Mud dredge operator, medal by the regents of the Almoners' Orphanage
Also known as: Modderman, penning door de regenten van het Aalmoezeniers Weeshuis
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650 - c. 1800
Copper medal. Obverse: mud dredge operator in his boat beneath a crowned coat of arms; below the boat: stamped crowned coat of arms. Reverse: inscription N 23. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-51; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique casting, engraving; measurements diameter 4.8 cm x weight 39.25 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- casting, engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 39.25 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 39.25 g
Design
- Obverse
- mud dredge operator in his boat beneath a crowned coat of arms; below the boat: stamped crowned coat of arms.
- Reverse
- inscription N 23.
Identification
- Original title
- Modderman, penning door de regenten van het Aalmoezeniers Weeshuis
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-51
- Museum classification
- beroepspenning · 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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