Medal — National Medal for Success in Art , Britain, 1897
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1897
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number E.137-2025), made in Britain, dated 1897. The museum's brief description reads: Silver medal, National Medal for Success in Art Awarded by the Board of Education, awarded to Thomas Cox, 1900. Museum description: Silver medal, National Competition medal of the Department of Science and Art. On the obverse there is the inscription VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEEN & EMPRESS 1897 and a crowned and laureated bust of Queen Victoria. On the reverse an inscription within a laurel wreath which reads NATIONAL MEDAL FOR SVCCESS IN ART AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. The museum records it as Cast silver, measuring Diameter 51 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter 51 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Cast silver
- Place recorded
- Britain
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEEN & EMPRESS 1897; NATIONAL MEDAL FOR SVCCESS IN ART AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART; THOMAS NEWTON COX, SUBJECT 23C 1900.
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- E.137-2025
- Museum system number
- O1790458
Catalogue references
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