Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Perfume bottle
Object Number:
Z.697
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass perfume bottle with stopper; bottle molded into long rectangular shape and pricked with a long pin to create interior space; steeply sloping shoulders and tapering cylindrical neck; body cut with "X"-shapes and ovals on two sides, and gilded with abstract vines and and designs; flat, circular, gilded stopper.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
