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Scott Martin
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iconnumber posted 10-24-2006 03:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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    Great faces in silver -- medallions

From time to time great faces show up in silver and silverplate medallions. We thought it would be fun to start a thread where we post photos of great silver medallions.

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 02:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

A Freeman Durgin warrior with some of his friends.

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 03:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see the second face. Is there more than two?]

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 04:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Scott,
The warrior has 8 friends. I will try to get a pictcher of them. Five make up his helmet, one is on the chain around his neck and the other two are on the right lower side.

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 05:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I now see 6 faces. Thanks.

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 07:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for hello     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see at least 2 more; one at the front of the helmet, and one hanging from the necklace

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iconnumber posted 10-25-2006 09:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hello - the heads you refer to are out of focus and I will try to take another picture of them.

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iconnumber posted 10-26-2006 07:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FredZ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see two faces on the front of the helmet in the Freeman Durgin warrior. Facinating that they are so many faces.

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And the face on the side of the helmet looks like it may be two - the left side of the face looks like a left facing profile superimposed over another face with only the right half showing! Shades of M C Escher!

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2006 05:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Below is the head on the necklace around the warrior's neck.

Below is a better view of the two faces forming the left side of the helmet. Also there is a small horse or other four legged animal just to the top of the helmet.

Freeman Durgin made quite a few medallion pieces, but most portray traditional mythological figures. I have only seen one other piece with a medallion of this type. I think he added all these figures to lighten up the seriousness of all those mythological figures from the past.


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iconnumber posted 10-27-2006 06:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Now I see all nine. Thanks.

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Here are a few medallion faces on buttons just stamped STERLING. They have been attributed to Shiebler. Note that two have additional creatures - with great faces - on the heads.




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iconnumber posted 10-29-2006 08:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Medallions from other posts:

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