A woman washing mineral ore in early Annaberg uses a bucket and vat made by coopers. All the men of the Wiederänders family were coopers before 1800. Detail from a painting by Hans Hesse on the rear side of the Bergaltar (Miners' Altar) in St. Anne's Church, ca. 1521. Courtesy St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz.

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