Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This trial medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1860s. 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 from rubber.
- Obverse: Image of a religious figure, possibly St. John, standing between two pillars and holding a book and pen. The legend reads: ST. JOHN'S CHOIR WATERBURY CONN./ ALLELUIA.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- date made
- ca 1860
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Physical Description
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4.9 cm; 1 15/16 in
- Object Name
- medal, trial
