Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Instrument
Object Number:
1939.14a
Date:
1804
Medium:
Brass, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 16 x 5 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 40.6 x 14.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
on face of instrument: "J. BAILEY HANOVER / 1804"
Description:
Fragment of brass surveyor's instrument with circular center with wooden top from which sighting arms extend laterally and brass mount with adjusting screws for installing atop tripod attached to base.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this instrument was made in 1804 in Hanover, New Hampshire, by J. Bailey.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
