Silver Plaquette from Belgium of UBSSA Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Keyser (Belgian, born 1867)
Manufacturer: Paul Fisch (Belgian)

ca. 1900

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

56.65 g

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.26940

Geography

Made in Belgium

Culture

Belgian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: U B. S. S A in exergue, nude man standing facing l. with weight on l. foot, loose ribbons encirling upper half of body, he holds laurel branch up in r hand and a laurel crown and another laurel branch to side in l. hand, arched line frames top, on bottom r. only another curved line creates a curved corner along which is the artist's name, publisher's name is in space between curved and perpendicular angle in bottom r. corner

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: similar arched line at top, empty exergue, olive branch begins bottom l. corner up to middle r. side, empty medallion top half of face of plaquette, center
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

plaquettes

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