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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iconodule, post: 10533459, member: 91417&quot;]Of course, Karel V lived 1500-58. (Attached Karel/Charles V portraits by Bernard van Orley (after), Hopfer 1520-21, Tiziano 1533.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility is that it is an alchemical symbol rather than a crest. Two-headed birds/eagles do appear in alchemical texts and on pharmacy jars.&nbsp; That fits with the pharmacy jar.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_993667" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_993667" rel="nofollow">https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_993667</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The markings in the circle in the middle of the bird may determine whether it is crest, alchemical/pharmaceutical emblem, or something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]529395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]529397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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