Medal, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1892-1896

Medal, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1892-1896 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1892-1896. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, Baron Camille de Rochetaillée, Church of St. Just, struck and silvered bronze medal by Louise-Alexandre Bottée, French, 19th century, about 1892-6.. Museum description: Medal of silvered bronze, struck from a die. Obv.: portrait to left of Baron Camille de Rochetaillée; below, a band and a cartouche; the former contains the words QVI NVNQVAM IMMEMOR. The legend is as follows: BARON CAMILLE DE ROCHETAILLÉE ÉDIFIE ET OFFRE L'EGLISE AU SACRÉ COEUR DE JÉSUS. Rev.: a girl in flowing drapery offers a model of a church to Jesus Christ, who bears on his breast a flaming heart; beneath the church and amid clouds is a winged head of angel. At the back of the female figure is a cross, with the words FOI CHRETIENNE; an anchor lies at its foot. The legend reads 'L'EGLISE DE ST JUST EN CHEVALET A ÉTÉ CONSACRÉE PAR S.E LE CARDINAL FOULON ARCHEVÊQUE DE LYON LE 5 SEPTEMBRE 1892. L GUINOT ARCHITECTE. Signed on both sides, 'Louis Bottée.' The head of the angel is a portrait of the child in whose memory the church was built. The museum record gives material recorded as bronze; measurements Diameter 2.6875 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.