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Calais Chamber of Commerce

Medal
ca. 1870 (signed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal representing the Chambre de Commerce of Calais and symbolic female figures is made by Louis-Alexandre Bottée in France in ca. 1870.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCalais Chamber of Commerce (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, Calais Chamber of Commerce, struck silver, by Louis-Alexandre Bottée, French, 19th century, about 1870
Physical description
Obverse: symbolic female figures.
Reverse: Chambre de Commerce de Calais
Marks and inscriptions
'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CALAIS 1er JUIN 1828' (reverse)
Object history
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This medal representing the Chambre de Commerce of Calais and symbolic female figures is made by Louis-Alexandre Bottée in France in ca. 1870.
Collection
Accession number
A.53-1980

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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