American Institute Medal
American Institute Medal
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- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this token around 1836. The Scovill Company 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, medals, coins, and tokens.
- Obverse: The legend reads: AMERICAN INSTITUTE/ NEW YORK/ H.
- Reverse: The legend reads: COPY OF GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO R & W ROBINSON, FOR THE BEST MILITARY, NAVAL, SPORTING, & PLAIN FLAT BUTTONS 1836.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- token
- date made
- ca 1836
- referenced
- R & W Robinson
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.9 cm; 1 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1532
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1532
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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