Theodoor van Swinderen, Twenty-Five Years School Inspector in Groningen, Medal Presented by the Teachers of the First District of the Province of Groningen
Also known as: Theodoor van Swinderen, vijfentwintigjaar schoolopziener te Groningen, penning aangeboden door de onderwijzers van het eerste district van de provincie Groningen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1832
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within a legend. Reverse: inscription within a wreath of olive branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3736; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 267 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)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 267 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 267 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within a legend.
- Reverse
- inscription within a wreath of olive branches.
Identification
- Original title
- Theodoor van Swinderen, vijfentwintigjaar schoolopziener te Groningen, penning aangeboden door de onderwijzers van het eerste district van de provincie Groningen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3736
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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