Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trowel
Object Number:
INV.14221
Date:
1890
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 31.4 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the blade: "PRESENTED BY/ DAWSON AND ARCHER/ TO THE/ HON HUGH J. GRANT/ MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY./ on the occasion of laying the/ CORNER-STONE/ OF THE/ NEW CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING/ Oct. 25. 1890." in block letters and gothic script
stamped: on
Description:
Cast silver and ivory trowel with a tapered, cylindrical ivory handle with a carved, spiraling midband, a molded silver tip and a tapered and bent stem with a fan-shaped joint; diamond-shaped blade with a long pointed tip, a wheel turned border and the engraving, "PRESENTED BY/ DAWSON AND ARCHER/ TO THE/ HON HUGH J. GRANT/ MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY./ on the occasion of laying the/ CORNER-STONE/ OF THE/ NEW CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING/ Oct. 25. 1890." in block letters and gothic script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
