Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rum Bottle
Object Number:
1918.41
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 3 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
written: in red; "23/4"
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bottle was found by the New-York Historical Society Field Exploration Committee in 1906 in the Revolutionary War-era Hut Camp of the 17th Regiment of Foot (British) at Seaman Ave., in Inwood, New York City.
Credit Line:
Found by the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
