Accession No

4223

Brief Description

silver plate Exhibitor’s Medal from International Gas Exhibition (London), presented to Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, English, 1904

Origin

England; London

Maker

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1904

Latest Date

1904

Inscription Date

1904

Material

metal (copper, silver, brass); paper (card); hide (leather); cloth (silk, velvet)

Dimensions

diameter 45mm; thickness 4mm case length 79 mm; breadth 75 mm; thickness 22 mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘INTERNATIONAL GAS EXHIBITION EARL’S COURT
1904’ (one side of medal)
‘PRESENTED TO
The Cambridge
Scientific Instrument CO.
A SOUVENIR
OF
SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION’ (other side)

Description Notes

Silver plate Exhibitor’s Medal from International Gas Exhibition (London), 1904, presented to Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, English.

Copper medal, silver-plated. One side carries monogram ‘EC’ (Earl’s Court?). The other carries the presentation inscription and a foliate decoration.
Leather-covered case with brass hinge and fastener; white silk and blue velvet lining.

Condition good; complete.

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