Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Bowl
Object Number:
1945.278a
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 14 in. ( 12.1 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "Improved/Stone China"
Description:
Pearlware bowl; light blue transfer printed grape vine and lace border and pastoral view of a castle (Jenny Lind's castle).
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
