1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1853
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1853. 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 various consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Image of the New York Crystal Palace. Legend: BUILDING FOR THE EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS/ NEW YORK/ MDCCCLIII.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Wreath with two different branches. Legend: THE FIRST PILLAR WAS ERECTED OCTOBER 30th 1852/ OPENED MAY 2nd/ 1853/ MESSrs GARSTENSEN & GILDEMIESTER/ ARHCITECHTS.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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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: 1981.0296.1609
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1609
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.2 cm; 2 1/16 in