Plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1917
Medium: 
Bronze, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 3/8 x 12 x 1 1/4 in. ( 34 x 30.5 x 3.2 cm )
Description: 
Bronze plaque mounted on wooden panel presented December 3, 1917, to Peter Schweickert, member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York, acknowledging his help in securing "a fair and equitable readjustment" of the salaries of members of the Fire Department.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles Edel
Object Number: 
1940.333
Marks: 
in relief: at top of bronze frame: "1917 / DECEMBER THIRD" in relief: at center of plaque: "PRESENTED TO / HONORABLE / PETER SCHWEICKERT / MEMBER / BOARD OF ALDERMEN / CITY OF NEW YORK / IN GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE / RECOGNITION OF HIS MAGNANIMOUS SUPPO
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1917
eMuseum Object ID: 
34822
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1920
Medium: 
Bronze, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 21 1/2 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. ( 54.6 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular bronze plaque mounted on rectangular wooden panel, presented in 1920 to Peter Schweickert, member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York, by members of the Fire Department, "for his hearty support and sympathetic endorsement of their appeal for equitable and commensurate salary adjustments and as an enduring evidence of their high regard and esteem"; upper half with allegorical figures in relief, including heroic male nude holding a fireman's axe in one outstetched hand and a shield with which he shelters a woman and two children in the other; inscription in relief on lower half.
Object Number: 
INV.8822
Marks: 
relief: upper left corner of obverse: "1920" relief: lower half of obverse: "PRESENTED TO / HONORABLE PETER SCHWEICKERT / MEMBER, BOARD OF ALDERMEN / CITY OF NEW YORK / AS A GRATEFUL EXPRESSION AND APPRECIATION FROM THE / CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS / FIRE
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
33968
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Framed plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1925
Medium: 
Gold, leather, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall (plaque in frame): 9 x 6 1/2 x 1 in. (22.9 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm) Case: 10 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 19 x 3.8 cm
Description: 
Gold plaque of the Fraternité des Artistes; rectangular with a slightly arced top; image of a woman seaed on a log holding a naked child over her knee and holding the hand of a standing woman in a cape to her right, a child at her feet holds a paint palette and brushes, behind her is a man with a beard clutching his forehead, Notre Dame cathedral floats in the clouds above; plaque is set in a brown leather frame with a slightly arced top and a trapezoidal rest at the back; placed in a dark brown leather case with the intials, "A. E. G." in the center; lined with white silk.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. B. Langdon Tyler and Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols, 6/22/59
Object Number: 
Z.1904ab
Marks: 
tooled: center of the case: "A. E. G." engraved: base of plaque: "LA FRATERNITE DES ARTISTES/ A ALBERT E. GALLATIN"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1925
eMuseum Object ID: 
33076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
1870-1920
Medium: 
Lead
Dimensions: 
diameter: 3 7/8 in. ( 9.8 cm )
Description: 
Circular lead plaque with Madonna and Child in low relief on obverse and small metal ring on reverse for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number: 
1942.393
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
32905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Pewter
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1/2 x 8 in. ( 1.3 x 20.3 cm )
Description: 
Circular cast pewter medallion with profile portrait of Walt Whitman and inscriptions in relief; reverse with triangular piece of paper with handwritten inscriptions affixed at center and two small screws for mounting or hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Albert Boni
Object Number: 
1972.31
Marks: 
relief: at left edge of obverse: "JF" in circle with "MCMIII" surrounding it relief: at right edge of obverse: "WALT WHITMAN / AETATIS SUAE LXXIII" handwritten ink: on paper affixed to reverse: "70 . . . / A unique / copy of the / Whitman plaque / done
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
32800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Souvenir

Classification: 
Date: 
1913
Medium: 
Bronze
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
Circular cast bronze medallion with portrait of Walt Whitman; screw welded to center of reverse for mounting.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Albert Boni
Object Number: 
1972.30
Marks: 
incised (before casting): on obverse: "JJusko" and "Walt Whitman" relief: on obverse: "c[opyright] / 1913" and "M.P.M. CO."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1913
eMuseum Object ID: 
32797
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medal on plaque: F.D.R. President USA

Classification: 
Date: 
1932-1945
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 13 x 11.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Shield shaped wooden plaque with circular, gold painted cardboard medallion with embossed profile portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt and identifying inscriptions affixed to obverse; hardware on reverse for hanging.
Object Number: 
INV.3569
Marks: 
relief: on medallion: "FRANKLIN / DELANO / ROOSEVELT / PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
32793
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portrait medallion on wooden panel

Classification: 
Date: 
1919
Medium: 
Bronze, wood
Dimensions: 
Diameter (medallion): 4 7/8 x 1/4 in. (12.4 x 0.6 cm) Overall (panel): 12 1/8 x 9 x 3/8 in. (30.8 x 22.9 x 1 cm)
Description: 
Circular cast bronze medallion with portrait of Walt Whitman and incised inscriptions; mounted with a single screw to rectangular wooden board with beveled edges and hooks and wire attached to back for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Albert Boni
Object Number: 
1972.32ab
Marks: 
intaglio: on obverse of medallion: "Walt Whitman / 1819-1919" and "RMT(?) / fecit / for The / Franklin / Inn / Club"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1919
eMuseum Object ID: 
32449
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1909
Medium: 
Brass, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 31.4 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular cast brass plaque with portrait of Robert Fulton in circular medallion inscribed "CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION" and "ROBERT FULTON" above rectangular panel with image of steamboat and further inscriptions; rectangular wooden frame with hardware on reverse for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Mariners' Museum, Warwick, Virginia
Object Number: 
1958.33
Marks: 
intaglio: on upper edge of plaque: "COPYRIGHT 1909" and "ROINE-WEIL" relief: on edge of medallion: "CENTENNIAL / CELEBRATION" and "ROBERT / FULTON" intaglio: on lower edge of plaque: "FIRST SUCCESSFUL / STEAMBOAT MDCCCVII-MCMIX" handwritten in ink: on
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
32448
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque: The Belmont Stakes 1896...

Classification: 
Date: 
1896
Medium: 
Brass, gilding, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/8 x 6 in. ( 3.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular, gilded brass trophy plate with the names of the winners of the 1896 Belmont Stakes painted in black; small hole at either side for mounting.
Object Number: 
INV.11831
Marks: 
painted: on obverse: "THE BELMONT STAKES, 1896 / A. Belmont's HASTINGS. 1 / P. J. Dwyer's HANDSPRING. 2 / Won by a neck"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1896
eMuseum Object ID: 
32396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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