Hi there,
I've been following the discussion with interest. I think I have come across
one of these "lava medallions" while working at Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
I was responsible for the geology collection and thought this item was
rather weird.
Please keep me informed on the topic. It would be great to learn more,
although I am not with Museum Africa anymore (now Council for Geoscience,
Pretoria).
Best wishes,
Ellen de Kock
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:34:05 +0100
> From: Will Watts <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: stamped lava 'medallions'
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> Hi All
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> I remember there were a few of these at the Yorkshire Museum when I was =
> there a few years ago. I had some discussion with Craig Barclay who was =
> Keeper of Numismatics at the time about putting something together to =
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Parkes, Matthew
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> Subject: Re: stamped lava 'medallions'
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> Jon,
> We have one of the coins embedded in lava from the 1820s, which I just =
> happened to come across yesterday by coincidence. I can send more =
> details if required.
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> However, unless a clear expert emerges who has already written the =
> definitive history of these things, perhaps someone might consider =
> writing a paper or a note for the Geological Curator? It is clearly a =
> topic of some interest given the number and speed of replies to the =
> original email.
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> Matthew Parkes
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> Sent: 30 July 2009 10:28
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> Subject: stamped lava 'medallions'
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> Dear All,
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> I've received an enquiry concerning souvenir 'medallions' stamped out of =
> freshly erupted lava. We have a couple of these in the Warwickshire =
> collection, from 19th century eruptions of Vesuvius. I'd be grateful for =
> information on any relevant research, collections, or articles.
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> With thanks
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> Jon
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> Jon Radley
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> We have a couple in Plymouth, but also have seen quite a few in the
> southwest (Bristol, Truro, Exeter, Torquay etc...) as we trawled through
> stores for a small touring exhibition, with some making it into the
> display.
> Will have to have a look through the stores.....
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> Jon, how much info would the researcher want... is this something that
> could be a bit more specific & result in a mini-catalogue of UK
> collections .
> As most museums will only have a handful of such specimens it wouldn't
> be too major a task to take snaps of the items & send catalogue info to
> researcher .... Or you?...
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">We have a couple in Plymouth, but also =
> have seen quite a few in the southwest (Bristol, Truro, Exeter, Torquay =
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Will have to have a look through the =
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Jon, how much info would the researcher =
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">As most museums will only have a =
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> you?...</FONT></P>
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:39:34 +0100
> From: David Green <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: stamped lava 'medallions'
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> Hello John,
>
> We have a drawer labelled "oddities" in the Manchester Museum petrology
> col=
> lection which has four coins pressed into lava, five pressed lava
> medallion=
> s and one lava plaque. They were recently used in an exhibition by Ilana
> Ha=
> lperin who would well worth contacting as she has a particular interest in
> =
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> The coins pressed into lava are all nineteenth century pieces from
> Vesuvius=
> , they came from four different donors but there is little more
> information=
> with them.
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> The lava plaque, accession number M03910, is a simple design and appears
> to=
> be from the Vesuvius eruption of 1837.
>
> There is a particularly nice lava medallion, M05094, from Vesuvius in
> 1845;=
> two lava medallions (M08079 and M08080) from the Vesuvius eruption of
> 1871=
> ; one from 1893 (M01913); one from the 1944 eruption (M05093). Most of us
> s=
> eem to have a few medallions, it would be interesting to make a
> photographi=
> c record and compare them... a worthwhile research project perhaps? =
>
>
> David
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> Dr David Green
> Mineralogy Curator
> Manchester Museum
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> MAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jon Radley
> Sent: 30 July 2009 10:28
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> Subject: stamped lava 'medallions'
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> Dear All,
>
> I've received an enquiry concerning souvenir 'medallions' stamped out of =
>
> freshly erupted lava. We have a couple of these in the Warwickshire =
>
> collection, from 19th century eruptions of Vesuvius. I'd be grateful for =
>
> information on any relevant research, collections, or articles.
>
> With thanks
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Radley
> Keeper of Geology
> Warwickshire Museum
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