Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: Mars and Venus with Bellona Goddess of War Crowned by Victory (F-48), Two Sides Depicted
Object Number:
1907.36.444
Date:
1890
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, and gray wash, with glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 28.3 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Sketched in pencil by G.P. Gaskell of London, in watercolor by Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in gray ink: "Sk'd in Pencil by G.P. Gaskell of London / in Water Color by Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Oct. 1890."; inscribed at lower center in etiquette in brown ink: "IVORY / POWDER FLASK. / Mounted with Silver...MARS, the God of War, & VENUS on the one side, / BELLONA, the Goddess of War, Crowned / by VICTORY on the other side."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
