Accession No

4511

Brief Description

16 medals illustrating various scientific subjects, with magnifying lens, in box, by E. Thomason, English, 2/2 C19th

Origin

England

Maker

Thomason. E.

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (white metal and 1 other); cloth (velvet, silk); paper (card and 1 other); glass; wood

Dimensions

case length 270mm; breadth 185mm; height 44mm; diameter of each medal 73mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased on 17/02/1995.

Inscription

‘THOMASON’S
SCIENTIFIC
AND
PHILISOPHIC
MEDALS’ (on spine of case)
‘THOMASON DIREX’ (on 9 medals)
‘THOMASON. D.’ (on 5 medals)
‘E.THOMASON. D.’ (on 2 medals)

Description Notes

16 medals illustrating various subjects and a magnifying lens, in box, by Thomason, 2/2 C19th.

Box in the form of a book with lid now detached lined with red velvet and red silk contains 3 fitted layers for the medals. Each medal is a white metal disc with relief information about a particular science or scientific machine (mostly words but some pictures). Top tray carries medals for: mineralogy, astronomy, hydrostatics, metallurgy, high-pressure engine, and phrenology. Second tray carries medals for: chrystallography, electricity, geology, classification of minerals, mechanics, and Newcomen’s steam engine. Bottom tray carries medals for: ‘Mr. Watt’s double acting steam engine’, ‘Mr. Watt’s single acting steam engine’, chemistry, and optics. Also an octagonal magnifying lens. Silk tags to lift medals out of their fittings.

Condition fair (some tarnishing to medals; box poor); complete

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