Name of Object:

Medal of merit awarded to the Vista Alegre factory

Location:

Vista Alegre, Ílhavo, Portugal

Holding Institution:

Vista Alegre Museum

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museu da Vista Alegre

Date of Object:

1873

Author:

Unknown

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Copper

Dimensions:

A 0,5 x D 7,1

Description:

Medal for merit given to the Vista Alegre’s Porcelain Factory, along with Diploma, acknowledging the merit of its participation in the Vienna International Exhibition, in 1873. One side of the medal shows the profile of Kaiser Franz Joseph I, the other, depicts a classical scene.

Type of Object

Numismatics

Citation of this web page:

"Medal of merit awarded to the Vista Alegre factory" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;pt;8;en

MWNF Working Number: PT 023