Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt cellar
Object Number:
INV.14405
Date:
ca. 1830-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard: "B. &. S./GLASS./Co"
pressed: on paddlewheels: "LAFAYET."
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard; Lafayette's name on both paddlewheels; oval base decorated with a sunburst (Neal BT4d).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
