Medal box

Johan Werner Gericke, 1784

With the conclusion of the peace treaty of 1784, the French vice-admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez was honoured as a ‘hero’ by France and the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) presented him with this box containing a gold medal for having prevented the Dutch colonies in Africa and Asia from falling into British hands.

  • Artwork typemedal box
  • Object numberNG-2006-30-A
  • Dimensionsdiameter 8.9 cm x height 2.2 cm x weight 257 g
  • Physical characteristicsgoud, diamant

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Medal box

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-2006-30-A

  • Description

    Penningdoos van gedreven en geciseleerd goud, bezet met diamant. Op het deksel een dolfijn die rond een anker strengelt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark: ‘IWG’

Creation

  • Creation

    jeweler: Johan Werner Gericke, Middelburg

  • Dating

    1784

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    goud, diamant

  • Dimensions

    diameter 8.9 cm x height 2.2 cm x weight 257 g

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1781 - 1784

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and M. Witteveen

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2006-03

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2006, p. 64-65.
    • P. Sigmond, 'Aanwinst : Eerbetoon aan een Franse admiraal', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 33 (2007) 4, p. 11-13.

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