Collection Highlights
The Funeral of Ulysses Grant
Date:
1885
Object Number:
PR.020.98.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.70
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Clear glass oval with a white bottom painted with a cartoon bookworm with a book and candle and the words, "Don't/ Forget/ Scheller/ Prints/ Binds Books/ Makes Blank Books/ Singly (sic) or in Lots/ Newark, NJ/ get-his-price/ it pays you/ EST. 1888."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
