Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Major General Edmund P. Gaines Military Medal
Object Number:
INV.3895
Date:
1824-1884
Medium:
Silver-plated bronze (?); wood, leather, silk
Dimensions:
case: 4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 3/4 in. ( 10.5 x 11 x 1.9 cm )
diameter: 2 9/16 in. ( 6.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "FURST. F."
Inscription: reverse, below exergual inscription, at center: "FURST. F."
Description:
Silver-plated bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Edmund Gaines facing right with legend: "MAJOR GENERAL EDMUND P. GAINES." Reverse depicts winged allegorical female figure of Victory crowning trophies of war labelled "ERIE" on upright cannon at center; legend above: "RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 8. 1814."; inscription in exergue: "BATTLE OF ERIE/AUG.15.1814." Medal is set into black rectangular fitted leather case with black silk velvet and cream ribbed silk interior.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
