Medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Medal is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, portrait of Xavier Sigalon, bronze, sand cast, by Auguste Préault, signed and dated August 1830.
Museum description: Portrait medallion, round, with profile portrait of Xavier Sigalon (facing to the right, with fairly straight hair and more curly long sideburns and wearing a small cap) in bronze with goldish coloured patina. Signed, dated and inscribed in informal lettering style. No foundry mark. diam. 167.5mm The museum record gives material recorded as bronze; measurements Diameter 167.5 mm. 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
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 167.5 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze, sand cast
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- PREAULT; XAVIER.SIGALON/PICTOR.; Preault AUG 1830
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- A.10-2015
- Museum system number
- O1320865
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.