Britannia Recording Merit [obverse]
British 19th Century
c. 1800
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Medium
silver
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.32 cm (2 1/8 in.) gross weight: 53.26 gr (0.117 lb.) axis: 12:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin
Accession Number
1999.109.8.a
About the Artist
British 19th Century
"British 19th Century" is an attribution designation employed by museums and auction houses to classify paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, and decorative objects produced in Britain during the 1800s when the identity of the specific artist has not been established. Like similar geographic and period designations used across the field of art history, it communicates what can be confirme...