Medal of the Tavern Club Artist: Bela Lyon Pratt (American, 1867–1917, Art School Certificate of Completion, 1888, B.F.A. 1899)
Manufacturer: The Tavern Club
Honorand: The Tavern Club

1910

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room


Bela Lyon Pratt’s medal the Tavern Club shows him at his most whimsical. His design served, as the suspension ring shows, as a member’s badge for this exclusive Boston mens’ club, of which Pratt was a proud member. The club is said to have been so exclusive that the man who proposed its foundation was not, in the end, admitted. The Yale University Art Gallery also owns Pratt’s plaster of the same design (TR2013.15945.36).

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

53.73 g, 51 mm (with loop)

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.2873

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: TAVERN CLUB above between rays of sun; NATVS 1884 on ribbon below. Bear seated r. at table with plate and beer stein smoking cigar held in r. hand. Around bottom, vines extending to 9:00 and 3:00. On leg of table, B / L / P.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Blank (for inscription).
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Signed

B L P on leg of table.

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