Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Civil War artillery shell
Object Number:
X.408
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 7 in. ( 35.6 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: lower band: "7 IN TENNESSEE SHELL./CAPTURED IN FORT FISHER./JAN. 15TH 1865 BY R. ADMIRAL PORTER."
Description:
Iron and brass artillery shell; cylindrical, cone-shaped iron artillery shell with flared, circular screw-on brass mouthpiece and two bands across body; stamped mark on lower band.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
