Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Merit badges (3) in box
Object Number:
INV.8307a-d
Date:
1900-1915
Medium:
Silver, other metal; cardboard, satin
Dimensions:
Overall (INV.8307a): 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (0.6 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm)
Overall (INV.8307b): 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (0.6 x 3
Marks:
handwritten: top of box: "For improvement / in your studies. / (illeg.) / April, / 1900.
printed: inside lid: "Schwartz, Kirwin & Fauss. / Manufacturing / JEWELERS / 42 Barclay Street, / New York."
engraved: top center, 'a': "MERIT"
engraved: top ce
Description:
Three merit badges in box; 'a' is silver, 'b' and 'c' are other metal; all have a banner across the top with hinged pin on reverse, with cypher monogram "ATR" in various designs suspended from finding; box is white cardboard hinged at the back, lined with white satin.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
