Object Number 1994.0072

Object Name

Medal

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Sr. (Maker)
9/17/1711-1784

Edward Duffield (Maker)
1720-1801

Place of Origin

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

Date

1756-1756

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Obverse, upper and lower borders; "KITTANNING DESTROYED BY COL.\L ARMSTRONG." and "SEPTEMBER, 8. / 1756." stamped
2. Inscription; Reverse, upper and lower borders; "THE GIFT OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA." stamped

Subjects

Native American; French and Indian War; Military

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

1.75 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.445 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 356-357.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardson family of Philadelphia.
[Book] Preston, David L. 2009 The texture of contact : European and Indian settler communities on the frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.
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