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Bronze [?] medallion, for the Glasgow Institute of Architects, 1870
Modelled by John Mossman
Ref: Building News 17th June 1870, p.449
The round metal seal, or medallion, bears the legend 'Glasgow Institute
of Architects Incorporated 1868' and the seated figure of Athena on one
side only. The Building News recorded that
"The Institute of Architects is having a seal engraved for it.
It is Classic in its design, the subject being Pallas and the Parthenon.
With such men employed on it as Alexander Thomson, architect, John
Mossman, sculptor, and William Wallace, a die-sinker of rare merit, a
result truly excellent may be confidently expected."
Seals combined with certificates of membership for both Alexander and
George Thomson, signed by James Salmon, President, A. Thomson, Treasurer,
and William MacLean, Secretary, survive, housed in special small wooden
boxes.
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