{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O171378"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171378/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O171378","accessionNumber":"242-1890","objectType":"Medal","titles":[{"title":"Medal from Melbourn Exhibition 1888","type":""}],"summaryDescription":"This gold medal was struck to celebrate the Melbourne Exhibition held in 1888. On the obvers side is the bust of Queen Victoria from the Jubilee Medal.","physicalDescription":"Godl medal. Obv., portrait bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria, after the design on the Jubilee medal by the late Sir J.E Boehm, R.A., with the exception that the crown on that work is replaced by one taken from the New Zealand war medal; inscribed 'Centennial International Exhbition, Melbourne.' Rev., in the centre the five stars of the Southern Cross surrounded by the motto 'Artibus dignis honor insignis' and a sprig of oak leaves tied by a ribbon to a sprig of wattle. Signed 'Melbourne Mint. Stoke & Martin S.C' and 'C.V'. On the edge is inscribed 'The Educational Department'.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Melbourne Mint","id":"A23704"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold","categories":[{"text":"Coins & Medals","id":"THES48974"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"015","id":"THES395401"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Medal Q.Vic Melbourne Int Exh/Southern Cross","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Australia","id":"x30016"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1888","earliest":"1888-01-01","latest":"1888-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"1.5","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Centennial International Exhbition, Melbourne.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'Artibus dignis honor insignis'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'Melbourne Mint. Stoke & Martin S.C' and 'C.V'.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Given by the Agent General for Victoria.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Medal, gold, Melbourne Exhibition 1888.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1890. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices.</u> London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1891. pp. 27"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["242-1890"],"accessionNumberNum":"242","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1890,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2008-11-03","availableToBook":true}}