Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Eleanor Jay (1882-1953)
Object Number:
1905.122
Date:
1902
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: AA/'02
engraved: on back of case: "Miss Eleanor Jay"
Gallery Label:
The subject, great-great-granddaughter of Chief Justice John Jay, was the daughter of William and Lucie (Oelrichs) Jay. She married Arthur Iselin, a New York textile merchant, in 1904.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
