Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needle case
Object Number:
INV.9815ab
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silver needle case in two pieces, top slides over the collar of the base. Both top and bottom have ribbed cap decorations. A central band marks the divide between the two parts. Two motifs in medallion decorate each side of the case, on the top a basket and on the bottom a neoclassical grotesque head.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
