Marriage of William V to Wilhelmina Frederica Sophia of Prussia in Berlin, medal presented to the civic guards of Amsterdam during a meeting in the Doelen and to the fire masters of The Hague
Also known as: Huwelijk van Willem V met Wilhelmina Frederica Sophia van Pruisen te Berlijn, penning aangeboden aan de schutters van Amsterdam tijdens een vergadering in de Doelen en aan de brandmeesters van 's-Gravenhage
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1767
Silver wearable decoration suspended from a garland with bow. Obverse: busts of a man and woman within an inscription. Reverse: burning altar, entwined with a grapevine, against which lean a rudder and command baton on the left and a Medusa shield on the right; above, two genii, each holding a burning heart in one hand, the left genius holding a laurel wreath and the right a crown in the other hand, within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2683-A; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), gild; measurements height 5.2 cm x diameter 3.7 cm x weight 25.93 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), gild
- Measurements
- height 5.2 cm x diameter 3.7 cm x weight 25.93 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 5.2 cm x diameter 3.7 cm x weight 25.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- busts of a man and woman within an inscription.
- Reverse
- burning altar, entwined with a grapevine, against which lean a rudder and command baton on the left and a Medusa shield on the right; above, two genii, each holding a burning heart in one hand, the left genius holding a laurel wreath and the right a crown in the other hand, within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Huwelijk van Willem V met Wilhelmina Frederica Sophia van Pruisen te Berlijn, penning aangeboden aan de schutters van Amsterdam tijdens een vergadering in de Doelen en aan de brandmeesters van 's-Gravenhage
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2683-A
- 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.
Research required
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