International Exhibition of Household and Artisanal Objects in Amsterdam, medal awarded by the Vereeniging ter bevordering van Fabrijk- en Handwerksnijverheid
Also known as: Internationale tentoonstelling van voorwerpen voor de huishouding en het bedrijf van de handwerksman te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt door de Vereeniging ter bevordering van Fabrijk- en Handwerksnijverheid
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1869
Silver medal. Obverse: woman with diadem in her hair, holding laurel leaves in her right hand and a coat of arms in her left hand; around her, objects of industry and trade within an inscription.
Reverse: blank field within an oak wreath and inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4239; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.2 cm x weight 53.34 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 5.2 cm x weight 53.34 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.2 cm x weight 53.34 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman with diadem in her hair, holding laurel leaves in her right hand and a coat of arms in her left hand; around her, objects of industry and trade within an inscription.
- Reverse
- blank field within an oak wreath and inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Internationale tentoonstelling van voorwerpen voor de huishouding en het bedrijf van de handwerksman te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt door de Vereeniging ter bevordering van Fabrijk- en Handwerksnijverheid
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4239
- 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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