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29-223-80

From: France

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-223-80
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture French
Provenience France
Manufacture Location France
Date Made circa 1789
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Male Portrait | Freedom
Description

OBV: profile (male) of King Louis xvi, and inscription: Louis xvi Roi des Francais Pere d'un Peuple Libre Assembl.e des Elect.s de Paris. Le Roi Y Seant Le 17 Juillet 1789 REV: female figure holding staff and hat, inscribing an obelisk with the date/words: Juillet m.dcc.lxxix Presidents des Electeurs J. de Lavigne et M.L.E. Moreau de St. Mery. Inscription: Liberte Assuree

Thickness 0.4 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Maxwell Sommerville, 1901

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