Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object Number:
1945.400
Date:
1901-1902
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 27 x 20.6 cm )
Marks:
pressed: in center: "BORN 1843" and "DIED 1901"
pressed: on sides: "IT IS GODS WAY" and "HIS WILL BE DONE"
Description:
Colorless, non-lead glass; pressed. Bread plate in oval shape with leafy wreath forming edge; center depicts full-length portrait of William McKinley flanked by inscriptions "BORN 1848" on left and "DIED 1901" on right of figure; rim inscribed above: "IT IS GODS WAY", below: "HIS WILL BE DONE".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Taylor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
