Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt
Object Number:
1945.404
Date:
ca. 1830-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 3.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard "B. &. S./ GLASS./ CO"
pressed: on paddlewheels "LAFAYET."
pressed: on base "SANDWICH"
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard and on scroll-decorated oval base; Lafayette's name on both paddlewheels (Neal BT4d).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Taylor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
