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Lot 122

Sale 5204 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 30, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 - 2,000
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$2,032
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A collection of eight silver medals representing various societies, dates ranging 1851-1871

Comprising a medal from the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York, NY (New York Crystal Palace) in 1853, presented by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, engraved, “Award To N.A. Breed/ For Childrens' Boots & Shoes/ Exhibition of 1853”; three medals presented by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, engraved, “To J.F.C. Hyde,/ For Seedling Verbena/ 'Hyde's Blue'/ 1861," “To J.F.C. Hyde,/ For Extra Chinese Sugar Cane Syrup/ 1853,” and “To H. McLaughlin/ For Eastern Belle Pears/ 1871”; a medal presented by the Middlesex Mechanic Association of Lowell, Massachusetts, engraved, “Lonsdale & Hope Co./ For Best Colored Silerias/ Exhibition of 1851.,” a city medal presented to, “Rebecca Greenleaf/ 1854”: a medal presented by the Lynchburg Agricultural and Mechanical Society; and a medal presented by the Monroe County Agricultural Society of New York, engraved, “John McKibbin/ Best Carriage Horses/ 1854.”

Dia: 2 in. (largest), Total weight: 10.345 oz. t. 

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