Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
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Celery glass
Object Number:
1933.219ab
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall (bowl): 7 1/2 in. × 5 3/4 in. (19.1 × 14.6 cm)
Part (base): 3 1/4 in. × 5 3/4 in. (8.3 × 14.6 cm)
Description:
Colorless glass celery glass with footed base (now detached); pressed bowl with six large oval depressions below flared, scalloped rim, and six contiguous arched panels around base; blown glass foot with baluster stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
