Popinjay shooting in Beveren, medal with inscription 'zijde vogel No. 3'
Also known as: Gaaischieten te Beveren, penning met opschrift 'zijde vogel No. 3'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1847
Silver medal consisting of two round plates set in a ring, attached to an openwork crown on a suspension ring. Obverse: in relief: two crossed arrows on a bow within an oak wreath.
Reverse: inscription within an inscription; in the field of the reverse two nails, with which both sides are fastened together. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-10-131; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting, engraving; measurements height 6.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 18.85 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
- casting, engraving
- Measurements
- height 6.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 18.85 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 6.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 18.85 g
Design
- Obverse
- in relief: two crossed arrows on a bow within an oak wreath.
- Reverse
- inscription within an inscription; in the field of the reverse two nails, with which both sides are fastened together.
Identification
- Original title
- Gaaischieten te Beveren, penning met opschrift 'zijde vogel No. 3'
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-10-131
- Museum classification
- award medal · schutterspenning
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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