Medal Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Eaton-Clark Company

1938

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 143.64 g, 12:00, 75 mm
Credit Line: Gift of Graham C. Boettcher, B.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2006
Accession Number: 2006.134.2
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: THE ALCHEMIST above man in medieval attire sitting in alchemical laboratory with bellows, surrounded by various jugs, tools, books, and a fireplace. LE CHIMISTE / BY DAVID TENIERS JR. below.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: EATON-CLARK COMPANY 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1938 around factory building. Above factory, scales and FOUNDED IN 1838 BY / THEODORE HORATIO EATON. Below, CHEMICALS AND DYESTUFFS / DETROIT, MICHIGAN / AND / WINDSOR, CANADA. At far right, below factory, A.B. CIANFARANI Sc. Edge marked GORHAM CO.

Provenance

Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, Birmingham, Ala., to 2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Marks

GORHAM CO. on edge.

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