Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: footed compote
Object Number:
1965.797e
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass compote with base blown separately and attached with wafer; bowl has sawtooth rim and decoration consisting of shields, leaves, and pinwheels organized in concentric bands; hand-tooled stem with annular knop joined by wafer to plain circular foot with pontil mark on underside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
