Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Criss Cross Spelling Slips
Object Number:
2000.426
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 9 x 10 in. ( 3.2 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CRISS CROSS/ SPELLING SLIPS/ SET TWO/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS N. Y."
printed: on label on underside of box cover: "From SMITH'S/ TEMPLE OF FANCY/ Books, Stationary, Toys,/ Fancy Goods, &c./ FREDERICK, - MARYLAND."
Description:
"Criss Cross Spelling Slips" puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of two children playing "Criss Cross Spelling Slips"; box cover inscribed, "CRISS CROSS/ SPELLING SLIPS/ SET TWO/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS N. Y."; forty-eight strips of cardboard forming six different pictures of animals such as a wolf and a lion, with each letter of a description of the animal printed on each strip; interior of the box cover printed with the vendor's label.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
