Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Parasol fragments (2)
Object Number:
INV.9895ab
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
largest: 10 x 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lid of box: ". . . / ivory / & handle & tip of - / parasol / May 1913" and "Miss Fanny Norris -- / dg of J Norris of / Phila & Stevens"
Description:
Ivory handle and tip from a parasol, both carved to resemble three branches twisted together; in rectangular cardboard box with handwritten inscriptions on lid.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
