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Art Prize
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 47 mm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry G. Pickering
Accession Number26.803
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal.
Obverse: Profile bust of Frederick William III looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "FRIED'WILHELM III KOENIG VON PREUSSEN" and on bust "ABRAMSON".
Reverse: Cupid holding two wreaths in proper left hand and a staff in proper right hand; inscribed at edge "FÜR KUNST UND GEWERBE".
Obverse: Profile bust of Frederick William III looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "FRIED'WILHELM III KOENIG VON PREUSSEN" and on bust "ABRAMSON".
Reverse: Cupid holding two wreaths in proper left hand and a staff in proper right hand; inscribed at edge "FÜR KUNST UND GEWERBE".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "FRIED'WILHELM III KOENIG VON PREUSSEN" and on bust "ABRAMSON".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "FÜR KUNST UND GEWERBE".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "FÜR KUNST UND GEWERBE".
ProvenanceBy 1926, Henry G. Pickering; 1926, gift of Henry G. Pickering to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 2, 1926)