Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Botanique in Ghent, medal awarded to F. van Cassel, for cultivating the most beautiful flower of the summer exhibition
Also known as: Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Botanique te Gent, penning uitgereikt aan F. van Cassel, wegens het telen van de mooiste bloem van de zomertentoonstelling
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
Silver medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: inscription. Reverse: flower within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3290; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 6.9 cm x diameter 6.2 cm x diameter 5.6 cm x weight 54.9 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
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 6.9 cm x diameter 6.2 cm x diameter 5.6 cm x weight 54.9 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.9 cm x diameter 6.2 cm x diameter 5.6 cm x weight 54.9 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription.
- Reverse
- flower within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Botanique te Gent, penning uitgereikt aan F. van Cassel, wegens het telen van de mooiste bloem van de zomertentoonstelling
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3290
- 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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