Medal
Medal
1685 (made)
1685 (made)
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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
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Title | Medal |
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. |
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Object history | Bequeathed by Miss M.E Waldo-Sibthorp. |
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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 |
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Accession number | 1900-1902 |
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Record created | June 10, 2009 |
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