National Art Competition medal

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0401A
• Dates of Creation:1857
• Name of Creator:
  Vechte, Antoine
• Physical Description:
  1 of 2

• Scope and Content

  Specimen of the National Medallion Glasgow.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The medallist Antoine Vechte was a French silversmith, active also in England (London), where he moved to after the Revolution in 1848. He specialised in the Renaissance style. In London he joined Hunt & Roskell. He made virtuoso repoussé work and with that had considerable influence in England, especially as his silver work was reproduced with the Electrotype technique. He retired to France in 1861.

• Note

  The medallist Antoine Vechte was a French silversmith, active also in England (London), where he moved to after the Revolution in 1848. He specialised in the Renaissance style. In London he joined Hunt & Roskell. He made virtuoso repoussé work and with that had considerable influence in England, especially as his silver work was reproduced with the Electrotype technique. He retired to France in 1861.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Thought to be Bronze alloy
  Dimensions: 145 mm diameter

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Design (arts)

  Medals

  Metalwork (visual works)