cm (handboog) hauteur: 1.4 cm (buks) longueur: 6 cm (buks) diameter: 4.5 cm (medaillon St-Joris) profondeur: 0.5 cm (medaillon St-Joris)
