Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Peepshow: Constantinople
Object Number:
1932.142
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 9 x 1 in. ( 13.3 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
written: in browned ink on bottom of box: "[au] $1.55"
written: in red ink, on bottom of box: "1872" [numbers blurred, by water?]
printed: on cover of box attached to peepshow: "CONSTANTINOPEL"
written: in black ink on bottom of box (or reverse of peep
Description:
Cardboard and paper peep-show or "perspective" showing Constantinople; orange cardboard box with a quatrefoil center window flanked by two small circular windows surrounded by a printed scene of Constantinople from the banks of the Bosphorus with numerous figures in Turkish dress; interior with accordion folds decorated with hand-colored printed views of buildings and figures in Turkish dress leading to a view of the Hagia Sophia.
Gallery Label:
This peepshow belonged to Sydney H. Carney, Sr., of Lowell, MA.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
