Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag
Object Number:
2046
Date:
1859-1864
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 59 x 88 in. ( 149.9 x 223.5 cm )
Marks:
painted: on banner in eagle's beak: "E PLURIBUS/ UNUM"
painted: below eagle: "3RD ALA. INF. U.S. VOLS."
Description:
Silk Regimental flag of the 3rd Alabama Infantry U.S. Volunteers; blue silk painted with and American bald eagle holding a banner that is inscribed, "E PLURIBUS/ UNUM" in his beak, three arrows in his left claw and a laurel branch in his right; above the eagle is a rising sun with thirteen stars in two archs; below the eagle is a banner inscribed, "3rd ALA. INF. U.S. VOLS."; gold trim around the three edges of the fly.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
