Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ewer
Object Number:
INV.13699
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Pewter (possibly Britannia metal), wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 25.4 x 21 x 13 cm )
Marks:
engraved: beneath base: "D... JACOB"
Description:
Pewter ewer with cylindrical body and hinged domed lid with wooden baluster finial; remnant of fruitwood handle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
