Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Medallion: Avla Nass Ovica
Object Number:
INV.5566
Date:
1896
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "JSC"
Description:
Bronze struck medallion with obverse showing the building of Nassau Hall at Princeton University; inscription below: "AVLA NASSOVICA/MDCCCXCVI." Reverse bears inscription: "DEI SVB NUMINE VICET [on scroll above]/QVOD ANTEA FVIT/COLLEGIUM/NEOCAESARIENSE/NVNC ANNIS CL IMPLETIS/UNIVERSITAS/PRINCETONIENSIS/SAECVLVM SPECTAT/NOVVM."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
