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Opening of the Silesian Museum of Decorative Arts and Antiquities Breslau
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A rectangular plaquette divided into three relief panels: the left panel depicts a kneeling nude male figure planting a tree, with Latin text above; the central panel features a circular medallion with the head of John the Baptist on a platter inscribed PATRONVS WRATISLAVIAE, below which a ten-line German inscription commemorates the opening of the Silesian Museum on 27 November 1899, flanked at the base by crossed laurel branches; the right panel shows a seated female figure studying a vase beside a young male figure, an Ionic capital, and a sculptural bust at lower right, with a German quotation from Goethe in the upper field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | PATRONVS WRATISLAVIAE / EROEFFNVNG. / DES. / SCHLESISCHEN. / MVSEVMS.FVER. / KVNSTGEWERBE. / v.ALTERTVEMER / IN BRESLAV. / AM. 27. NOVEMBER. / 1899 SERIT.ARBORES / QVAE.ALTERI. / SAECVLO. / PROSINT. WAS DV ERERBT VON / DEINEN VAETERN.HAST / ERWIRB.ES.VM.ES. / ZV.BESITZEN O.SCHULZ CIS. |
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