Amsterdam Section of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, medal awarded to P.H. van Gelder for his camellias
Also known as: Afdeling Amsterdam van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning uitgereikt aan P.H. van Gelder voor zijn camellia's
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1858
Silver medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms lying on two sheaves of wheat, two inverted, filled cornucopias, an oak branch and a willow branch above an inscription and agricultural implements.
Reverse: wreath of olive branches with a ribbon above inscriptions. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-12262-G; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.21 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), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.21 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.21 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms lying on two sheaves of wheat, two inverted, filled cornucopias, an oak branch and a willow branch above an inscription and agricultural implements.
- Reverse
- wreath of olive branches with a ribbon above inscriptions.
Identification
- Original title
- Afdeling Amsterdam van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning uitgereikt aan P.H. van Gelder voor zijn camellia's
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-12262-G
- Museum classification
- award 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.
Research required
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