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Presence Token for Members of the City Council of Tournai, 1901 - 1908

  • silver (metal)
  • 44.2 x 28.6 mm
  • Inv. 1909-SS

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This medal was originally designed by Godfried Devreese in 1901, commissioned by Tournai mayor Victor Carbonnelle (1840-1927) as a token for the municipal councillors. The obverse depicts the porcelain industry, for which Tournai was very well known, while the reverse lists all the members of the municipal council. In subsequent years, the same obverse continued to be used with changing reverses. Even after World War I, this medal was re-enacted with the liberation of Tournai by the British army on the reverse.

Artist

Godfried Devreese RKD
Courtrai 1861 - Ixelles 1941
medalistsAAT

Janvier & Duval
Paris
workshop / studio

Title Presence Token for Members of the City Council of Tournai
Date 1901 - 1908
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year below
inscription on the reverse: CONSEIL COMMUNAL / I908 (schuin) / DE TOURNAI / BOURGMESTRE / BARON STIÉNON DU PRÉ / ÉCHEVINS / A. ASOU . A. DERICK / M. HOUTART . E. WIBAUT / CONSEILLERS / V. CARBONNELLE . J. BOUCHER / L. CARTON . P. GLORIEUX / L. CARBONNELLE . R. DESCLÉE / A. DESMET . E. HUET . M. BUREAU / V. LEFEBVRE . L. BRÉDA . T. DURIEUX / F. MARLIER . E. LANDERIEU / F. QUANONNE . E. BOCQUET / E. WATTIEZ . E. DELRUE . C. MOREAU / A. ALLARD . O. CASTAIGNE . P. LEPERS / . SECRÉTAIRE : E. MOLLE .
Collection medals AAT
Object type plaques (flat objects) AAT
Inventory number 1909-SS
Acquisition credit gift
Stiénon du Pré
1909
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass
41A3311 open window Iconclass
41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass
41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass
44B23 municipal government Iconclass
44B231 mayor, burgomaster Iconclass
44C3 politics Iconclass
44C34 politician, e.g. party leader Iconclass
46A122 coats of arms, heraldry Iconclass
46A17 working class, labourers Iconclass
47A21 workshop-interior Iconclass
61E(TOURNAI) names of cities and villages (TOURNAI) Iconclass
Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p.63, cat. nr. 144 (79))
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