Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thomas Hunter Association Grammar School #35 Medal
Object Number:
1938.219
Date:
1913
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper, silk
Dimensions:
case: 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/2 in. ( 11.3 x 6.8 x 1.2 cm )
Overall: 3 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in. ( 8.1 x 3.6 x 0.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: edge, lower right: "ROB.STOLL"
Inscription: case cover, in pencil: "1938.219/Medal of the Thomas/Hunter Association/of Grammar School/#53"
Inscription: inside case cover, imrinted in black: "Robert Stoll/MEDALS AND BADGES,/12, 14, & 16 JOHN
Description:
Bronze struck spearhead-shaped medal suspended on red, white, and blue ribbed silk ribbon; obverse depicts clothed bust of Thomas Hunter facing right; reverse contains inscription: " '35'/1913"; small rectangular bronze plaquette with closure above, bearing inscription: "GUEST." Rectangular black cardboard fitted case with white silk interior.
Credit Line:
Gift of Hayward Cleveland
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
