Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Drinking glass
Object Number:
1945.305
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Glass, feathers, fiber, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: on glass, under fly: "JENNY LIND"
signed: om black paint to right of fly: "[Rasistry]" (illegible)
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass drinking glass with conical bowl and foot with fishing fly painted on side in blue, white, and brownish pink, with signature and "JENNY LIND" painted underneath; fishing fly with pink and yellow feathers and metal hooks at each end included.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
