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1850
GUSN-1027
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association award medal for Doe, Hazelton & Co for awarding their carved furniture. On the heads side of the medal is a female figure with mechanical pieces under her feet and a shield on her left side. The shield is decorated with an arm holding a hammer, with a train on a bridge and a building on either side of the figure in the foreground. Inscription is engraved on the tails side, surrounded by a decorative flower garland with four medallions.
medals
awards
silver (metal)
Prize
Medal, Prize
Medal, Prize
Heads: Be just and fear not on the shield, F.N. Mitchell SC. on the bottom. Tails: Around the edge, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association/Founded 1795/ Inco 1806. Engraved in the middle Award to Doe, Hazelton & Co for best upholstered work. Exhibition of 1850." (stamped)
Unknown
Purchase, acquired through funds from an anonymous donor
1988.6
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