Netherlands. Amsterdam. Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Bouwkunst. Award medal dated 1887, named to Haagsche Plateelbakkerij “Rozenburg”. By François Ignace Baetes.
Obverse: Seated female allegorical figure wearing a mural crown, holding two laurel wreaths, with the arms of the Netherlands beside her. A winged youth holds a scroll engraved HAAGSCHE PLATEELBAKKERIJ / “ROZENBURG”. Signed F. BAETES FEC. Date 1887 below.
Reverse: Three shields bearing artistic and architectural attributes beneath a royal crown. AMSTERDAM on a ribbon below. Surrounding inscription: MAATSCHAPPIJ TOT BEVORDERING DER BOUWKUNST.
The medal design was commissioned in 1883 and executed by Baetes after a sketch by P.J.H. Cuypers and E. Gugel. This example is dated 1887 and named to the celebrated Rozenburg pottery works in The Hague, during the early period associated with designer Theodoor Colenbrander.
Reference: Zwierzina 583.
Weight: 152.2 g.
Diameter: 75 mm.
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