Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking glass
Object Number:
1976.52
Date:
1813-1820
Medium:
Wood, glass, paint, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 3/4 x 18 x 3 1/2 in. ( 78.1 x 45.7 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: at bottom of églomisé panel: "Enterprise & Boxer."
Description:
Pillar looking glass with gilded double frame; indented cornice with 13 gilded balls suspended from underside; upper verre églomisé panel with naval battle depicted in rectangular gold frame with sawtooth edge; pillars with molded block capital above shaft with incurving face centering vertical strip of twisted rope molding; molding set between plain block pillar bases at bottom of mirror frame.
Gallery Label:
The battle between the U.S. frigate "Enterprise" and the British frigate "Boxer" took place off the coast of Maine in September 1813.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
