Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hammer
Object Number:
INV.14126
Date:
ca. 1909
Medium:
Silver, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 in. ( 25.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on one side of the hammer: "HENRY HUDSON MONUMENT/ SPUYTEN DUYVIL HILL/ CORNER STON LAID SEPT. 27. 1909." in roman letters
engraved: on the opposite side of the hammer: "HAMMER USED BY/ Governor Charles E. Hughes." in roman letters and gothic s
Description:
Cast silver presentation hammer with flat faces, with one blunt end and one cutting end and a turned wooden handle with a ball finial; on side of the hammer engraved, "HENRY HUDSON MONUMENT/ SPUYTEN DUYVIL HILL/ CORNER STON LAID SEPT. 27. 1909." in roman letters and the other side, "HAMMER USED BY/ Governor Charles E. Hughes." in roman letters and gothic script.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
