Deer Trial Medal
Deer Trial Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This trial medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-19th century. 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, and campaign medals. This trial medal is made of plaster.
- Obverse: Image of a Deer in stride.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, trial
- Measurements
- overall: 3.8 cm; 1 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1710
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1710
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- See more items in
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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