Image
Charles Edward Barber
Medal awarded to Gorham Manufacturing Company at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition,
Description
Title
Medal awarded to Gorham Manufacturing Company at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Medium
bronze
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 inches) (diameter)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Obverse: "CHRISTOPHER/COLUMBUS/OCTXII/MCCCCXCII" Reverse: "WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY/OF THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS/MDCCCXCII MDCCCXCIII/TO GORHAM MFG. CO."
Marks: Obverse: "AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS FECIT". Reverse: "C.E. BARBER FECIT"
Type
Credit
Gift of Lenox, Incorporated
Object Number
2005.118.30
About
Medal awarded to Gorham Manufacturing Company at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Obverse: "CHRISTOPHER/COLUMBUS/OCTXII/MCCCCXCII" Reverse: "WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY/OF THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS/MDCCCXCII MDCCCXCIII/TO GORHAM MFG. CO."
Marks: Obverse: "AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS FECIT". Reverse: "C.E. BARBER FECIT"
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