Object Number 1967.0094

Object Name

Medal

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Christian Gobrecht (Maker)
1785-1844

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Design inspiration)
03/12/1770-06/23/1852
References: Ellen G. Miles, Sain-Memin/ and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Insitution Press, 1994).

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Obverse, bottom of profile; "GOBRECHT" stamped up with no surround
2. Inscription; Obverse, along upper edge; "TO CHARLES CARROL OF CARROLLTON" stamped up
3. Inscription; Reverse, along upper edge; "UPON ENTERING HIS 90\TH/. YEAR" stamped up
4. Inscription; Reverse, center; "THE / SURVIVING SIGNER / OF THE / DECLARATION OF / INDEPENDENCE / AFTER THE 50\TH/.. / ANNIVERSARY" stamped up
5. Inscription; Reverse, along bottom edge; "SEP. XX .MDCCCXXVI" stamped up

Subjects

Declaration of Independence

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Stamped

Dimensions (inches)

1.85 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.7 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements of frame, 1968.0530: Length: 19.300cm; Height w/ ring: 15.100cm

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 364, no. 358