General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LEATHER COVERING; PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.8 cm

Width

23.3 cm

Height

1.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Royal Swedish

Country

Sweden

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS DIPLOMA PRESENTED AT 1994 AWARDS CEREMONY. NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED ANNUALLY SINCE 1901.

Canada

1994 NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS WAS AWARDED TO CLIFFORD G. SHULL (1915-2001) AND CANADIAN BERTRAM N. BROCKHOUSE (1918-2003) "FOR PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUTRON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES FOR STUDIES OF CONDENSED MATTER". MUCH OF BROCKHOUSE'S WORK WAS CONDUCTED AT CHALK RIVER & LATER AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY HAMILTON, ONT.

Function

TO RECORD DECISION TO AWARD A TITLE, PRIZE OR PRIVILEDGE, IN WRITTEN FORM AND FOR POSTERITY. SPECIFICALLY, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A DIPLOMA ANNOUNCING RECIPIENT OF 1994 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS.

Technical

NOBEL PRIZE AWARD CONSISTS OF 3 COMPONENTS: A MEDAL, A DIPLOMA, AND A DOCUMENT CONFIRMING THE AMOUNT OF THE CASH PRIZE. THE ARTISTIC DESIGN OF THE DIPLOMAS HAS VARIED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE TEXT HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE SAME PATTERN- STATING THE PERSON(S) TO WHOM THE PRIZE-WINNING BODY HAS DECIDED TO PRESENT THE YEAR'S PRIZE & CITATION EXPLAINING WHY. ORIGINAL ARTWORK IS PART OF DIPLOMA.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Diploma reads "Kungliga/ Svenska Vetenskapsakademien/ harden 12 oktober 1994 beslutat/ att meddet/ NOBELPRIS/ som detta artillerkannes den/ som inom fysikens omrade gjort/ den viktigaste upptackten/ eller uppfinningen/ med ena halften belona/ Bertram N. Brockhouse/ for utveckling av neutron-/ spektroskopin/ * STOCKHOLM DEN 10 DECEMBER 1994 */ [signature] [seal] [signature] AR". Painting signed "Bengt Landin". "b N b" monogram decorates folder cover. "K HASSLER/ BOKBINDERI/ GORAN RIETS" stamped into folder back.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

OFF-WHITE PAPER DIPLOMA BEARS BLUE, GOLD AND RED CALLIGRAPHY, AND GOLD STAMP. WATERCOLOUR (?) PAINTING WHICH ACCOMPANIES DIPLOMA DEPICTS A WHITE AND RED FLOWER WITH BLUE BACKGROUND. DIPLOMA AND PAINTING ARE MOUNTED IN FOLDER COVERED IN BLUE LEATHER; GOLD TRIM AND MONOGRAM DECORATE FOLDER.

Decoration

STYLIZED "B N B" MONOGRAM DECORATES FRONT/ DIPLOMA BEARS GOLD STAMP DEPICTING ORB SURMOUNTED BY CROWN, WITH SHINING STAR ABOVE AND RESTING ON PAIR OF OUTSTRETCHED WINGS [?]. ORIGINAL [WATERCOLOUR ?] PAINTING DEPICTS WHITE AND RED FLOWER [WATER LILLY ?] ON BLUE-GREEN BACKGROUND.