Object Details
- depicted
- Washington, George
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.
- Obverse: Bust of George Washington facing right. Legend: 1ST PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1789/ 1797/ GEORGE WASHINGTON.
- Reverse: "AMERICAN FABIOUS"/ "FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"/ FIRST IN WAR FIRST IN PEACE FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN SERVED EIGHT YEARS AS PRESIDENT WITHOUT PAY.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- early 20th century
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1271
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1271
- Object Name
- medal, political
- token
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; 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
- Record ID
- nmah_1382265
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0739-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
