Accession No

4225

Brief Description

bronze medal from the Paris Exhibition (Universal Exposition) of 1900, by Jules Clément Chaplain, for Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., French, 1900

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Chaplain, Jules Clément [designer] Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd. [for]

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

1900

Material

metal (bronze); wood; hide (leather); cloth (velvet, silk)

Dimensions

diameter 64mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘J.C. CHAPLAIN’ (obverse)
‘EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE
1900’ (obverse)
‘CAMBRIDGE
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT
COMPANY, LIMITED.’ (obverse)
‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’ (reverse)
‘EXPOSITION
UNIVERSELLE
1900’ (lid of box)

Description Notes

Bronze medal from the Paris Exhibition (Universal Exposition) of 1900, by J.C. Chaplain for Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company. English; French.

Bronze commemorative medal from the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Obverse carries relief carving of man with flaming torch, seated on winged woman carrying a laurel wreath; both set over view of Paris. Reverse carries relief carving of womans’ head beneath an oak tree with the city of Paris in the background.

Carries enscriptions:
‘J.C. CHAPLAIN’ (obverse)
‘EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE
1900’ (obverse)
‘CAMBRIDGE
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT
COMPANY, LIMITED.’ (obverse)
‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’ (reverse)
‘EXPOSITION
UNIVERSELLE
1900’ (lid of box)

Square wooden box, covered with red leather; lined with red velvet and white silk.

Condition good (box poor); complete.

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