Adolph A. Weinman - Medals | Medallic Art Collector

Description

This uniface medal bears a boy on a wheeled toy horse resting a cutlass over his shoulder and rogueishly wearing a flappy hat. In exergue, THE · INTREPID / HORSEMAN; signed at left over exergue, FE (AAW monogram) CIT

The medal is mounted on a red velvet stand that can be hung or stood on a desk. Friends of the family reported that Adolph Alexander Weinman's son Robert identified this medal's subject as his brother Howard K. Weinman, who himself became a sculptor later in life. Howard was born in 1901 which would date this medal to approximately 1905-1907. In this medal Adolph Weinman created a loving portrait of one of his sons. It is a very special, personal piece deserving of a place of honor in any collection.

The circular medal measures 97mm in diameter and was struck in bronze.

Medal Details

This section contains a table of detailed medal information. Currently, I am not aware of any variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	97mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 21:06

Description

The obverse bears two standing female figures. The taller is Columbia, arms spread wide holding the United States. The youthful maiden represents the Louisiana Purchase Territory. Emblematic of her reception into the union, the maiden is divesting herself of the cloak of France, the material decorated with bees, the emblem of Napoleon. In the background is the rising sun, marking the dawn of a new era of progress to the nation. Around, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION - SAINT LOUIS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; below the year MCMIV.

The reverse bears an eagle over architectural tablet with inscription BRONZE MEDAL / LOUISIANA PURCHASE / EXPOSITION. Two dolphins symbolizing the nation's eastern and western ocean boundaries frame the tablet on the sides.

The Saint Louis Award Medal is one of Weinman's earliest commissions for a medal, and one that made him justifiably famous.

The medal was created in five different versions and four different shapes to distinguish between Grand Prizes, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Commemorative medals.

The circular bronze medal has a diameter of 64mm (2.5in) and weights approximately 105 grams. The U.S. Mint at Philadelphia struck 10,000 bronze award medals in brass.

Medal Details

This section contains a table of detailed medal information. Currently, I am not aware of any variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	64mm
weight	105g
mintage	~ 10,000 reported

Last modified: Jan 29, 2018 00:00

Description

The obverse bears two standing female figures. The taller is Columbia, arms spread wide holding the United States. The youthful maiden represents the Louisiana Purchase Territory. Emblematic of her reception into the union, the maiden is divesting herself of the cloak of France, the material decorated with bees, the emblem of Napoleon. In the background is the rising sun, marking the dawn of a new era of progress to the nation. Around, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION - SAINT LOUIS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; below the year MCMIV.

The reverse bears an eagle over architectural tablet with inscription BRONZE MEDAL / LOUISIANA PURCHASE / EXPOSITION. Two dolphins symbolizing the nation's eastern and western ocean boundaries frame the tablet on the sides.

The Saint Louis Award Medal is one of Weinman's earliest commissions for a medal, and one that made him justifiably famous.

The medal was created in five different versions and four different shapes to distinguish between Grand Prizes, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Commemorative medals.

The rounded square bronze medal measures 67.2mm x 67.2mm and weights approximately 181 grams. The U.S. Mint at Philadelphia struck 11,550 silver award medals in bronze.

Medal Details

This section contains a table of detailed medal information. Currently, I am not aware of any variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
dimensions	67.2mm x 67.2mm
weight	181g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Jan 29, 2018 00:00

Description

The obverse bears two standing female figures. The taller is Columbia, arms spread wide holding the United States. The youthful maiden represents the Louisiana Purchase Territory. Emblematic of her reception into the union, the maiden is divesting herself of the cloak of France, the material decorated with bees, the emblem of Napoleon. In the background is the rising sun, marking the dawn of a new era of progress to the nation. Around, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION - SAINT LOUIS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; below the year MCMIV.

The reverse bears an eagle over architectural tablet with inscription BRONZE MEDAL / LOUISIANA PURCHASE / EXPOSITION. Two dolphins symbolizing the nation's eastern and western ocean boundaries frame the tablet on the sides.

The Saint Louis Award Medal is one of Weinman's earliest commissions for a medal, and one that made him justifiably famous.

The medal was created in five different versions and four different shapes to distinguish between Grand Prizes, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Commemorative medals.

The shiled-shaped bronze medal measures 71.8mm x 71.8mm and weights approximately 146.2 grams. The U.S. Mint at Philadelphia struck 9,000 gold award medals in bronze.

Medal Details

This section contains a table of detailed medal information. Currently, I am not aware of any variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
dimensions	71.8mm x 71.8mm
weight	146.2g
mintage	9000 reported

Last modified: Jan 29, 2018 00:00

Description

The medal's obverse bears bust of young laurel-crowned Apollo, facing right, within beaded border. Signed at lower right (AAW monogram).

The reverse bears oil lamp with three flames and light rays within beaded border and raised rim. Below, NATIONAL·INSTITUTE· / ·OF·ARTS·AND · / · LETTERS ·

The medal is inscribed to Charles McLean Andrews on the edge.

Charles McLean Andrews (1863-1943) was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where his father was a minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church. He studied first at Trinity and then at Johns Hopkins, where he received his Ph.D. in 1889. After teaching stints at Bryn Mawr and Johns Hopkins he finished his career at Yale, where he taught American history from 1910 until his retirement in 1931.

Honored with many memberships and fellowships for his historical publications‒he published 102 major scholarly articles and books as well as over 360 book reviews, newspaper articles and short items‒he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935 and this medal in 1937. The National Institute of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal is only awarded once a decade and easily one of the most coveted prizes in the humanities.

The circular medal measures 57.6mm in diameter and was struck in bronze and gold-plated bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintages are reported but the awarded medal should be an exceedingly rare specimen!

Many thanks to the Yale University Art Gallery's Numismatics department for its generosity and assistance in making this beautiful medal available to me for research.

References: Baxter 176, MACo 1909-007

Medal Details

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material	Gold-plated bronze
edge6
diameter	57.6mm
weight	102.1g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: May 14, 2019 17:30

Medal Details

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material	Gilt bronze
edge6
dimensions	181mm x 130mm
mintage	1 reported

Last modified: May 14, 2019 14:56

Description

This uniface medal bears child's bust with knitted cap and sweater, facing left, surrounded by border of holly. To left and right, KATHERINE - JANE / WEINMAN - IN · HER / FOVRTH - YEAR; under truncation, · M · C · M · X · V ·; signed at right, FE (AAW monogram) CIT

Adolph Alexander Weinman created several medals depicting his mother and his children. This is one of two depicting his daughter Katherine Jane at age 4. The other was completed three years later when she was 7.

This instance of the medal is mounted on a wooden board with two screws. It is surrounded by a carved, pearled border and set above two flower rosettes at the bottom. It came from the household of Ruth Walker Brooks.

The circular medal measures 97mm in diameter and was struck in bronze.

Medal Details

This section contains a table of detailed medal information. Currently, I am not aware of any variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	97mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 20:33

Silver

Description

The obverse bears kneeling nude woman, left, holding a medal in her left hand and a sculptor's tool in her right; tree to her right with branch extending over her. Around, PARVA · NE · PEREANT; in exergue, AN (oak leaves) S; signed at lower right, FE (AAW monogram) CIT

The reverse bears Pegasus in central medallion, sun and clouds in background; Above, · THE · J · SANFORD · SALTUS · / AWARD MEDAL; below, · OF · THE · AMERICAN · / · NUMISMATIC · SOCIETY · ; around central field, FOR · SIGNAL · ACHIEVEMENT / IN · THE · ART · OF · THE · MEDAL

This medal was the 38th official issue of the American Numismatic Society and it was designed as an award medal. The ANS has awarded it annually since 1919 "for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal."

The particular medal shown here was awarded to Bruno Mankowski in 1960. You can find more information on the J. Sanford Saltus Award here.

The circular medal measures 78mm in diameter and was cast by Tiffany & Company and struck by the Medallic Art Company of New York. The mintage in silver and bronze is not known.

References: ANS 38, Baxter 182, MACo 1919-003

Variant Details

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	78mm
mintage	unknown

material	Silver
edge6	MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. FINE SILVER
diameter	78mm
weight	182.5g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 20:28

Bronze

Description

The obverse bears likeness of Theodore Newton Vail. Above, THEODORE NEWTON VAIL; on left and right, MDCCCXLV / MCMXX. Around, 250TH ANNIVERSARY / 1697; signed at lower right of field, (JF monogram).

The reverse bears two nude male figres flanking clothed female figure. Around, THE VAIL MEDAL FOR NOTEWORTHY PUBLIC SERVICE; in exergue, AWARDED TO / DARWIN PAUL HOLTZMAN; signed on lower right (AW monogram).

The edge is marked 1114 - 1944.

Theodore Newton Vail (July 16, 1845 - April 16, 1920) was a U.S. telephone industrialist. He served as the president of American Telephone & Telegraph between 1885 and 1889, and again from 1907 to 1919. Vail saw telephone service as a public utility and moved to consolidate telephone networks under the Bell system. In 1913 he oversaw the Kingsbury Commitment that led to a more open system for connection.

The center figure represents the Service, the right Loyalty to Service and the left Devotion to Duty. The three figures are holding telephone cables. They are speeding the winged message over the wires.

This medal is most commonly encountered in bronze, but silver and gold versions exist as well. The bronze medals were awarded to individuals in each Bell company by that company's awards committee. A Bell Systems Committee then reviewed these cases and selected those of "especially outstanding excellenceor importance" for silver or gold medal awards. Bronze medals could also be awarded to groups of employees if the noteworthy act was a concerted group action. The depicted bronze medal was awarded to Darwin Paul Holtzman.

The medals measure 63mm (2.5in) in diameter and were manufactured first by Tiffany Co. of New York and later by the Medallic Art Company of New York.

References: Baxter 184, Marqusee 394

Variant Details

This section contains a table of detailed variant information. Currently, I am only aware of 2 variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any others or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	63mm
mintage	unknown

material	Silver
edge6
diameter	63mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 21:07

Bronze with tan patina

Description

The medal's obverse bears winged nude male, facing helf right, standing erect on top of cloud shrouded globe, wings and arms stretched wide, face turned upwards. Around, BRONXVILLE · VICTORIOVS

The medal's reverse bears oil lamp on book above cartouche with hanging garlands. Around, BRONXVILLE HIGH · SCHOOL · ; under book, CREATIVE / ARTS · MEDALL / AWARDED · TO; in cartouche, JAMES MARTIN / 1936; signed under cartouche with ( FE AAW CIT monogram)

This Weinman design is probably one of the most beautiful school award medals of all times.

The circular medal measures 69.8mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.

References: MACo 1931-002

Variant Details

This section contains a table of detailed variant information. Currently, I am only aware of 2 variants of this medal. Please notify me if you come across any others or if you find incorrect or missing information.

material	Bronze
patina	Bronze with tan patina
edge6	MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y.
diameter	69.8mm
weight	138.4g
mintage	unknown

material	Bronze
patina	Bronze with tan patina
edge6	MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. / BRONZE - (C)
diameter	70.2mm
weight	145.3g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 20:07