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Henry Edmunds

Medal
1923 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Morris-Singer Company
Place of origin
England (made)

This portrait medal depicts an unknown sitter and is cast by the Morris Singer Foundry. William Morris established the Morris Foundry in Westminster in about 1906. The firm moved to Frome in Somerset, having combined with the Singer Company already established there since 1848. The Morris Singer Foundry became the most successful company in Britain casting bronze sculpture and architectural metalwork.

Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Object type
Medal
TitleHenry Edmunds (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze cast
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Henry Edmunds, cast by the Morris-Singer Company, English, 1923
Physical description
This is a uniface portrait medal showing the profile bust of an elderly moustached man, wearing a jacket over a collar and tie looking to our left. The reverse is plain. The truncation is inscribed on the lower left.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 38.1mm
Marks and inscriptions
'HENRY / EDMUNDS / 1923' [and on the lower left] 'WILLIAM MORRIS / 1924'
Credit line
Given by Mrs Linda Hannas
Object history
Given by Mrs Linda Hannas, in 1994.
Subject depicted
Henry Edmunds
Summary
This portrait medal depicts an unknown sitter and is cast by the Morris Singer Foundry. William Morris established the Morris Foundry in Westminster in about 1906. The firm moved to Frome in Somerset, having combined with the Singer Company already established there since 1848. The Morris Singer Foundry became the most successful company in Britain casting bronze sculpture and architectural metalwork.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.3-1994

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O347297/henry-edmunds-medal-morris-singer-company/
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