Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object Number:
1945.268
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 7 x 8.9 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on exterior in dark pink under image: "JENNY LIND"
Description:
Molded cylindrical porcelain mug with wide, circular foot and flared rim, applied handle; printed in dark pink with three-quarter frontal portrait of young woman in 19th century dress; with pink bands inside rim, on foot, and embellishing handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
