Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Norwalk Memorial Medal
Object Number:
INV.3181
Date:
1869
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at right: "KEY.F"
Inscription: reverse, at lower center of field: "I.F.WOODS MEM SERIES."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Washington facing right with legend: "NORWALK CONN. MEMORIAL./1869." Reverse is inscribed: "BOUGHT OF THE NORWAKE INDIANS/BY/ROGER LUDLOWE AND CAP. DANIEL PATRICK/1640./FOUNDED 1649./SETTLED BY ACT OF COURT 1650./BURNT BY BRITISH UNDER TRYON/1779./BOROUGH INCORPORATION/1836./D. & N.R.R. OPENED 1852./POPULATION 15,000."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
