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fjt_833856 - AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FISHING AND HUNTING SOCIETIES Orangerie n.d.

AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FISHING AND HUNTING SOCIETIES Orangerie AU
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Price : 65.00 €
Type : Orangerie
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,45 g.
Edge : Lisse
Catalogue references :
F.6329

Obverse

Obverse legend : HORTUS. HESPERIDUM.
Obverse description : Caisses d'orangers rangées dans une allée de jardin.
Obverse translation : Le jardin des Hespérides.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CULTORI AUREA POMA.
Reverse description : Grande corbeille remplie d'oranges.

Commentary

Nous doutons que ce jeton soit frappé pour Rouen. Il aurait plutôt été frappé pour l'une des orangeries des châteaux royaux des environs de Paris. A Strasbourg, on l'attribuait à l'Orangerie de la Robertsau. D'autres auteurs l'attribuent au Parc de Sceaux. L'orange est appelée "Pomme d'or".

Historical background

AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FISHING AND HUNTING SOCIETIES

The Agricultural Societies were free associations which set themselves the task of discussing agricultural theories, perfecting methods, etc., and on the establishment of which the law imposed no other condition than that of obtaining the approval of their statutes by the prefectural authority. Those which deal more especially with practical applications are called agricultural councils..

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