Badge for gallery attendants, no. 16
Also known as: Insigne voor zaalwachters, nr. 16
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1889 - 1890
Silver, diamond-shaped badge for the gallery attendant of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam on a suspension ring. Three corners fitted with a pendant. Obverse: the coat of arms of the Netherlands (crowned shield flanked by two rampant lions) above an inscription. Reverse: inscription and number. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2004-2-16; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 11 cm x width 8 cm x weight 870 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- length 11 cm x width 8 cm x weight 870 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 11 cm x width 8 cm x weight 870 g
Design
- Obverse
- the coat of arms of the Netherlands (crowned shield flanked by two rampant lions) above an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription and number.
Identification
- Original title
- Insigne voor zaalwachters, nr. 16
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2004-2-16
- Museum classification
- draagteken
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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