Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Store display
Object Number:
2002.1.3507
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 in.
Description:
A metal oil or kersene lantern and store display item with a pedestal that has two metal tubes, probably for holding cigars, around a plate that is embossed and highlighted with red and white paint "Valentine's/ Betsy Ross/ 5 c Cigar". Above the pedestal is a metal oil resevoir below a trapezoidal pierced tin shade that reads on all four sides "Betsy Ross/ 5 c/ Cigar".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
