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American Institute Award Medal

Artist: George Hampden Lovett, American, 1824-1894
Medium: Bronze
Dates: 1884
Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 3/16 in. (5.1 x 5.1 x 0.5 cm)
Markings: Unmarked
Signature: Unsigned
Inscriptions: (see Description)
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 50.105.175
Credit Line: Gift of E.A. Meister
Image: Front, 50.105.175_front_CP4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Circular medal. Obverse: Seated allegorical female figure of America holding liberty cap and pole and offering laurel wreath with eagle atop national shield, surrounded by wheat sheaves, spinning wheel, plow, cornucopia and other instruments, sailing ship on horizon; legend in relief: "AMERICAN INSTITUTE / NEW YORK." Reverse: Laurel wreath framing legend in relief, "THE MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE / AWARDED TO" and engraved inscription, "Theo. C. Bates, / For Corset / Lock Clasps. / 1884."

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