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Award medal for Success in the National Art Competition
Vechte, Antoine, born 1799 - died 1868 - Enlarge image
Award medal for Success in the National Art Competition
- Object:
Medallion
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1857 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Vechte, Antoine, born 1799 - died 1868 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
[Medallion national art competition] Silver and gold with electrotype technique
[Medallion] Wax on slate - Museum number:
M.89-1909
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This medallion is an award medal for Success in the National Art Competition.
The medallion 89a-1909 is a first study for the award medal in wax on slate, the other one 89b-1909 is an electrotype from this first study.
It is made in gold and silver by the Electrotype method. Electrotype copies were awarded for success in the yearly National Art Competition between 1857 to 1865 inclusive.
The medallist Antoine Vechte (1799-1868) was a French silversmith, active also in England (London), where he moved to after the Revolution in 1848. He specialised in the Renaissance style. In London he joined Hunt & Roskell. He made virtuoso repoussé work and with that had considerable influence in England, especially as his silver work was reproduced with the Electrotype technique. He retired to France in 1861.
