Medal — Paris International Exhibition of 1889, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1889
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1889
Medal — Paris International Exhibition of 1889, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1889 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1889. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, Paris International Exhibition of 1889, struck and silvered bronze, by Louis-Alexandre Bottée, French, 19th century, 1889..
Museum description: Medal of silvered bronze, struck from a die, one side only. Minera, seated, is crowned with an olive wreath a semi-nude figure, who sits by an anvil with a hammer in his hand; beneath is a bird's- eye view of the Paris Exhibition of 1889 and the Eiffel Tower. On the scroll is the word PAX. The legend reads EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889. Signed 'Louis Bottée. The museum record gives material recorded as bronze; measurements Diameter 2.5 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This silvered bronze medal shows Minera, seated, crowning a semi-nude figure, who sits by an anvil with a hammer in his hand, with an olive wreath. Beneath the figures there is a bird's- eye view of the Paris Exhibition of 1889 and the Eiffel Tower. On the scroll is the word PAX. The legend reads EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889. Signed 'Louis Bottée. The medal was struck from a die and is plain on the reverse.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 2.5 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silvered bronze
- Maker recorded
- Bottée, Louis-Alexandre
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 193-1896
- Museum system number
- O186758
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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