Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablet in box: Service Award ...College of the City of NY
Object Number:
1952.31c
Date:
1900-1910
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, cloth
Dimensions:
case: 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 5/8 in. ( 11 x 11 x 1.6 cm )
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/16 in. ( 6 x 9.5 x 0.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, in exergue, at right: "d'A."
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE"
Inscription: case lid, inside, center: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing Gothic-style building with inscription in exergue: "ALUMNI.SERVICE.AWARD." Reverse is inscribed: "TO.HONOR.CONSPICUOUS/SERVICE.TO.ALMA.MATER," above, and: "THE.ASSOCIATE.ALUMNI/OF.THE.COLLEGE.OF.THE/CITY.OF.NEW.YORK," below. Rectangular cream-color cloth-bound cardboard case.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
