Economic Branch of the Holland Society of Sciences, medal awarded to Jan Timmerman from Haastrecht
Also known as: Oeconomische Tak van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, penning toegekend aan Jan Timmerman uit Haastrecht
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1782
Silver medal. Obverse: man in Roman dress, representing Patriotism, holds a laurel wreath in his right hand and with his other hand places an oak wreath on the head of Industry, who holds a cornucopia in her hands and leans against a beehive; in the background, rising sun within a legend.
Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath and legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2859; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements thickness 0.4 cm x diameter 5 cm x weight 45.31 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- thickness 0.4 cm x diameter 5 cm x weight 45.31 g
- Dimensions museum
- thickness 0.4 cm x diameter 5 cm x weight 45.31 g
Design
- Obverse
- man in Roman dress, representing Patriotism, holds a laurel wreath in his right hand and with his other hand places an oak wreath on the head of Industry, who holds a cornucopia in her hands and leans against a beehive; in the background, rising sun within a legend.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath and legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Oeconomische Tak van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, penning toegekend aan Jan Timmerman uit Haastrecht
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2859
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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