Seventh anniversary of the Society for the Promotion of Cowpox Inoculation in Amsterdam, medal awarded to N. Holtius, member from the founding of the society by P.H. Themmen
Also known as: Zevenjarig bestaan van het Genootschap tot Bevordering der Koepokinenting te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt aan N. Holtius, lid vanaf de oprichting van het genootschap door P.H. Themmen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1810 - 1810-11-01
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-87; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.4 cm x weight 15.42 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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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 15.42 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 15.42 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Zevenjarig bestaan van het Genootschap tot Bevordering der Koepokinenting te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt aan N. Holtius, lid vanaf de oprichting van het genootschap door P.H. Themmen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-87
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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