Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt and pepper shakers
Object Number:
INV.14520a-d
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
overall: 5 1/8 x 2 in.
Marks:
stamped: on the bases: "925/STERLING/1000" and an unidentifiable mark possibly a crowned "B"
Description:
Wrought silver salt and pepper shakers; pear-shaped bodies with long narrow necks; bodies covered with foliate repoussé chasing; three, cast paw feet applied to the bodies with foliate trefoil knees; plain, applied bands around the rims; high, domed covers with all over foliate repoussé chasing; upper halves have circular pierce-work; small knob finials applied to the tops; maker's marks on the bases.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
