Collection Highlights
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28
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Coffin plate
Object Number:
INV.6562.5
Date:
1815
Medium:
Metal (probably nickel silver)
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 0.3 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on coffin plate: "John Horn/Died July 29, 1815/Aged 70 yrs. & 4 mos."
Description:
Rectangular convex metal (probably nickel silver) coffin plate with rounded corners, with engraved inscription reading "John Horn Died July 29, 1815 Aged 70 yrs. & 4 mos."; 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.
