Artefacts

Stockholm 1912, ashtray with in a medallion the face of Pallas Athene.

Physical description

Head of Pallas Athene surrounded by a laurel crown and laying on a plinth adorned with the Three Crowns of Sweden and with the caption:"Olympiska Spelen Stockholm 1912" and "Vermdo skytteforening" on the sides.

Created

Created: Erik LINDBERG (31.12.1873)

Materials

metal

Colors

silver

Dimension

ø 10.7 cm, 60 g

Literature

Témoins d'une certaine image des Jeux / Evoking an Image of the Games. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 2003. 148 p. ISBN 92-9160-074-1. GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8. Swedish Olympic Committee. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm : Wahlström & Widstrand, 1913.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> ashtray

Reference number

6339

Keywords

Stockholm 1912, Olympic Games Stockholm Ancient Greece Shooting Laurel Mythologie grecque

Notes

The choice of Pallas Athena was obviously deliberate: the daughter of Zeus, and him alone, being created from his head, she is above all the goddess of the city. Athens is her particular city, and the olive, which she herself created, her tree. The Swedish artist Erik Lindberg’s portrait is an original representation of this goddess often depicted in warrior guise. She is bareheaded, curls cascading down around a distant face surrounded by olive branches. The three crowns of the Swedish monarchy decorate the inset.