Collection Highlights
Kast
Date:
1675-1690
Object Number:
1941.914
Medium:
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Horseshoe: souvenir w/card
Object Number:
INV.5442
Date:
1864
Medium:
Metal, silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
pencil inscription: on back of calling card: "Bought for Nelly at the N.Y./Sanitary Fair - April 1864./Manufactured for the benefit of/the Fair at the "Old Curiosity Shop"/by a Patent Office model of a machine/for making horseshoes."
printed: on calling
Description:
Three metal horseshoes connected with red, white, and blue ribbon, souvenirs from the New York Sanitary Fair, 1864; attached to calling card of Dr. and Mrs. Agnew of Fifth Avenue.
Gallery Label:
According to an inscription on the back of the calling card, these horseshoes were purchased for "Nelly" at the New York Sanitary Fair in April 1864. They were manufactured for the benefit of the Fair at the "Old Curiosity Shop" by a Patent Office model of a machine for making horseshoes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Agnew, 1948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
