Original key 62.5 x 40 x 39 cm The key cover of this unusual iron chest in the shape of a lying dog already reveals the depiction hidden inside, as a dog is painted on the bottom of the box. Various interpretations can be used in connection with the saying "Auf den Hund gekommen" ("to go to the dog"): for example, the idiom references to a war chase for paying off mercenaries. At the bottom was a small wooden box called "the dog", which served as an emergency reserve. So if you have had to fall back on it, you had to "go to the dog", and the cases were almost empty. Another exploration lakes the dog as a guardian painted on the bottom of the box. If you had spent too much money, you could see the dog on the bottom of the chest, so you had also "gone to the dog". Although there are other explorations, this extravagant 17th-century piece serves as a clear example of this interpretation.