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Perla del Mediterraneo Boat Race

Perla del Mediterraneo Boat Race

Targa Vincenzo Florio 1906
Association des Dames Francaise 1909
Print
 
Object Name: 
Medal with Box
Title: 
Perla del Mediterraneo Boat Race
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
France, Clarfontaine
Date: 
about 1906
Color
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bronze
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red
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brown
Technique
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casting
Material
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bronze
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cloth
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metal
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 0.4 cm, W: 5.5 cm, D: 3.5 cm; (b): H: 1.8 cm, W: 7.6 cm, D: 5.9 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.7.106
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
(a) Bronze; cast. Rectangular bronze medal showing a main in a raincoat swimming next to an overturned boat. Four fish flank outer edges of medal. Circular "gemstone" fixed to front near bottom edge. Top of medal inscribed, "PERLA DEL / MEDITTERRANEO". (b) Original reddish-brown case with hinged lid and metal mounts.
Inscription
PERLA DEL / MEDITTERRANEO Pressed (a) on front of medal near top
R. LALIQUE Pressed (a) on front of medal near bottom edge
Provenance
Steppa, Stanford, Source to 2011-12-09
Steppa, Elaine, Source to 2011-12-09

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