Medal, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1884-5

Medal, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1884-5 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1884-5. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, Peace between Chile, Peru and Bolivia in 1884, obverse only, electrotype, silvered copper, by Louis Alexandre Bottée, French, designed about 1884-5. Museum description: Obverse of a Medal, reproduced by the electrotype process in silvered copper; a female figure representing Chile sits on a throne with an olive-branch in her right hand, and a sword in her left. By her side is a shield with the arms of that republic, and at her back is a condor, perched on a throne, with a star above. To the left, two femaile figures, representing Peru and Bolivia, are doing homage; they hold broken shields, having the arms of those states. At the right is a winged genius holding a flaming torch, and standing by an avil, a cornucopia, a beehive, and emblems of science and art. The exergue is filled with a cartouche bearing the following legend:- CHILE EN PAZ CON EL PERU. I. BOLIVIA 1884. Signed 'Louis Bottée, Sculpteur.' The museum record gives material recorded as copper; measurements Diameter 3.25 in; place associated: France; maker recorded: Bottée, Louis-Alexandre. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.