Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate/ Food
Object Number:
2002.1.2532
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Paper, metal, cloth
Dimensions:
1/2 x 9 in. diameter
Description:
This cardboard plate has a metal loop attached to the back with a cloth strip for hanging. It has a color scene in the center of the front of two birds, probably English Robins, perched upon a basket nest in a snow-covered holly tree with two chicks inside. It reads around the rim "Holiday Presents/ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year/ Compliments of H. O'Neill & Co./ Sixth Ave. cor. 20th St., New York".See also 2002.1.2533
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
