Collection Highlights
The Funeral of Ulysses Grant
Date:
1885
Object Number:
PR.020.98.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Smelling bottle
Object Number:
1965.761i
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 6 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass smelling bottle; cylindrical wound body (seahorse shape) with embedded white threads (twisted) and with applied trailed thread decoration (colorless) crimped into parallel notches, with crimped end; straight finish with fire-polished lip; pontil mark on side; cork in mouth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
