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admission-ticket
Object Type
admission-ticket
Museum number
MG.897
Description
Ticket for Paris Exhibition; white metal; loop for suspension; obverse: view of Eiffel Tower and buildings; inscription on scroll and in exergue; reverse: inscription; pin attached with red, white and blue ribbon.
Production date
1889
Materials
white metal
metal
cotton
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.80 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Associated dates : 1789.
Bibliographic references
Montague Guest / Catalogue of the Montague Guest collection of badges, tokens and passes: presented in 1907 to the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities.
(897)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
architecture
Associated places
Associated with:
Eiffel Tower
Associated events
Named in Inscription:
Paris Exhibition 1889
Commemoration of:
Proclamation of the Rights of Man 1789
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Montague Guest
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Coins and Medals
Registration number
MG.897
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
G.897
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Apr 2005
Treatment
: 20 Apr 2005