Genootschap voor landbouw en kruidkunde in Utrecht, medal awarded to H.J. Wilke for his gravillea longifolia
Also known as: Genootschap voor landbouw en kruidkunde te Utrecht, penning uitgereikt aan H.J. Wilke voor zijn gravillea longifolia
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1843 - 1851
Silver medal. Obverse: young woman, personifying Agriculture, leans on a column while holding a wheatsheaf in her left arm and a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand; to the left: basket with fruit and flowers; to the right: plough within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4013; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.5 cm x weight 17.2 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 17.2 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 17.2 g
Design
- Obverse
- young woman, personifying Agriculture, leans on a column while holding a wheatsheaf in her left arm and a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand; to the left: basket with fruit and flowers; to the right: plough within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Genootschap voor landbouw en kruidkunde te Utrecht, penning uitgereikt aan H.J. Wilke voor zijn gravillea longifolia
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4013
- 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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