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Medal on a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary 1749

Also known as: Penning op een vijfentwintigjarig huwelijksfeest 1749

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1748

Silver medal, on the obverse a priestess with an offering bowl at a burning altar, beside which is a stork, in the smoke a snake circle with XXV, all beneath the radiant name of God, with circumscription and in the exergue ''T ZILVRE FEEST GEV' beneath which is stamped: 23 Ap.

1749., on the reverse eight lines of text beneath a rose. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0092; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), blocked; measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 20.62 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking), blocked
Measurements
diameter 3.6 cm x weight 20.62 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 3.6 cm x weight 20.62 g

Identification

Original title
Penning op een vijfentwintigjarig huwelijksfeest 1749
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-2-0092
Museum classification
history medal

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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