Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing Pins
Object Number:
2002.1.582
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1 1/4 in. cube
Description:
This tiny gold foil covered cardboard cube acts as a pin holder and has a label on the top that reads "Beste Strahlnadeln/ Patentirt/ H.F. Neuss/ Aix-La-Chapelle./
Norzuglichste Qualitat". On the bottom is a picture of a little girl with a red brimmed bonnet, and on one side many pins with multi-colored glass bead heads.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
