medal
- Museum number
- 1978,0712.50
- Description
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Rectangular struck bronze medal. (whole)
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Three separate images, in three panels.
To left, two glass workers, one man seated man seated in the foreground, holding in his left hand a stick with an unfinished jug at the end and in his right hand an implement placed just above a glass ball at the end on a long stick held by a young male assistant standing further back to left; a bucket on a stand on the floor and wooden planks (?) and a large piece of machinery or equipment in the background; below the scene a cartouche with a rectangular plaque inside it.
Portraits of Paul and Adrien Michaut, two busts, conjoined, in profile to left, below, a medal below with a head facing front, inscribed "J.B.TOUSSAINT 1822 1858", next to a laurel branch and a rose branch tied together.
Two glass workers wearing aprons, the man in the foreground seated on a stool in front of a work bench with equipment on it holds up a vase, the other man further back to right holds a jug; in the foreground to left, a bucket on a stool and below the scene, a cartouche with a rectangular plaque in the centre. (obverse)
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Two indented images in the upper half, showing two aerial views oif Baccarat, the first before the factory was built (?), then second with the factory in operation, smoke coming out of its chimneys; below to left a bunch of roses. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1907
- Dimensions
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Height: 46 millimetres
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Width: 70 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1978,0712.50