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Award British & Colonial Industrial Exhibition, Manchester
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Composition | Gilding metal plated bronze |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical seated female figure representing Industry in high relief, holding an orb in her left hand with a radiant sunburst behind it, and grasping a ship's rigging in her right hand. A steam locomotive appears in the left background and a sailing vessel in the right background, symbolising industrial progress and commerce. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Manchester displayed at the top, supported by a unicorn and a lion with the motto ribbon below, flanked by laurel and olive branches. A large central scroll bears the engraved recipient inscription reading 'Shurmer's Patent Trenching Machine H.W. Cowley & Co'. Below the scroll, a fan arrangement of conjoined colonial shields bearing heraldic devices representing British colonial territories, with a Tudor rose at the base. |
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