Calcutta International Exhibition 1883/1884, gold medal for tea, awarded to J.G.Th. van Motman, Dramaga plantation, Buitenzorg
Also known as: Honorary Medal of the Calcutta International Exhibition Awarded to J.G.Th. van Motman, Dramaga Plantaton (Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies) for Tea
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1883
Gold medal; obverse: bust of a woman (Queen Victoria of Great Britain as Empress of India), in profile facing left, with legend within a beaded border "CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / 1883-84"; reverse: laurel wreath within a beaded border, with inscription "AWARDED / TO / J.G.TH: VAN MOTMAN / DRAMAGA / BUITENZORG / FOR TEA" (name, place, and award engraved). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2018-574; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique engraving, striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5 cm x weight 57.8 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
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- engraving, striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5 cm x weight 57.8 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5 cm x weight 57.8 g
Identification
- Original title
- Calcutta International Exhibition 1883/1884, gouden penning voor thee, toegekend aan J.G.Th. van Motman, plantage Dramaga, Buitenzorg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2018-574
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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