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
Medal: Garolus XlV Johannes...
Object Number:
INV.3389d
Date:
ca. 1857
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 3/16 in. ( 5.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "BARRE F."
Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at right: "BARRE F."
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing nude laureated male bust facing left; legend: "CAROLUS XIV IOHANNES SVECORUM ET NORVECORUM REX." Reverse depicts statue upon pedestal flanked by two reclining lions; legend: "CAROLO XIII RERUM SVECIAE RESTITUTORI PATRI PATRIAE"; inscription in exergue: "PIE VOVIT FILIUS/CAROLUS XIV IOHANNES/MDCCCXXI."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. E. de Peyster Hosmer & Mrs. B.R.K. Herdge, Jr., 1951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
