Amsterdam branch of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, medal awarded to D. Kienhuize for fifty ornamental plants
Also known as: Afdeling Amsterdam van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning uitgereikt aan D. Kienhuize voor vijftig sierplanten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1853
Silver medal with suspension ring and decorative pin in the form of a hand. Obverse: crowned coat of arms resting on two sheaves of corn, two inverted, filled cornucopias, an oak and a willow branch above inscription and agricultural implements. Reverse: wreath of olive branches with ribbon above inscriptions. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-130; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 6.9 cm x height 5 cm x diameter 3.8 cm x weight 28.2 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- height 6.9 cm x height 5 cm x diameter 3.8 cm x weight 28.2 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 6.9 cm x height 5 cm x diameter 3.8 cm x weight 28.2 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms resting on two sheaves of corn, two inverted, filled cornucopias, an oak and a willow branch above inscription and agricultural implements.
- Reverse
- wreath of olive branches with ribbon above inscriptions.
Identification
- Original title
- Afdeling Amsterdam van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning uitgereikt aan D. Kienhuize voor vijftig sierplanten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-130
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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