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
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2823
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Description:
A green cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the flag of "Morocco", consisting of a red field with a white circle around three red crescents surrounded by an elaborate geometric frame with a brown border. This flag was the flag of Morocco prior to World War I. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
