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
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Janvier & Duval
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| 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 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-SS |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7627/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7628/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| 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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