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Dog show medal
Netherlandish
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 47 mm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Packard
Accession Number27.281
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal for a dog show.
Obverse: Blank central medallion with wreath around and four other medallions with four different dog bust.
Reverse: Two lions holding up a heraldic device with five more devices above; inscribed above "KONINKLUKE UTRECHTSCHE/FABRIER/VAN ZILVERWERKEN/VAN/C.J.BEGEER/--/" and on central medallion "JE MAINTIENDRAI".
Obverse: Blank central medallion with wreath around and four other medallions with four different dog bust.
Reverse: Two lions holding up a heraldic device with five more devices above; inscribed above "KONINKLUKE UTRECHTSCHE/FABRIER/VAN ZILVERWERKEN/VAN/C.J.BEGEER/--/" and on central medallion "JE MAINTIENDRAI".
InscriptionsReverse: Inscribed above "KONINKLUKE UTRECHTSCHE/FABRIER/VAN ZILVERWERKEN/VAN/C.J.BEGEER/--/" and on central medallion "JE MAINTIENDRAI".
ProvenanceBefore 1927, The Mary Hooper Packard Collection; 1927, gift of Horace Packard to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1927)