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International Food and Cookery Association

Medal
late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Obverse: Wreath of vegetables and fruit. Inscribed.
Reverse: Wreaths of corn, maize, laurel and bullrushes enclosing resepctively a sheaf of corn, cornucopia and a farm implement, 3-game birds, a domestic stove, fishes and a lobster. Inscribed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleInternational Food and Cookery Association (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Alloy
Brief description
Medal, alloy, commemorating the International Food and Cookery Association, English, late 19th century
Physical description
Obverse: Wreath of vegetables and fruit. Inscribed.
Reverse: Wreaths of corn, maize, laurel and bullrushes enclosing resepctively a sheaf of corn, cornucopia and a farm implement, 3-game birds, a domestic stove, fishes and a lobster. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'INTERNATIONAL FOOD & COOKERY EXHIBITION' (obverse)
  • 'EARTH AIR FIRE WATER' (reverse, inscribed under each group)
Object history
Given by M.J. Franklin, Esq., R.P., London, in 1983.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
A.54-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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