Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Ink bottle
Object Number:
1949.187
Date:
1854
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 16.2 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
incised: on body: "John Edwards N.Y. 1854"
Description:
Stoneware ink bottle; cylindrical body with sloped shoulder and rounded lip; inscription on body.
Gallery Label:
This ink bottle was found in 1949 during an excavation on South Street, near Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan. A John Edwards was listed in the New York Directory under the Indigo business.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
