Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase
Object Number:
1933.207b
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Enamel-painted opaque white blown (possibly in a mold) glass vase with wide flared lip, narrow cylindrical neck, and inverted conical body on pedestal base; painted blue, with circular medallion on obverse with helmeted, blond, bearded head with a wing behind each ear in profile against black background; gilding on edge of lip, on ring at top of pedestal, on lower edge of pedestal, and on medallion frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
