Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this advertising token during the early 20th 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, medals, coins, and tokens.
- Obverse: Image of a top hat. The legend reads: PEABODY HOTEL, 307 MAIN ST.
- Reverse: Image of an eagle with shield, gripping arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other. The legend reads: FRANCISCO & WIGGIN, MEMPHIS.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- date made
- early 20th century
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.8 cm; 1 1/8 in
- Object Name
- token
