Prize Medal

Name/Title

Prize Medal

Entry/Object ID

1958.33.3

Description

Bronze prize medal molded on the front with images of a horse, cow, pig, sheep, duck, and chickens and the inscription, "NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY", along the top edge. The back is molded with a wreath made from produce with a shield at the center bottom engraved with the year 1880. The top center is molded with an arm holding a hammer and the words, "AWARDED TO". The center is engraved, "A. W. Gray & Sons Best Horse Power Separator & Cleaner".

Context

Awarded to A. W. Gray & Sons of Middletown Springs, Vermont, at the 1880 New England Agriculture Society Exhibition

Acquisition

Accession

1958.33

Source or Donor

Knapp, Norman G.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Key, W.H.

Date made

1880

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Medal, Prize

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Prize

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

3/16 in

Diameter

2-15/16 in

Material

Bronze

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

A. W. Gray & Sons

Person or Organization

New England Agriculture Society

Related Places

Place

Town

Middletown Springs

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America