Skippers' Guild in 's-Hertogenbosch, medal of Dean R. Weymans
Also known as: Schippersgilde te 's-Hertogenbosch, penning van deken R. Weymans
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1809
Silver medal suspended from an openwork metal bow. Obverse: crowned coat of arms on a chequered floor, flanked by two semi-nude men with clubs over their shoulders; below, a garland of leaves.
Reverse: ship above inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-421; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 10.3 cm x diameter 8.8 cm x weight 60.13 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
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 10.3 cm x diameter 8.8 cm x weight 60.13 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 10.3 cm x diameter 8.8 cm x weight 60.13 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms on a chequered floor, flanked by two semi-nude men with clubs over their shoulders; below, a garland of leaves.
- Reverse
- ship above inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Schippersgilde te 's-Hertogenbosch, penning van deken R. Weymans
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-421
- 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
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