Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Oil cup
Object Number:
1941.875
Date:
1879-1939
Medium:
Brass, steel, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on lid: "NATHAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY/NEW YORK"
Description:
Oil urn-shaped cup composed of brass lid and fittings and a colorless glass cup with steel rod extending through glass cup and brass fittings; maker's mark impressed on lid.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this cup is from the steamboat the 'City of Newburgh' (1879-1939).
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
