Six medals relating to the work of Cross & Bevan Laboratories

Made:
1892-1905

Six medals relating to the work of Cross & Bevan Laboratories, Arlesey, Beds, on the discovery 1892 and development of viscose, and new cellulose derivatives and products therefrom, c1892-1905. For details please see 1992-727/1 to /6

Details

Category:
Coins, Medals & Tokens
Object Number:
1992-727
type:
medal
credit:
Cross and Bevan Laboratories (Beds.)

Parts

Medal won by Cross and Bevan for their viscose sto

Medal won by Cross and Bevan for their viscose sto

Medal won by Cross and Bevan for their viscose stockings at the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Bronze (gold plated?); diameter 51mm in red box 9x9x1.5cm. stamped bronze on rim. reverse: border inscription Societe d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, (in exergue) A MM Cross Bevan et Beadle / viscose / 1900. obverse: relief figure of Scientia, chemical apparatus and instruments at her feet, h...

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
1992-727/1
type:
medal
'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross

'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross

'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross, E J Bevan and C Beadle for their New Cellulose derivatives and Products therefrom, on the recommendation of the Franklin Institute 1895' by the City of / Philadelphia [USA]. Bronze, ht 10mm x diameter 102mm in box 155x155x25mm.

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
1992-727/2
type:
medal
'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross

'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross

'The John Scott medal - to the most deserving' awarded to 'C F Cross, E J Bevan and C Beadle for their New Cellulose derivatives and Products therefrom, on the recommendation of the Franklin Institute 1895' by the City of / Philadelphia [USA]. Bronze, ht 10mm x diameter 102mm in box 155x155x25mm.

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
1992-727/3
type:
medal
Medal, commemorating chemist Otto Witt (1853-1915)

Medal, commemorating chemist Otto Witt (1853-1915)

Medal, commemorating Otto Witt 1853-1915, designed by H Arnoldt. - Germany, [c1900-1920?], (possibly awarded to Cross and Bevan?). Bronze, ht 10mm, diameter 77mm in box 12x12x2.5cm. rim: AG & S. obverse: Otto N. Witt MCMXIII Aetatis suae LX, bust relief profile to R, signed on edge by H. Arnoldt. reverse: Dem Chemiker, Dem Naturforscher, Dem Meister des Wortes [over] lamp and swag

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
1992-727/5
type:
medal
Medal, Swedish, designed by A Lindberg

Medal, Swedish, designed by A Lindberg

Medal, Swedish, designed by A Lindberg, issued for the Allmann Kunst och Industriutstallningen I Stockholm 1897. Possibly awarded to Cross and Bevan for their work on viscose. gilded? bronze, ht 4mm, diameter 60mm in John Pinches box 11x11x2cm. obverse: head of King Oscar II, profile relief to L, signed A Lindberg on edge. reverse: muse over city, with exhibition inscription, dated 1897.

Materials:
bronze, gilded?
Object Number:
1992-727/6
type:
medal