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
Toast rack
Object Number:
1939.110
Date:
1801
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 5/8 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 14.3 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the base: a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, a crowned leopard's head in a shield, "P" in a chamfered rectangle, the king's bust in an oval, an unidentifiable mark
Description:
Cast and seamed George III silver toast rack; oval base with a stretcher through the center, seated on four cast scroll feet; seven arched dividers applied to the base with a support bar applied to the stretcher and the center divider; bail handle applied to the top of the center divider; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
