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Medal

1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bowcher, Frank (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

This bronze medal was struck to commemorate the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign. The obverse depicts the Queen while the reverse shows a steamer at sea and a locomotive issuing from a tunnel with the inscription BRITISH COMMERCE 1837-1897.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, 60th anniversary, ship, train, British commerce.
Physical description
Medal, bronze, struck from a die. Obv: VICTORIA d: g: BRITT: REGINA F: D: IND: IMP: IN. COMMEMOR. AN. REG. SEXAGESIMI MDCCCXCVII. Crowned and laureated bust of Queen Victoria to left. Signed on the truncation F B. Rev: BRITISH COMMERCE 1837 1897. A steamer at sea; below, a locomotive issuing from a tunnel, between the two hemispheres of the globe. Signed SPINK & SON LONDON.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2in
Object history
Given by Messrs. Spink and Son.
Subject depicted
Paddle Steamer
Summary
This bronze medal was struck to commemorate the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign. The obverse depicts the Queen while the reverse shows a steamer at sea and a locomotive issuing from a tunnel with the inscription BRITISH COMMERCE 1837-1897.
Bibliographic reference
List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1897. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1901. pp.271
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
1946-1897

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2009
Record URL
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