RMS Columbian Exposition Medal, by Scovill Manufacturing Company, Connecticut USA, 1893 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 95803 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | Waterbury New Haven Connecticut USA North America |
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| Accession Number: | 1970-101/part | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Obverse: Figure of Christoper Columbus landing from a boat; inscribed "CHRISTOPHER COLVMBVS OCT.XXIIMCCCCXCII" Reverse: Two angels, a globe, torches and a sailing ship surround a rectangle inscribed: "WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS. MDCCXCII . MDCCCXCIII . TO ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY" The medal is held by a blue velvet lined case made of aluminum decorated with a floral pattern. The case is an early use of aluminum, and would have been a novelty at the time. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | "AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS FECIT" signed on obverse
"C. E. BARBER. FECIT" signed on reverse | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
Presented by the Columbian Exposition Committee, 1893 | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Royal Microscopical Society Collection | ||||||||||
| Material(s): |
Bronze Velvet Aluminum | ||||||||||
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