2017.0043.009 Medal, view 1
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Medal

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    F. B. Smith and H. Hartmann (Manufacturer)

  • Place of Origin:

    New York, New York, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1852

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Techniques:

    Struck

  • Museum Object Number:

    2017.0043.009


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2017.0043.009

Object Name

Medal

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

American Textile History Museum

Creator (Role)

F. B. Smith and H. Hartmann (Manufacturer)
1848-1857
Reference: Richard D. Kenney, Early American Medalists and Die-Sinkers Prior to the Civil War, (New York: Sanford J. Durst Numismatic Publicaitons, 1982), p. 21.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Date

1852

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Obverse; "RHODE ISLAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION." in relief
2. Inscription; Reverse; "AWARDED TO THE PEACEDALE CO. R.I. FOR THE SUPERIOR WOOL SHAWLS AND PRINTED CLOTHS MDCCCLII." stamped incuse
3. Mark; Obverse, lower center; "F.B. SMITH & HARTMANN" in relief

Subjects

Slavery

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Struck

Dimensions (inches)

0.2 (H) , 2 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.4 (H) , 5.08 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 03/20/2020

This silver medallion was awarded as a prize or premium to an entrant in the third annual Rhode Island Industrial Exhibition held in Providence. The obverse side depicts a roccoco scrolled shield with a large fouled anchor on a striped field under a banner labeled "HOPE" from the Rhode Island state seal, and closely layered agricultural and industrial motifs such as a beehive, cornucopia, shipping crate, and in the background a factory and merchant ship. The reverse side's inscription indicates that the recipients were the Hazard family, owners of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, whose textile mills who produced wool, linen, and cotton cloth for national markets. This award recognized specifically their wool shawls and printed cottons. The firm soon expanded its printed cotton line to include cloth intended for southern markets to be made into clothing for enslaved people.