Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Paper packet with ivory pins and quartz crystal
Object Number:
INV.1163
Date:
ca. 1840-1860
Medium:
Ivory, quartz
Dimensions:
Part (crystal): 8 1/2 x 1/2 in. (21.6 x 1.3 cm)
Part (pin 2): 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Part (Pin 1): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Description:
Paper packet with small, dumbbell shaped pin; pin with turned head and flat lower section pierced with two holes, and quartz crystal.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
