Passages and hidden city
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Silver Chamber of the Blackheads
The Blackheads’ silver collection shows how important trust and secure storage were to a merchant brotherhood.
Life in the House of the Blackheads involved more than feasts and public ceremonies. Valuable silverware and other shared objects required inventories, keys and a secure place of storage. Such property signalled the members’ wealth but also demanded internal rules: someone had to know what belonged to the group and who could use it. The story of the silver chamber gives the grand facade a practical side.
Practical information
Address: Pikk 26
See the House of the Blackheads at Pikk 26. Check on site whether a specific historic storage room survives or is accessible.