President's Council Silver Plate

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A silver plate that features decorative raised patterns on the edges. On the inside of the plate "THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL" is imprinted at the top with raised silver letters. Below this, the College seal is imprinted in the plate. At the bottom of the inside of the plate there is a decorative banner imprinted in the plate. The banner has an inscription that reads "Prof. Howard M. Scammon, Jr./Miss Sarah J. Scammon." On the reverse of the plate, at the top, there is a manufacture's mark. The manufacture's name is illegible but location of the manufacturer is legible and and is in Columbia, PA U.S.A. The plate measures approximately 7in. in diameter and is in fair condition. On the front of the plate there is an approximately 0.5in. white substance on the left bottom edge. There is another 0.5in. white substance in the same area near the inside of the plate as well as another 0.25in. spot of the white substance under the left side of the banner at the bottom of the inside of the plate. There is an approximately 1in. white stain at the top right side of the plate in the front. On the edges and crevices on the front of the plate there is a dusty, corrosion-like substance. There are also three rust-colored stains at the top of the plate on the left and right on the raised edges. There are also three rust colored stains on the bottom left edge of the plate on the back. Finally, the back of the plate is tarnished on the top and bottom of the center and has small white stains within the tarnish. There is also tarnish on inside of the crevices of the seal and the letters of "THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL." Transferred from the Howard Scammon Papers. Mss. 2010.154.02

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