1920s

Standing woman with head tilted back and arms reaching behind her. Created in a class taught by Petersen.

Bust of author Poe wearing a jacket, vest and necktie.

Created after Petersen’s first visit to Iowa in the early 1920s.

Sketches of two bears standing up. One sketch of bear on all four legs. Possibly in preparation for Yellowstone National Park bronze sculpture or commemorative spoon designs.

Plaque with standing full figure of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Top right corner has Presidential-like crest with eagle.

Uniface medal. Bronze, front facing image of Abraham Lincoln. Likely struck by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, N.J.

Plaque depicts bust of Christian Petersen’s younger sister, Anna Fredrica Petersen, facing right. Anna F. Petersen would go on to marry Josiah Everett Draper, a jeweler, from a long line of silversmiths based in Attleboro, MA.

Roundel of the profile of an older man in suit and tie looking right.

Letter references a fine portrait of a child that was no larger than a thumbnail made in gold by chasing.