MK-HH | Scharff, Anton: Wedding of August Bachofen von Echt and Helene Polak 1893

Image files are licensed Public Domain Mark 1.0. Hamburger Kunsthalle, ID3704. Photographs by Dana Zacharias. Medalist: Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff.

Scharff, Anton: Wedding of August Bachofen von Echt and Helene Polak 1893
	Hamburger Kunsthalle Tresor
Inventory no	M-1997-26
Obverse	VERMӔHLT zu WIEN 2 ∙ DEZ ∙ - 1893 -/ GEBOREN 19 ∙ AVGVST - 1866 // AUGUST BACHOFEN v. ECHT. Bust of August Bachofen von Echt, wearing uniform, right. Behind him the escutcheon of House Bachofen von Echt, in front of him the signature A Scharff (AS as monogramm), below his name on a plate. Chain edge.
Reverse	GEB ∙ 5 ∙ NOVEMBER - 1867 // HELENE BACHOFEN v. ECHT / GEB ∙ - POLAK. Bust of Helene Polak, wearing dress, left. Blow her name on a plate. Chain edge.
Rim	Dianakopf mit Diadem rechts zwischen 2 - A in Sechseck.
Sitter	August Hermann Bachofen von Echt Helene Gabriele Luise Polak
Medalist	Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff
Class/status	Private issue
Date	1893 Art Noveau
	Silver ; 40,60 g; 44x35 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Vienna
Region	Vienna
Country	Austria
Publications	A. R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 24 Nr. 222a; P. Hauser, Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons (2006) S. 884 Nr. 7173. Vgl. W. R. von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons I (1943) S. 77 Nr. 484 (dort in Bronze).
Item	Plaquette
Department	Medals, 19th century post 1830
Provenance	Medailleur*in, Entstehungsdatum - ? (1); […] (2); Wilhelm Ernst Schramm (1847 - 1915), ? - 1915 (3); […] (4); Vererbt an Johann Gottfried Schramm
previous Owner	Wilhelm Ernst Schramm - 1915
Object number	ID3704
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