Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salver
Object Number:
1939.166
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 15 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 38.4 x 23.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center: lion rampant above the initials, "L. B. C." in gothic script
Description:
Cast silver salver; flat, oval dish with applied, cast galleried sides coming to points at the ends; cast, applied beaded band around the rim; engraved lion rampant above the initials, "L. B. C." in gothic script; no maker's marks.
Gallery Label:
This salver probably descended to the donor through the Corse family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evens
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
