Medal with depiction of a bird, struck on a medal or coin of Zeeland
Also known as: Penning met afbeelding van vogel, geslagen op penning of munt van Zeeland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1800
Single-sided copper medal. Obverse: bird turned to the right, turning its head to peck at a bush hanging behind it. Reverse: traces of an older design: mint mark: small castle, next to a star above an inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-102; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.93 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
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.93 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- bird turned to the right, turning its head to peck at a bush hanging behind it.
- Reverse
- traces of an older design: mint mark: small castle, next to a star above an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met afbeelding van vogel, geslagen op penning of munt van Zeeland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-102
- Museum classification
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.