Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
Object Number:
1940.222
Date:
1920
Medium:
Bronze; paper, cardboard, textile
Dimensions:
case: 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm )
diameter: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "G.L. TURNER"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "TURNER"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "REED & BARTON copyrighted"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing group of European settlers disembarking ship; inscription above: "1620-1920/LANDING OF THE/PILGRIMS AT PLYMOVTH"; in exergue: "21 DECEMBER 1620." Reverse depicts sailing vessel with inscription: "THE MAYFLOWER/IN WHOSE CABIN WAS SIGNED/THE COMPACT IN/CAPE COD HARBOR/21 NOV 1620." Medal is inset into black square cardboard box with burgundy red textile interior.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elizabeth D. Embler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
