Medal, Barber, Charles E., United States, 1893
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1893
Medal, Barber, Charles E., United States, 1893 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1893. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, Christopher Columbus, 400th anniversary..
Museum description: Medal, bronze. Obv.: CHRISTOPHER COLVMBUS OCT. XII MDCCCXCII. Columbus landing on the coast of the isalnd of San Slvador (now Watling's Island) followed by his companions; above the inscription is an adaptation of the device of Charles V. (b. 1500: d. 1558), with his motto PLVS VLTRA. Signed AVGVSTVS. SAINT. GAVDENS. FECIT. Rev.: WORLD'S. COLUMBIAN. EXPOSITION IN. COMMEMORATION. OF. THE FOUR. HUNDREDTH.
ANNIVERSARY OF. THE. LANDING. OF. COLUMBUS. MDCCCXCII. MDCCCXCIII. TO BRITISH GOV'T., SCIENCE & ART DEPT. Above, figures of Fame and History support the globe; below is seen Columbus's ship. The museum record gives material recorded as bronze; measurements Diameter 3 in; place associated: United States; maker recorded: Barber, Charles E.. 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.
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Historical context
This bronze medal was made by C.E Barber, to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus, in 1893.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 3 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze
- Maker recorded
- Barber, Charles E.
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 259-1896
- Museum system number
- O186843
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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