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ca. 1920
GUSN-24845
Velvet aqua frame enclosing a metal relief impression of a 17th century house. Inscribed, "Gov. Cradock House/ Medford Mass/ The Oldest House in America/ Built 1634."
commemoratives
leather
metal
velvet (fabric weave)
Unidentified Metal
Leather
Velvet
PLAQUE, COMMEMORATIVE
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Gov. Cradock House
Unknown
3.5 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.148
Massachusetts (United States)
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