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
Benjamin Franklin 80th Anniversary Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1950.263
Date:
1786 or later
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at right: "DUPRE. F."
Inscription: edge, at right: "ARGENT"
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Benjamin Franklin facing left with surrounding legend: "BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON. XVII JAN./MDCCVI." Reverse contains inscription at center, surrounded by wreath of oak: "ERIPUIT COELO/FULMEN/SCEPTRUM QUE/TYRANNIS"; inscription in exergue: "SCULPSIT ET DICAVIT/AUG. DUPRE ANNO/MDCCLXXXVI."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
