Medal — Medal of Sir Hans Sloane, Switzerland, 1744
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1744
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.4-1967), made in Switzerland, dated 1744, attributed to Dassier, Jacques-Antoine. The museum's brief description reads: Bronze Swiss 18th cent j.a.dassier 1744.
Museum description: Medal, copper. Obverse side, bust to the left of Sir Hans Sloane without wig and wearing a nightcap, inscribed HANS SLOANE EQU. BARONETTUS., and signed below the truncation, A.DASSIER F. On the reverse side, there is an inscription in foru lines with swags of flowers above and branches of oak below with the inscription PRAESES SOCIETATIS REGIAE LONDINENSIS. MDCCXLIV. The museum records it as Copper, measuring Diameter 55 mm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper
- Dimensions
- Diameter 55 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Copper
- Maker recorded
- Dassier, Jacques-Antoine
- Place recorded
- Switzerland
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- HANS SLOANE EQU. BARONETTUS; PRAESES SOCIETATIS REGIAE LONDINENSIS. MDCCXLIV.
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- A.4-1967
- Museum system number
- O311682
Catalogue references
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