Medal — Inauguration du nouveau port de Calais, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1889

Medal — Inauguration du nouveau port de Calais, Bottée, Louis-Alexandre, France, 1889 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1889. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, inauguration of the new harbour at Calais, struck and silvered copper, by Louis-Alexandre Bottée, French, 19th century, 1889.. Museum description: Electrotype medal of silvered copper, to commemorate the inauguration of the Port of Calais; in the foreground a female figure, representing the town of Calais, is seated on a bale of merchandise; in her right hand she holds the caduceus, and with her left supports a shield bearing the arms of the town. An anchor lies at her feet, and a boat is by her side. Behind stands another female figure in flowing drapery, holding up her right arm, and resting her left hand on the shoulder of the other figure; a fillet with the word FRANCE is bound about her helmeted head. To the right is an olive- tree with a scroll bearing the words PAX LABOR, a beehive, and a rudder view of the Port of Calais, with Dover Castle in the far distance. Signed in the exergue, 'Louis Bottée.' The museum record gives material recorded as copper; measurements Diameter 4.75 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.