Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar with Cover
Object Number:
1943.425b
Date:
18th century
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 14 in. ( 66 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Imari-style jar with lid. Red animal-shape finial.
Gallery Label:
Part of the furnishings of General John Maunsell's house at 14 Broadway at the end of the 18th c. Left by his widow to her niece, Mrs. James Beekman in 1815, and used in the old Beekman mansion on the East River at 252nd (?) Street. Willed to her great-niece (a namesake, and the mother of the donor) in 1833.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
