Object Details
- depicted
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1865. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including medals.
- Obverse: Bust of Abraham Lincoln facing right. Legend: ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES/ ASSASSINATED BY THE PLOTTERS OF TREASON APR. 14 1865.
- Reverse: Image of an obelisk with 36 stars emanating from it. Legend: MARTIR FOR LIBERTY. The obelisk’s base reads: A. LINCOLN APR 15 1865. Below are the words: Lewis Joy New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- ca 1865
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1203
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1203
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.6 cm; 1 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Record ID
- nmah_1382196
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0c7a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
