Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt shaker
Object Number:
2002.1.1924
Date:
1893
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 2 in.
Description:
This milk glass salt or pepper shaker has a metal top and is shaped like an egg with a flat side on the bottom for stability. It is embossed on one side "Columbian 1893 Exhibition", highlighted with orange and blue paint.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
