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Collection Highlights

Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
1953.197
Wood
Original Owner: John Butler Snook

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World's Columbian Exposition Medal

World's Columbian Exposition Medal
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
Title
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
Date 
1893
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Scovill Manufacturing Co.
Related People 
Depicted: Christopher Columbus
Related People 
Engraver: Charles Barber
Medium 
Bronze
Dimensions 
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Description 
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting Christopher Columbus stepping onto shore in the New World; inscription to right of image: "PLVS/VLTRACHRISTOPHER/COLVMBVS/OCT.XII/MCCCCXCII." Reverse bears inscription within raised central panel surrounded by allegorical figures, torches, and image of ship: "WORLD'S.COLUMBIAN.EXPOSITION/IN.COMMEMORATION.OF.THE/FOUR.HUNDREDTH.ANVERSARY/OF.THE.LANDING.OF.COLUMBUS/.MDCCCXCII . MDCCCXCIII./TO PACKARD'S BUSINESS/COLLEGE."
Object Number 
INV.1780
Marks 
Inscription: obverse, at lower center of field: "AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAVDENS FECIT" Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at center: "C.E.BARBER FECIT"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.