Plaque Medal with New Year Wishes of the Berlin State Mint

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Staatliche Münze Berlin (workshop / studio)
,
Paul Sturm (medalists)

Date

1909

Period

20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This plaque was made by the Berlin Mint as a promotional gift for New Year 1909 and depicts the bear as a symbol of Berlin. On the bear's back sits a small child holding garlands of flowers. On the ground is a horn of plenty.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Staatliche Münze Berlin , Paul Sturm
Type plaques (flat objects) AAT
Category medals
Material copper
Object number 1911-DK
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags child Iconclass, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa) Iconclass, hoofed animals: boar Iconclass, names of cities and villages (BERLIN) Iconclass, coins specially minted for the occasion (triumphal entry, etc.) (Dutch: 'strooipenningen') Iconclass, periodic celebrations, popular feasts Iconclass, January 1 (~ festivities) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-DK
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8241/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-DK
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