Manchester: Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester 1887 bronze medal by Heaton (45 mm, 42g.) accompanied by folding leather Season Ticket (issued to James Challiner) with gold embossing, enclosed in a leather and gold embossed half-oval pocket. (3 items). Bronze medal by Heaton (45 mm, 42g.) accompanied by folding leather Season Ticket (issued to James Challiner) with gold embossing, enclosed in a leather and gold embossed half-oval pocket. Also, a bronze medal for the Queen's Jubilee Year Royal Mining, Engineering & Industrial Exhibition, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne awarded to Northumberland & Durham Society for the Home Teaching of the Blind in original box.(4 items).
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Bronze - An alloy of copper and tin, traditionally in the proportions of about 9 parts of copper to 1 part of tin.
The discovery of bronze in Western Asia in the 4th century enabled people to create metal objects which were superior to those previoulsy possible because of its strength and hardness, and it has been used throughout the world for weapons, coins, tools, statuary and other decorative items.
It is very fluid in a molten state, and its hardness, strength when set, and non-corrosive properties makes it most suitable for casting sculpture.
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