John Cockerill Society Medal
Medal
1927 (made)
1927 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This plaquette celebrates the English-Belgian manufactuer John Cockerill (1790-1840) and his Society. His family moved to Belgium in 1802. He was manager in a factory in Belgium and later went to Berlin were he established a woollen factory. Later he also set up a foundry and factory at Seraing in Belgium.
At the time of his death he had built a reputation as a humanitarian employer, and additionally as the founder of the Belgian manufacturing industry.
His company became the Société pour l'Exploitation des Etablissements John Cockerill (1842) and later Société Anonyme Cockerill-Ougree (1955).
At the time of his death he had built a reputation as a humanitarian employer, and additionally as the founder of the Belgian manufacturing industry.
His company became the Société pour l'Exploitation des Etablissements John Cockerill (1842) and later Société Anonyme Cockerill-Ougree (1955).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | John Cockerill Society Medal (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, John Cockerill, by Godefroid Devreese, Belgian, 1927 |
| Physical description | Obverse: Profile portrait of John Cockerill looking to the left. Inscription. Reverse: A foundry man, in hat and apron, stokes a boiler in the foreground. The background with a view of a factory with a train. Inscription. |
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| Object history | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This plaquette celebrates the English-Belgian manufactuer John Cockerill (1790-1840) and his Society. His family moved to Belgium in 1802. He was manager in a factory in Belgium and later went to Berlin were he established a woollen factory. Later he also set up a foundry and factory at Seraing in Belgium. At the time of his death he had built a reputation as a humanitarian employer, and additionally as the founder of the Belgian manufacturing industry. His company became the Société pour l'Exploitation des Etablissements John Cockerill (1842) and later Société Anonyme Cockerill-Ougree (1955). |
| Bibliographic reference | Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, I, pp. 574-577 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.59-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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