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
Plate
Object Number:
1936.703
Date:
1825-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass plate; circular form with curved sides, scalloped rim and flat bottom; rim cut with strawberry diamonds and fan motifs, sloping sides cut with panels, bottom cut with square strawberry diamonds.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object belonged to either Abigail Cornell (1766-1854) who married New York leather merchant Israel Corse in 1810, or to Angeline Burr, wife of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
