Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
Z.1502ab
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Gold, glass; leather
Dimensions:
Case: 1/8 x 5 x 1 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (0.3 x 11.4 x
Marks:
ink inscription: on card accompanying objects: "Eyeglasses belonging/to Thomas Gold (see portrait) NY State Senate 1797"
Description:
Gold wire frame spectacles with slanted oval lenses, K-shaped nosepiece, and wire temples; housed in oblong leather case with open end.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, these spectacles were worn by her great-grandfather, Thomas Ruggles Gold (1764-1827), a New York State senator. However, based on the style of the spectacles, they were made after Gold's death.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Anne Hull
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
