Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Alsace Medal
Object Number:
INV.10230
Date:
ca. 1914
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: "G. PRUD'HOMME"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "BRONZE"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing female head in French folk headdress, facing left; legend: "ALSACE/1870-1914." Reverse depicts steeple of a gothic cathedral and chimney with stork's nest; below is blank rectangular panel for engraving decorated with ivy vines.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
