Award medal of the American Institute of the City of New York Engraver: Robert Lovett Sr. (American, ca. 1796–1874)
Manufacturer: American Institute, New York
Honorand: Isaac M. Singer, American, 1811–1875

1851

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Gold

Dimensions

16.125 g, 12:00, 28.2 mm

Credit Line

Evelyn and Henry Kirschenbaum Collection

Accession Number

2000.78.8

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AMERICAN INSTITUTE above, NEW YORK below exergual line; beneath, following edge, LOVETT. Personification of the nation seated l., shield at side and cornucopiae at side, holding wreath in extended r. and pole with cap of liberty in l. Behind her, plow with winged caduceus; before, a spinning wheel, the whole set against a background of a harbor with ship.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: At top, AWARDED TO; around, laurel wreath enclosing [engraged in script] I. M. Singer / For the best / Sewing Machine / 1851.
Provenance
Evelyn and Henry Kirschenbaum; Esther Pullman and Nancy Locker, to 2000; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2000," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2001), 149
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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