# Drinking horn from the Amsterdam Company of Arquebusiers

- By: Arent Cornelisz Coster (Amsterdam, died 1563)
- Date: 1547
- Medium: buffelhoorn, silver (metal)
- Classification: drinking horn
- Dimensions: height 38 cm x width 61 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-AM-12--6ac6054b5dd86cc8dc3819ea3a417722)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/tRSWt/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This luxury drinking horn played a prominent role in civic guard ceremonies. The horn was passed around the table and everyone drank from it. In this way, the militiamen expressed their common bond and unity. The claws in the silver mount are the symbol of the arquebusiers.