Decoration of the Royal Academy of Antwerp, awarded to Bart van Hove with blue paper-covered cardboard box in the shape of the coat of arms
Also known as: Onderscheiding van de Koninklijke Academie van Antwerpen, uitgereikt aan Bart van Hove met blauw beplakte kartonnen doos in de vorm van het wapenschild
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1875 - 1914
Enamelled decoration with crown on linked chain attached to ribbon. Obverse: blue crowned and winged coat of arms containing three small gold shields, on a gate flanked by two smaller gatehouses, on which text; on red background with rays; circumscription in gold letters on white background.
Reverse: engraved inscription, circumscription; link: flower motif alternating with intertwined letters A W. The blue paper-covered cardboard box in the shape of the coat of arms. On the lid three smaller coats of arms (see decoration). On the front a small metal button. Hinged at the back by means of white silk lining and two hinges. White lining in lid provided with crowned address in black lettering. Box provided with cream-coloured velvet insert.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2004-86. 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
- Materials
- Research required
Design
- Obverse
- blue crowned and winged coat of arms containing three small gold shields, on a gate flanked by two smaller gatehouses, on which text; on red background with rays; circumscription in gold letters on white background.
- Reverse
- engraved inscription, circumscription; link: flower motif alternating with intertwined letters A W. The blue paper-covered cardboard box in the shape of the coat of arms. On the lid three smaller coats of arms (see decoration). On the front a small metal button. Hinged at the back by means of white silk lining and two hinges. White lining in lid provided with crowned address in black lettering. Box provided with cream-coloured velvet insert.
Identification
- Original title
- Onderscheiding van de Koninklijke Academie van Antwerpen, uitgereikt aan Bart van Hove met blauw beplakte kartonnen doos in de vorm van het wapenschild
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2004-86
- Museum classification
- draagteken · onderscheiding
Catalogue references
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Research required
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