Medal of Sir Hans Sloane

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Artist/Maker	Dassier, Jacques-Antoine (maker)
Place of origin	Switzerland (made)

Medal, copper. Obverse side, bust to the left of Sir Hans Sloane without wig and wearing a nightcap, inscribed HANS SLOANE EQU. BARONETTUS., and signed below the truncation, A.DASSIER F. On the reverse side, there is an inscription in foru lines with swags of flowers above and branches of oak below with the inscription PRAESES SOCIETATIS REGIAE LONDINENSIS. MDCCXLIV.

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Categories	Coins & Medals Sculpture
Object type	Medal
Title	Medal of Sir Hans Sloane
Materials and techniques	Copper Copper
Brief description	Bronze Swiss 18th cent j.a.dassier 1744
Physical description	Medal, copper. Obverse side, bust to the left of Sir Hans Sloane without wig and wearing a nightcap, inscribed HANS SLOANE EQU. BARONETTUS., and signed below the truncation, A.DASSIER F. On the reverse side, there is an inscription in foru lines with swags of flowers above and branches of oak below with the inscription PRAESES SOCIETATIS REGIAE LONDINENSIS. MDCCXLIV.
Dimensions	Diameter: 55mm
Marks and inscriptions	HANS SLOANE EQU. BARONETTUS PRAESES SOCIETATIS REGIAE LONDINENSIS. MDCCXLIV.
Object history	Purchased from Mr A Macdonald, 169 Walm Lane, London, W2 for £3.3.0.
Subjects depicted	Wig Nightcap Flowers Branches Sloane, Hans (Sir)
Bibliographic references	Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Vol. I, pp. 510-11. Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, Londonm British Museum, 1911, pl. CLXIV, no. 2.
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.4-1967

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311682/medal-of-sir-hans-sloane-medal-dassier-jacques-antoine/

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