Prize Medal

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Object Name: 
Prize Medal
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
71.7.5
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1846
Web Description: 
This medal for cut glass was awarded to P. C. Dummer & Company of the Jersey Glass Company at the Fair of the American Institute in 1846 held in New York City.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hannah, Henry Dummer, Former Collection
1971-08-09
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
silver
Technique: 
striking
Material: 
paper
velvet
silver

Description

Primary Description: 
Silver, paper, velvet; hand-struck. Flat circular medal with inscription "Awarded to/ P.C. Dummer/ & Co./ FOR/ CUT-GLASS/1846" on one side and "AMERICAN INSTITUTE/NEW YORK/R.LOVETT" and a seated female figure, perhaps of Fame, holding a laurel wreath on the other.

Exhibitions (1)

The Decorative Cutting of Glass
Venue(s)
Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramics 1993-05-15 through 1993-12-01