Medal - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine, Grain & Fruit, Commemorative, Victoria, Australia, 1884

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Summary:: Australia Victoria Melbourne
Medal - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine Grain Fruit etc. Commemorative 1884 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
Other Details: This medal is probably a trial piece, testing one die for a proposed commemorative or prize medal. The Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine, Grain, Fruit etc opened on 17 March 1884 and closed in April. Its patron was the Most Honorable Marquis of Normanby, James Service, MP, Premier and Treasurer of Victoria. The Exhibition included categories for Works of Art; Education, Medicine and Hygiene; Furniture and Accessories; Textile Fabrics; Raw and Manufactured Products; Machinery and Manufactures; Alimentary Products - Cereals; Preserves; Fruits; Hops; Fermented Drinks; Agriculture; Horticulture; Minerals; a Ladies Court displaying needlework, artwork, jams and fruits, pickles and sauces, breads, scones, etc.; and an Old Court, displaying historic materials relating to the history of Australia. The Official Catalogue included advertisements from some of the exhibitors.
Description:: A one-sided copper medal (31 mm diameter) prepared for the Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine Grain Fruit etc.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Tagged with:	exhibitions, fruit, wine
Themes this item is part of:	George McArthur, Collector & Baker (1842-1903), Public Life & Institutions Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
Primary Classification:	MEDALS
Secondary Classification:	Commemorative
Tertiary Classification:	exhibitions
Series:	Australian Exhibition Medals
DateEra:	1884 AD
Obverse Description:	Within a closed olive wreath and on a shield, VICTORIAN / INTERCOLONIAL / EXHIBITION / OF / WINE GRAIN / FRUIT, &c / 1884
Reverse Description:	Plain
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: VICTORIAN / INTERCOLONIAL / EXHIBITION / OF / WINE GRAIN / FRUIT, &c / 1884
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Mint:	Stokes & Martin, 1884
Bibliography:	[Book], Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain, & Other Products of the Soil of Australasia with Machinery, Plant, and Tools Employed: Official Catalogue of Exhibits, Melbourne, 1884