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
Dinner bell
Object Number:
1941.796
Date:
1862
Medium:
Brass, wood, iron, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 10.5 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on extreior near rim: "D.S. Miller /1862"
Description:
Hand-held brass dinner bell with iron clapper and wooden handle secured with wound copper wire.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this dinner bell is from the steamer the "Daniel S. Miller."
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
