Collection Highlights
Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
Object Number:
1172
Date:
1880
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: "DUVIVIER S."
inscription: reverse, at bottom within border: "REPRODUCTION 1880"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing allegorical figure of war in a ruined fort with legend: "VIRTUTUIS ET AUDACIAEMONUM. ET PRAEMIUM" and inscription below exergual line: "D.DE FLEURY EQUITI GALLO/PRIMO SUPER MUROS/RESP.AMERIC.D.D." Reverse depicts view of the fort with legend: "AGGERES PALUDES HOSTES, VICTI" and is inscribed below exergual line: "STONY - PT. EXPUGN./XV. JUL.MDCCLXXIX."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
