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The Worshipful Company of Founders Exhibition 1910

Medal
1910-1912 (made)
Artist/Maker
Young, A. Stanley (medallist)
Place of origin
England (made)

This medal was issued on the occasion of the exhibition in 1910, of the Worshipful Company of Founders. It is made by A. Stanley Young in England in 1911/12.
The medal is held in its original velvet lined box which is embossed with 'God the Only Founder' in gold.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Medal
  • Box for Medal Worsh Co Founders
TitleThe Worshipful Company of Founders Exhibition 1910 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Alloy
Alloy
Brief description
Medal, alloy, The Worshipful Company of Founders Exhibition 1910, by A. Stanley Young, England, 1910/12
Physical description
Obverse: In the centre a shield is depicted with a coffee jug in its centre and a candlestick on each side. A helmet from a suit of armour rests above the shield with flowing decoration around the whole of the shield. At the very top of the medal are two hands using bellows to fan a fire. Inscription.
Reverse: Depicts a foundry scene with two men using a hoist to tip molten metal from a cauldron into a mould. In the background is a sphinx and the head of a Pharaoh. Inscription.
The medal is held in its original velvet lined box which is embossed with 'God the Only Founder' in gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS. THE AWARD OF HONOUR' [and beneath the shield] 'GOD THE ONLY FOUNDER' [and on rim] 'THE FOUNDERS COMPANY' (obverse)
  • 'Y' (reverse)
Object history
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978.
Subjects depicted
Shield
Jug
Candlestick
Helmet
Fire
Foundry
Summary
This medal was issued on the occasion of the exhibition in 1910, of the Worshipful Company of Founders. It is made by A. Stanley Young in England in 1911/12.
The medal is held in its original velvet lined box which is embossed with 'God the Only Founder' in gold.
Bibliographic reference
Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, VI, p. 706
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.106:1-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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