Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowl
Object Number:
INV.3837
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl with flattened scalloped rim, crossed peacock feathers alternating with diamonds and circles on sides, and rayed center with six stippled segments.
Gallery Label:
Fragments of this pattern were found at the Sandwich factory site; however, it was also manufactured elsewhere (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 87).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
