Ben Franklin Eight Billion Medallion Pewter Mug NEWBURYPORT TOWLE No. 7642

Benjamin Franklin Eight Billion 

1971 Medallion

Newburyport Pewter Towle

Number 7642

Mug - Tankard - Stein

MEASUREMENTS: 4 and 5/8" ht. 

Capacity: 14.5 oz. filled to the rim..

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MAKER'S MARKS: 

NEWBURYPORT PEWTER, 

TOWLE, 7642

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Round coin / medallion 

soldered on mug, 

right facing profile portrait
of Benjamin Franklin, 

with "franklin 1971" 

underneath the portrait.
"EIGHT BILLION" 

over the portrait. 

Laurel leaf branches 

on either
side of the portrait.

Dr Max Thorek Paperweight 1948 Louis Linck Sculpture Profile Portrait Bust Solid Bronze

Dr. Max Thorek
Founder
International College of Surgeons
Listed on Etsy Now
1516 N. Lakeshore Drive
Chicago, IL 60610 USA

DR. MAX THOREK, FOUNDER,

INT'L COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.

Marked-Signed L. LINCK 1948

Louis A. Linck
Louis Auguste Linck
Born: Jan 12, 1895 Paris, France
Died: Oct 31, 1962 Chicago, Illinois
Nationality: French/U.S.
Known for: Sculpture

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3 inches diameter
Weight: 1 lb. 12 oz.
1 and 1/8 inches height / thick

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Original brown felt glued to the bottom.

 Dr. Max Thorek Bronze Paperweight
Profile Portrait Bust by Louis Linck 1948
Listed on Etsy Now
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Via Wikipedia

Max Thorek (March 10, 1880 – January 25, 1960) was born in Hungary. His family emigrated to Chicago where Thorek finished his medical degree at Rush Medical College in 1904. Thorek worked in obstetrics, general, and reconstructive surgery. His innovative techniques and practices are still widely used in surgery today.

He founded the International College of Surgeons in 1935 and the International Museum of Surgical Science in a Chicago Gold Coast mansion in 1954. Dr. Thorek was also the founder of Thorek Memorial Hospital, still in operation in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.^[1]

Thorek wrote an autobiography entitled A Surgeon's World in 1943, which has been transcribed in full and is available on the internet. Thorek was also an internationally acclaimed amateur photographer during the pictorialist movement, and author of several books on the subject, including Camera Art as a Means of Self-Expression (1947) and Creative Camera Art (1937).

Thorek died in Chicago on January 25, 1960.

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Via Wikipedia

Louis Linck (1895 – 1962) was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States in 1926. During his lifetime of sculpting he worked for a number of private clients as well as the WPA (during the Depression), and the International College of Surgeons. His most accessible work is a number of larger-than-life statues permanently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.

Louis Linck Sculpture Google Image Search