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Bronze

Scope note

Copper alloy that has as the principle alloying element a metal other than nickel or zinc. MMAHM

This term has 19,131 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300010957

Broader Terms used

copper alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Code Civil

Maker(s)

Ruler: Napoléon I (1804-14) (Struck in the rule of)
Artist: Denon, Dominique Vivant

St George

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain

Death of Lord Nelson

Maker(s)

Issuer: Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (Struck in the name of)

Medals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Victoria Patroness (With the title of)
Die-engraver: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Issuer: Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Artist: Wyon, William (After)

James Forrest Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan
Issuer: Institution of Civil Engineers
Issuer: Forrest, James (Struck in the name of)

Medals

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Wyon, Allan (Struck in the name of)

Godman Salvin Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: British Ornithologists Union
Issuer: Godman, Frederic Ducane (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Salvin, Osbert (Struck in the name of)

Boxing Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner (Inferred)
Issuer: Royal Ulster Rifles
Issuer: Royal Army (Inferred)

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