medal

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Object Type
Museum number: 1978,0712.18
Description: Rectangular struck bronze medal. (whole); A young woman in drapery, her arms bare, in profile to left, seated on a stool with a palette below it, observes a small vase, which she is going to decorate, which she holds up in her left hand, a paintbrush (?) in her right hand; to left a tall stand with a vase of flowers and a pot with implements on top, a large portfolio or album on a lower shelf, and a rolled up sheet below. (obverse); Various vessels of different shapes, including a two-handled vase, dishes and pots, on a piece of cloth on an ornate stand, set against a laurel to left and a rose bush to right. (reverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Georges Henri Prud'homme; Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine: Georges Henri Prud'homme; Made by: Monnaie de Paris
State
Production date: 1908 (Mazerolle); 1909 (Catalogue Général)
Production place: Made in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 65 millimetres; Width: 51 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mazerolle dates the medal 1908, the Catalogue Général dates it 1909. The positions, ie. left and right, of the signatures and some of the design aspects recorded by Mazerolle are in reverse to those on the medal itself. The Catalogue Général erroneously labels the image H rather than G.
Bibliographic references: Mazerolle 1909 / G.-H. Prud'homme, Graveur en médailles. Biographie et Catalogue de son Oeuvre (no.21, p.234); Catalogue Général 3 / La Troisième République (G, p.333) (titled 'Céramique'); Jones 1985 / Acquisitions of Medals (1978-1982) (no.132, p.46) (titled 'Céramique')
Location: Not on display
Subjects: potter/ceramicist (?); vessel; ceramic; furniture/woodwork; draughtsman/painter (?); artist studio; flower
Associated places: Named in inscription: Rouen; Named in inscription: Sèvres; Named in inscription: Limoges; Named in inscription: Nevers
Acquisition date: 1978
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1978,0712.18

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