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Vevey Agricultural Society silver
| Location | Canton of Vaud |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical female figure standing to the right, holding a cornucopia of fruit in her left arm, crowns a bareheaded winegrower standing before her with a laurel wreath; the winegrower holds a pruning hook in his right hand and his hat in his left. A laden vine stock appears to the left and a plough to the right in the background, with the engraver's signature SCHENK in the lower right field. The legend ORA ET LABORA is inscribed around the upper portion of the field. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears a three-line engraved inscription within an ornate wreath composed of intertwined vine branches laden with grapes and ears of wheat, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The circular legend SOCIETAS AGRICULT. VIVIACI runs along the periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | SOCIETAS AGRICULT · VIVIACI AGRICOLÆ BENE MERENTI |
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