Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar
Object Number:
2002.1.3193
Date:
1876-1889
Medium:
Salt glazed stoneware
Dimensions:
11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with shallow handles at the shoulder and a metallic red-brown glazed interior. The front is decorated with a stylized floral cobalt blue slip design below words "2/ F. Laufersweiler/ Empire City Pottery/ 517 & 519 w. 27 St. NY", impressed into the stoneware and highlighted with cobalt blue. The top narrows at the neck and has a lip that may have supported a domed lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
