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

Narrower Terms used

architectural bronze
bell metal
gunmetal
lead bronze
nickel bronze
phosphor bronze
statuary bronze

Term used for

alloy, copper-tin
copper-tin alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Edmund Parkes Memorial Prize Medal

Edmund Parkes Memorial Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Joseph Shepherd
Issuer: Royal Army Medical School
Die-engraver: Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

An image of Award for Merit

Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Khande Rao (1857-71) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Doyle-Jones, F. W.
State: Baroda

An image of Hanbury Memorial Prize Medal

Hanbury Memorial Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Joseph Shepherd
Issuer: Farningham Homes for Little Boys
Die-engraver: Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

An image of Award for Merit

Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Ganpat Rao (1848-57) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Gillick, Ernest George
State: Baroda

An image of Lady Trefusis Medal

Lady Trefusis Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Royal Institution of Cornwall
Issuer: Trefusis, Mary, Lady (Struck in the name of)

An image of John Snell Medal

John Snell Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Issuer: Snell, John, of Ormskirk (Struck in the name of)

An image of Dolly Cursetjee Prize Medal

Dolly Cursetjee Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy School of Art
Issuer: Cursetjee, Dolly (Struck in the name of)

An image of Award for Merit

Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Anand Rao (1801-21) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Bowcher, Frank
State: Baroda

An image of Medal for Highest Attainment

Medal for Highest Attainment

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Ross, F. W.
Issuer: Protestant Board of School Commissioners (Struck in the name of)

An image of Medals

Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Artist: Unknown

An image of Locker's Park Medal

Locker's Park Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Locker's Park Preparatory School

The Capture of Portobello, 1739

Maker(s)

An image of Polar Medal

Polar Medal

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: George V (1910-36)
State: United Kingdom
Ruler: GEORGIUS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND IMP: (With the title of)

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronicus II & Michael IX (1294-1320)
Mint: Constantinople

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronicus II (1282-1328)
Michael IX Palaiologos (1294-1320)
Mint: Constantinople

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Michael VIII (1259-1282)
Mint: Thessalonica

Tetarteron

Maker(s)

Ruler: John III (1221-1254)
Mint: Magnesia

Ban

Maker(s)

Ruler: Radu I (1377-83)
Production place: Wallachia

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Michael VIII (1259-1282)
Mint: Constantinople

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Michael VIII (1259-1282)
Mint: Constantinople

Ban

Maker(s)

Ruler: Radu I (1377-83)
Production place: Wallachia

Assarion

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronikos III Palaiologos (1328-1341)
Mint: Constantinople

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