Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mirror knobs (pair)
Object Number:
1941.931a
Date:
1791-1800
Medium:
Brass, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
painted: below eagle: "SUBLIMI VIRTICE SIDERAFERIAM"
Description:
One of a pair of "Battersea" enamel knobs with circular faces; each with polychrome painted enamel center with American eagle in front of rising sun with Latin inscription "SUBLIMI VIRTICE SIDERA FERIAM" beneath; enamels set into stamped metal face with plain canted edges; turned post with threaded screw at end.
Gallery Label:
These "Battersea" enamel knobs were made to commemorate the entry of Vermont, the 14th state, into the Union in 1791.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
