Medal of Franklin Pierce, American, 1853
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1853
Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 83.2.436), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department under the title “Medal of Franklin Pierce”.
The museum dates it 1853 and records its origin as American; New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States. It is attributed to Salathiel Ellis (1803–1879). The museum records the medium as Bronze and the dimensions as Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Profiles. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Salathiel Ellis
- Place recorded
- New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States
- Culture recorded
- American
Identification
- Met object id
- 5048
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 83.2.436
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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