Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spittoon/Vase
Object Number:
INV.3815
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 6 in. ( 16.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Amber and aquamarine blown glass spittoon or cuspidor with so-called "lily-pad" decoration; squat globular body curved in at shoulders with a narrow neck and wide flaring rim with outward-folded edge, with second gather of glass tooled up into six peeks; with applied aquamarine disc foot with crimped edge.
Gallery Label:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a mortar and pestle set with an amber body and an aquamarine base dating to the late-nineteenth century.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
