Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Cigarette silk
Object Number:
2002.1.2692
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with the flag of Austria around 1910 above the gold lion and shield crest of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Printed "Nebo Cigarettes" at the bottom edge. One of a series of world flags and standards. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
