Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Presentation shield
Object Number:
INV.157
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, wood, wire
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/8 x 11 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 43.5 x 29.8 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "CLINTON / 1 / OF MOUNT VERNON NY / TO / AMERICUS / 1 / OF MORRISANIA NY"
handwritten: on tape affixed to wooden bar attached to reverse: "55"
Description:
Light olive (originally white?), black, and red painted leather presentation shield presented to Americus No. 1 of Morrisania, New York, by Clinton No. 1 of Mount Vernon, New York; upper half with black painted "1" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder, with "CLINTON" and "OF MOUNT VERNON NY" in applied leather lettering on recessed panels above and below; lower half with black painted "1" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder, with "AMERICUS" and "OF MORRISANIA NY" in applied leather lettering on recessed panels above and below; wood and wire attached to back for hanging.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
