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Document identity
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115073
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Medal: Abram Stevens Hewitt
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115073
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object
title
Medal: Abram Stevens Hewitt
date
1875–1925
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80008048
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17569
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Metalwork
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1
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import
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Diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
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France, late 19th-early 20th century
accession
1935.239
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bronze
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Medal: Abram Stevens Hewitt , 1875–1925. Louis-Oscar Roty (French, 1846–1911). Bronze; diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt, 1935.239
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
obverse - "INGENIO . SVO . VRBIS . BENEFACTOR . ET . REI . PVBLICAE . CONSERVATOR . ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT"; left of portrait bust: "AETAT/SVAE/LXXVIII"; right of portrait bust: "© Roty." On edge: "Tiffany & Co." reverse - band of lettering around edge: "RAPID TRANSIT -- THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MDCCCC. On edge: "Tiffany & Co."
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Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
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2026-05-29 06:01:25.486000
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115073
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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bronze
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male
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