Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pipe stem w/detachable bowl: stag scene
Object Number:
INV.8554
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Porcelain, wood, fiber, ivory, sheet metal, iron
Dimensions:
Part (stem): 17 x 2 1/2 in. (43.2 x 6.4 cm)
Part (bowl): 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (12.1 x 4.4 cm)
Description:
Long turned wood and turned horn pipe stem with flexible fabric section and two and a half ivory disk with unfinished edges; stem connected by cord with tassels to ovoid porcelain bowl painted in polychrome enamel with scene of doe and buck in wilderness; hinged, domed sheet metal lid.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
