Doos horend bij een bronzen penning 1888

This is the lid belonging to a bronze medal, made at an unknown date by an anonymous artist. Objects like these are often overlooked, yet they provide intimate glimpses into the past. Consider the circles within circles: the edge of the lid, the dark interior, the small white label, each containing and framing the next. This act of enclosure speaks to a desire to protect and preserve, not just the medal, but perhaps the memory or achievement it represents. Whose hands carefully placed the medal inside, securing it from the ravages of time? What did that medal signify to them? The anonymity of both the artist and the medal's recipient invites us to project our own stories onto this object, to imagine the lives touched by its silent presence. It becomes a vessel for our collective memories, a reminder of the countless untold stories that shape our understanding of history and the human experience.