Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1911.002.02 b
- Creator:
- Mitchell, F. N.
- Place of Origin:
- South Carolina
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Award. Circular medal, silver. Obverse: woman in ancient Greek clothing sitting with hand under chin, arm resting on knee; elliptical medal superimposed over left hip of woman; arm with hammer raised on the medal, with words "BE JUST AND / FEAR NOT". Below figure: "F.N. MITCHELL SC." Reverse: "MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION / AWARD TO / Samuel Baker / for / Machine for Pitching / Seams of Vessels. / Exhibition / of / 1850 / FOUNDED 1795 INCOR. 1806"; foliage wreathing the words.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Medal presented to inventor Samuel Baker of Portsmouth and Exeter, NH, by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at their 1850 exhibition in Boston, MA.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana Wingate Baker
- People:
- Baker, Samuel, Mitchell, F. N.
- Subjects:
- Hammers, Medals, Awards, Trade fairs
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