Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Fire bucket
Object Number:
INV.141
Date:
1797
Medium:
Leather, paint, rope, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 32.4 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: on side: "J. CHAPMAN / No 1 / 1797"
Description:
Black painted leather fire bucket with leather-encased rope rim and handle (detached); slightly irregular cylindrical shape tapering inward at bottom; "J. CHAPMAN / No 1 / 1797" painted in gold on one side.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
