Medal (reverse) commemorating the Collins Temperance Memorial Fountain

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This is the reverse of a silver medal issued to celebrate the opening, on Glasgow Green in 1881, of the Collins Temperance Memorial Fountain. The fountain was named after Sir William Collins, Lord Provost of Glasgow and a supporter of temperance.

The reverse has a representation of the Temperance Memorial Fountain.

In the 1830s, Glasgow had one spirit dealer to every 14 families. By the 1840s, Edinburgh had one licensed public house per 30 families and Dundee one per 24. In 1875, an average of 324 persons were jailed each month for drinks offences.

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• Online ID: 000-100-048-145-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1949.1011
• Date: 1881
  
• Material: Silver
  Medal, commemorative
  
• Dimensions: 39 mm Dia
  
• What: Medal, commemorative
  
• Subject: Medals (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: D. Cunninghame (Maker)
  Sir William Collins
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Collins Temperance M
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver medal on the inauguration of the Collins Temperance Memorial Fountain, Glasgow, made by D. Cunninghame, 1881
  
• References:
  • Cochran-Patrick (1884), 156, 21 
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