Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffin plate
Object Number:
INV.6562.4
Date:
1840
Medium:
Metal (probably nickel silver)
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 1.3 x 14.9 x 10.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on coffin plate: "Mary Brownhill/Died 29th May 1840/Aged 78 Years"
Description:
Rectangular convex metal (probably nickel silver) coffin plate with rounded corners, with engraved inscription reading "Mary Brownhill Died 29th May 1840 Aged 78 Years"; four holes punched at each side of plate to fasten plate to surface.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Hopper Striker Mott, June 10, 1931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
