Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needlework of Gen. Tom Thumb
Object Number:
1945.317
Date:
1842-1883
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 15.9 cm )
Marks:
Stitched: "Gen. Tom Thumb"
Description:
Vertical rectangular unfinished needlepoint stitched in cotton onto cotton canvas; titled above soldier figure in center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
