Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
Object Number:
2150
Date:
1925
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at lower left: "CPetersen Sc."
Inscription: edge, lower center: "WHITEHEAD - HOAG"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing rocky ocean coastline; inscription: "THE/PRUDENTIAL/HAS THE/STRENGTH OF/GIBRALTAR." Reverse contains inscription within rectangular tablet at center: "COMMEMORATING/THE/FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY/OF/THE PRUDENTIAL/INSURANCE COMPANY/OF AMERICA/1875 1925"; branches of oak above and below; fragment of neo-gothic building above.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
