Plate
Fonson & Cie
Category
Silver
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silver, Silver-gilt
Measurements
105 x 75 x 6 mm
Place of origin
Brussels
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1100795
Summary
Silver cast plate with a relief design of a yong man with a spade beside an older man in a toga, the reverse with Latin inscription - "Mundaneum ut scientia... Brussels 1930" on a silver gilt plinth inscribed beneath "A Winston Churchill temoignage d'admiration et de reconnaisance" with a signature 15.10.45 Made by J. Fonson
Provenance
Given to WSC 15th Oct 1945
Marks and inscriptions
Face: "Mundaneum ut scientia utriusque labore novam instruet hvmanitatem "Theorice vel pratice,, ideas mens ex materia edvcit, in materiam indvcit. Brvxellis MCMXXX" "A Winston Churchill temoignage d'admiration et de reconnaissance" with signature and 15.10.45
Makers and roles
Fonson & Cie, silversmith