Medal — Model for a medal, Italy, 1667
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1667
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.36-1932), made in Italy, dated 1667. The museum's brief description reads: Wax, Italian, 1667. Museum description: Relief in wax on lead. Over a Maltese cross, a shield bearing the arms of Ruffo of Calabria impaling (?) those of Boncompagni, surrounded by an inscription in relief. The museum records it as Wax, measuring Diameter 7 cm. 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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- Catalogue references
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Historical context
This is a model for a medal. Over a Maltese Cross, a shielf bearing the arms of Rufflo of Calabria impaling those of Boncompagni. Inscribed in relief round the border.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Wax
- Dimensions
- Diameter 7 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Wax
- Place recorded
- Italy
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- 'TEMPLUM HOC INIT. HABUIT TEMP. PRIOR. SOR. HYPP. CATH. RUFFO. MDCLXVII'
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- A.36-1932
- Museum system number
- O96614
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
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