Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object Number:
1957.147
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating scallops and points; seven-petaled flower at center of deep well, surrounded by plain ring, and field of diamonds; interior rim decorated with alternating pattern of wheat-sheaf motif and tiny flowers (Lee-Rose 48).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
