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Medal
1685 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The figure of Fortune playing a lute stands on a snail symbolising the fact that good fortune has come though slowly; the lute is a pun on the name Lautenthal in Lower Saxony.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMedal
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, Fortune, Arms of Duchy of Brunswich and Lunenburg.
Physical description
Medal, cast silver. Obv.The arms of the duchy of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Rev. A woman, symbolising Fortune, standing on a snail and playing a lute to which a sail is attached. There is an inscription on the reverse, and in the background, a landscape, on the left, the sun; and on the right, a Hebrew inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3in
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss M.E Waldo-Sibthorp.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The figure of Fortune playing a lute stands on a snail symbolising the fact that good fortune has come though slowly; the lute is a pun on the name Lautenthal in Lower Saxony.
Bibliographic reference
List of Works of Art acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the Year 1902 arranged according to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1906. pp.392
Collection
Accession number
1900-1902

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Record createdJune 10, 2009
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