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Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830
- Made:
- circa 1830 in France
- artist:
- Jean Jacques Barre
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Medal, silver, octagonal, probably membership, Paris Pharmaceutical Society, founded 1796 (?), by Jean Jacques Barre, French, c.1830, Obverse: Bust of Hygeia, left, snake, bowl, plant (yarrow?); Reverse: alchemical furnace, pillar with crowned eagle (?) with snake entwined, plants in urn. 30mm diameter
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome Medals
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A151690
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
-
diameter: 30 mm,
thickness: 3 mm
- type:
- membership medals
- credit:
- Foster