Collection Highlights
Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
1961.31
Ceramic, composition, textile, leather, fur, hair, rhinestones, feathers, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
Title
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
Date
ca. 1802
Medium
White metal, possibly partly silvered
Dimensions
diameter: 2 3/16 in. ( 5.5 cm )
Description
White metal struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of
Thomas Truxtun with legend outside line border: "PATRIAE.PATRIS.FILLIO. DIGNO./THOMAS TRUXTUN." Reverse shows naval battle scene with legend outside line border: "U.S. Frigate Constellation of 38 G. pursues attacks & Vanquishes the French ship la Vengeance of 54 G.1.Mar.1800."
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number
1947.323
Gallery Label
This white metal version of the Thomas Truxtun medal, the first Congressional medal made in America, is one of 52 that were struck from the original dies before the obverse die broke. It is one of only a handful known to survive (Massachusetts Historical Society, Naval Historical Foundation, private collection). Truxtun's original gold medal is at the Smithsonian. The white metal version has the original, erroneous dates for both the battle and the Congressional resolution, which were corrected on the original gold medal.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
