Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object Number:
1953.706
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 12.7 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish in the form of a washtub and washboard; washboard is propped up against side of tub, with bottom of dish slanted up; tub patterned with grain of wood, and inside of tub with outlines of clothing against board and frosted water slopped up against side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
