Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Artillery shell
Object Number:
INV.5590.1
Date:
1861-1863
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 in. ( 20.3 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: bottom: "KISS PATENT OCT. 9 1861/MA 14 1861"
stamped: body: "Rebel/Gettysburg/July 4 1863"
Description:
Iron artillery shell; conical with rounded bottom; stamped mark on bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
