Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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North River Insurance Company 100th Anniversary Medallion
Object Number:
INV.4842
Date:
1922
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 4 in. ( 10.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "KILENYI"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "WHITEHEAD - HOAG"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed shoulder-length male portrait facing three-quarters to left, flanked by inscription: "FOUNDED/ BY//RICHARD/WHILEY"; legend around line border: "THE . NORTH . RIVER . INSURANCE . COMPANY/ONE . HUNREDTH . ANNIVERSARY." Reverse depicts house in flames on a shore with steamboat and sailboat in the harbor in front, casks and an anchor in the foreground; all surrounded by wreath of laurel and oak with hourglass below; dates in exergue: "1822 - 1922."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
