Accession No

4224

Brief Description

bronze medal from World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair - in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the landing of Columbus), 1893, presented to Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, by C. E. Barber, U.S.A., 1893

Origin

U.S.A.; Chicago

Maker

Barber, C. E.

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1893

Latest Date

1893

Inscription Date

1892

Material

metal (bronze, white metal); cloth (velvet)

Dimensions

diameter 77mm; thickness 6mm case length 96 mm; breadth 98 mm; thickness 15 mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CHRISTOPHER
COLVMBVS
OCT. XII
MCCCCXCII’ (obverse)
‘AVGVSTVS SAINT CAVDENS FECIT’ (obverse)
‘WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS
MDCCCXCII . MDCCCXCIII.
TO CAMBRIDGE
SCIENTIFIC CO.’ (reverse)
‘C.E. BARBER FECIT’ (reverse)

Description Notes

Bronze medal from World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair), 1893, presented to Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; by C. E. Barber, USA.

Bronze medal; obverse with relief carving of Columbus arriving in America; reverse with presentation inscription surmounted by two angles with trumpet and globe, flanked by torches, and with a ship beneath.
White metal case lined with blue velvet.

Condition good; complete.

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