Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figured bottle
Object Number:
1945.285
Date:
1851-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. ( 26.7 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "KOSSUTH"
embossed: on reverse, "JENNY LIND"
Description:
Light aquamarine lead glass bottle blown in a full-sized, three-part mold (McKearin GI-100) embossed with a profile portrait bust of Lajos Kossuth with the inscription, "KOSSUTH" on the obverse with a bust of Jenny Lind framed in a wreath with the inscription, "JENNY LIND" on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped, with an applied and tooled collar and a pontil mark on the bottom.
Gallery Label:
Jenny Lind, the famed soprano from Sweden, and Lajos Kossuth, leader of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1850, both toured the United States in 1851-1852. Both were incredibly popular with the American public, and both were commemorated with numerous souvenirs depicting their likenesses.
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.
