Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt and pepper shaker
Object Number:
2002.1.1928
Date:
1939
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
3 x 1 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
This plastic souvenir salt and pepper shaker has the spherical domed pavillion, the Perishpere, and pyrimidal spire, the Trylon, of the New York 1939 World's Fair 'World of Tomorrow' mounted on a plastic base with hatches on the bottom that open for filling the salt and pepper. Engraved into the base and highlighted in gold "New York World's Fair".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
