1925 University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival Plaque. Bronze. 202 mm. Extremely Fine. A uniface electrotype galvano of one side of Greenslet GM-153 depicting Benjamin Franklin presenting laurels to four nude runners. An impressive work by R. Tait Mackenzie, Americas greatest sculptor of athletes, whose monogram appears below the chair Franklin is seated on. The back of the plaque is filled with lead which has been painted gold. Mounting nuts appear to the left and right of the reverse that at one time secured this piece to some larger fixture. There is a series of light scratches in front of Franklins image, and numerous scratches in the lead on the reverse. Slightly bent - perhaps from removing it from whatever it was attached to. From the Howard B. Teich Collection.
