Medal, Williams Typewriter, United States, 1890

Medal showing Williams Typewriter and portrait of the inventor, USA, nd., c.1890. Bronze? overpainted in black; 69mm diameter, 9mm deep. Fashioned perhaps for use as a paperweight in advertising. Obverse legend: John Newton Williams Inventor of the Williams Typewriter; head and shoulders portrait looking left. Reverse: The Rightwriter The Williams Typewriter; scene of same, all keys in relief