Scovill Centennial Commemorative Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1902
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of James Mitchell Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill facing each other. Legend: SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ J.M.L. SCOVILL-Wm. H. SCOVILL/1802-1902 WATERBURY, CONN.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO./PRESENTED BY THE COMPANY TO CHAS.S.TREADWAY/ 1802/ABEL PORTER & CO./1811/LEAVENWORTH HAYDEN & SCOVILL/1827/J.M.L. & W.H. SCOVILL/1850/SCOVILL MFG. CO.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1714
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1714
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.6 cm; 3 in