Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Tile | 1640-1670 | Z.821 | |
| Candlestick | 1850-1890 | 1934.94a | |
| Flag tassels | 1850-1865 | 2350 | |
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Sugar bowl and cover | ca. 1760-1790 | 1944.257ab |
| Plate | 1831-1843 | 1961.164 | |
| Cap | 1900-1950 | 1956.175.25[dup] | |
| Vase | 1850-1900 | X.89a | |
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Jelly mold | 1860-1890 | 1945.470a |
| Flask: brown | 1880-1910 | 1953.421 | |
| Earrings (pair) | 1790-1830 | 1913.22ab |
