Medal — Reverse side of a medal, France, 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 683-1894), made in France, dated 19th century, attributed to Roty, Oscar. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Mauritiu, Roty..
Museum description: Medal, reverse, bronze, struck from a die, and silvered; a seated female figure, holding flowers in her hand, and looking towards an approaching vessel. Before her is a shield of arms, and a ribbon bearing the words STELLA CLAVISQUE MARIS INDICI. In the distance to the right is a pier with a lighthouse. The legend reads thus:- A SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY. K.C.M. G. GOUVERNEVR DEL'ILE MAVRICE ET DE SES DEPENDANCES LES MAVRICIENS RECONNAISSANTS.
XXII DECEMBRE MDCCCLXXXVIII. Signed 'O. Roty'. The museum records it as Silvered bronze, measuring Diameter 2.6875 in. These details come from the 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 is the reverse side of a bronze medal. It depicts a seated female figure holding flowers in her hand looking towards an approaching boat. In front of her there is a shield of arms, and a ribbon bearing an inscription. The inscription celebrates Sir John Pope Hennessy as the Governor of Mauritius and is dated 22nd December 1888. Pope Hennessy was a British politician, and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1877 to 1882. This medal is the work of Louis Oscar Roty, the leading French medallist of the late nineteenth century.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 2.6875 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silvered bronze
- Maker recorded
- Roty, Oscar
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 683-1894
- Museum system number
- O183434
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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