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Medal

Medal
1778 (made)
Artist/Maker
Saa, Antonio (maker)
Place of origin
Spain (made)

The obverse side of this bronze medal depicts a river God recling with two sailing ships visible in the backgrounnd and flax growing in the foreground. The image on the reverse side depicts processes of textile manufacture, and three women are shown carding, spinning and weaving while in the background a man is shown working a loom.

The medal is dated 1778 and is the work on the spanish medallist, Antonio Saa.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleMedal
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze Spanish 18th cent Antonio saab 1778, River, textile manufacture
Physical description
Medal, bronze. Obverse, a reclining river god, with two sailing ships visible in the background and flax (?) growing in the foreground. Reverse: image of textile professes: three women carding, spinning and weaving and in the background a man working a loom. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • BIBE DUM FLUO MOX REFLUAM
    Translation
    DRINK WHILE I FLOW, SOON I WILL RUN OUT
  • DIES ET INGENIUM
    Translation
    DAY AND TALENT
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Hildburgh bequest.
Object history
Purchased from Spink & Son, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
River God
Ship
Flax
Loom
Summary
The obverse side of this bronze medal depicts a river God recling with two sailing ships visible in the backgrounnd and flax growing in the foreground. The image on the reverse side depicts processes of textile manufacture, and three women are shown carding, spinning and weaving while in the background a man is shown working a loom.

The medal is dated 1778 and is the work on the spanish medallist, Antonio Saa.
Bibliographic reference
Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary, VIII, 1930, p. 185.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.20-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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