Summary

Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine Grain Fruit, silver prize medal awarded to Thomas Aitken, 1884.
A. & T. Aitken of the Victoria Parade Brewery, East Melbourne, entered two hogsheads of ale, a case of bottle ale, a case of bottled stout, and quarter-casks of rum, whisky, spirits of wine and methylated spirits into the 1884 Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine, Grain, Fruit etc., Prize (Official Catalogue, p.26).
The Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine, Grain, Fruit etc opened on 17 March 1884 and closed in April. Its patron was the Most Honorable Marquis of Normanby, James Service, MP, Premier and Treasurer of Victoria. The Exhibition included categories for Works of Art; Education, Medicine and Hygiene; Furniture and Accessories; Textile Fabrics; Raw and Manufactured Products; Machinery and Manufactures; Alimentary Products - Cereals; Preserves; Fruits; Hops; Fermented Drinks; Agriculture; Horticulture; Minerals; a Ladies Court displaying needlework, artwork, jams and fruits, pickles and sauces, breads, scones, etc.; and an Old Court, displaying historic materials relating to the history of Australia.
The Official Catalogue included advertisements from some of the exhibitors.
Mint: Stokes & Martin.

Physical Description

Silver prize medal featuring details of the exhibition within a wreath.

Obverse Description

Within an olive wreath, VICTORIAN / INTERCOLONIAL / EXHIBITION / OF WINE GRAIN / FRUIT &c / 1884

Reverse Description

Engraved: Thos. Aitken

Edge Description

Plain

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