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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Award - Tin
Object Number
2017-11-4 a,b
Description
Award tin with lid, given to Art Webster by the Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Pewter tin lid with raised emblem in the center of the lid, showing the company seal with engraved text above "175th Anniversary," and below "Established 1833." The seal shows a firefighter using a speaking trumpet to signal a building fire in the distance; engraved text set in ring around image, "LITCHFIELD MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY." Maker's mark on bottom of tin, "WOODBURY PEWTERERS" above engraved eagle.
Comment
After selling Arethusa Farm sometime before 1980, Art Webster became the Connecticut agricultural inspector for the Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company for almost 20 years. He later served on the company's board of directors.
Category
Maker
Date Made
2008
Dimensions
Overall height 1.625", diameter 3.5"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
