Collection Highlights
Interior of Durand's Studio at Maplewood, New Jersey
Date:
After 1878
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.1
Medium:
Albumen print
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Beer stein
Object Number:
1940.874
Date:
1904
Medium:
Silver, glass, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 3/4 x 6 in. ( 17.8 x 12.1 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: around the seal: "1879 QUIN VICENNIAL 1904/ PRESENTED TO/ RUFUS G. SHIRLEY/ MAY 27, 1910/ CLASS STEIN OF/ WOODROW WILSON/ PRESIDENT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1902-1910/ GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY 1911-1913/ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1913-1921"
cast
Description:
Cast silver beer stein; circular body with straight sides tapering from an applied, cast, stepped foot to an applied molded and flared lip; body covered in copper; silver, squared loop handle; applied, cast Princeton University seal in the center of the body; body engraved around the seal, "1879 QUIN VICENNIAL 1904/ PRESENTED TO/ RUFUS G. SHIRLEY/ MAY 27, 1910/ CLASS STEIN OF/ WOODROW WILSON/ PRESIDENT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1902-1910/ GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY 1911-1913/ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1913-1921"; glass base.
Gallery Label:
This beer stein originally belonged to Woodrow Wilson.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rufus George Shirley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
