Medal — John Cockerill Society Medal, Belgium, 1927
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1927
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.59-1978), made in Belgium, dated 1927, attributed to Devreese, Godefroid. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, John Cockerill, by Godefroid Devreese, Belgian, 1927.
Museum description: Obverse: Profile portrait of John Cockerill looking to the left. Inscription. Reverse: A foundry man, in hat and apron, stokes a boiler in the foreground. The background with a view of a factory with a train. Inscription. The museum records it as Bronze, measuring Height 8.1 cm; Width 5.1 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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Historical context
This plaquette celebrates the English-Belgian manufactuer John Cockerill (1790-1840) and his Society. His family moved to Belgium in 1802. He was manager in a factory in Belgium and later went to Berlin were he established a woollen factory. Later he also set up a foundry and factory at Seraing in Belgium. At the time of his death he had built a reputation as a humanitarian employer, and additionally as the founder of the Belgian manufacturing industry. His company became the Société pour l'Exploitation des Etablissements John Cockerill (1842) and later Société Anonyme Cockerill-Ougree (1955).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Height 8.1 cm; Width 5.1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze
- Maker recorded
- Devreese, Godefroid
- Place recorded
- Belgium
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- A.59-1978
- Museum system number
- O313401
Catalogue references
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