Collection Highlights
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
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Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Commemorative Medal
Title
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Commemorative Medal
Date
1739
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description
Brass struck medal with obverse showing half-length figure of Vernon facing three-quarters to the left, with baton in left hand; legend around line border: "THE . BRITISH . GLORY . REVIV . D . BY . ADMIRAL . VERNON." Reverse depicts ships entering harbor; legend around line border: "WHO . TOOK . PORTO . BELLO . WITH . SIX . MEN . OF . WAR . ONLY"; in exergue: "NOV. 22. 1739."
Credit Line
Gift of Commander Leander McCormick-Goodhart, R.N.V.R.
Object Number
1945.31
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
