MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.750in Weight:0.797 oz
Creator:
Davis, Joseph
Dates:
Mid-19th c.
Abstract:
Obverse: GOD GIVETH ALL THINGS TO INDUSTRY; in exergue DAVIS BIRM; a youth seated reading at a table, on which are books and inkstand; at right a globe and a bust of Franklin on a pedestal, inscribed FRANKIN; at the top, a trumpet, passed through a wreath of olive; in exergue two branches of olive crossed.
Reverse: THEN PLOUGH DEEP WHILE SLUGGARDS SLEEP AND YOU SHALL HAVE CORN TO SELL AND KEEP, forming two incomplete circles around a beehive, which stands between a rosebush and another shrub, and near which bees are flying.
Hole drilled at top.
Call #:
M-F85-102
Subjects: