Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowl
Object Number:
1935.81
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 6 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Opalescent white glass bowl; bowl with flared lip and foot ring with band of painted polychrome decoration consisting of two floral sprays and two birds within two horizontal red lines at rim.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this was used as a baptismal font by the De Peyster family. Also, the accession records attribute the bowl to Bristol, England.
Credit Line:
Gift of Christiana De Peyster Bertram
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
