<i><b>Design for a Swordsmith's Sign</b></i>, chiaroscuro drawing. Pen and ink and brush, grey wash, white heightening, <span style="white-space:nowrap">24.6 × 15.3 cm</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstmuseum_Basel" class="extiw" title="w:Kunstmuseum Basel">Kunstmuseum Basel</a>.
The coat of arms of the swordsmiths of Basel shows a Swiss dagger between swords crossed through a crown. The handles of combat weapons and hunting knives above the rectangular field may advertise the goods of the master (Müller, 212).
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circa 1520 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; <i>et al</i>, <i>Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532,</i> Munich: Prestel, 2006, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783791335803" title="Special:BookSources/9783791335803">ISBN 9783791335803</a>.