Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Facsimile weather cock
Object Number:
INV.5750
Date:
1906
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
typed: label affixed to base: "FAS. SIMILE OF WEATHERCOCK ON STADT HUYS 1656, SAINT NICHOLAS ANNUAL DINNER/ DECEMBER 6, 1906"
Description:
Cast bronze souvenir weathervane with a rooster finial.
Gallery Label:
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York is an organization in New York City of men who are descended from early inhabitants of the State of New York. Author Washington Irving founded the Society in 1835 as an "membership organization the purpose of which is to preserve knowledge of the history and customs of New York City's Dutch forebears."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
