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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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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Cup and saucer | 1800-1850 | 1937.423ab |
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Dessert forks (4) | ca. 1805 | 1950.352a-d |
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Butter chip | 1870-1875 | 1942.285 |
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Table knives (2) | 1918-1950 | INV.14256-14257 |
| Dish: footed compote | 1830-1860 | 1965.797e | |
| Saucer | early 20th century | 1951.431e | |
| Crescent Cord sample card | ca. 1915 | 2017.62.2 | |
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Dish | 1755-1770 | X.523 |
| Cup plate | 1830-1850 | 1940.445 | |
| Cold-meat fork | 1913 | 1942.110u |
