Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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Luce Center
Staff
Object Number:
1926.43
Date:
1825-1885
Medium:
Wood (rosewood), ivory, metal, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 69 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 in. ( 175.3 x 6.4 x 0.2 cm )
Description:
Alderman's wooden staff (probably rosewood) with a gold-painted carved wooden torch finial at the top; ivory ring sixteen inches from the top with a blue velvet handrest edged with red ribbon glued on below; staff tapers at top and toward the bottom; conical base with rounded shoulder and rings at the neck; metal cuff around the base.
Gallery Label:
This is the offical staff used by Clarkson Crolius, Jr. (1806-1887) as an Alderman of the City of New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. James E. Stillwell and Robert Brooke
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
