Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sculpture: decorative glass fragment
Object Number:
INV.12940
Date:
1800-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 17.8 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Green glass sculpture in the form of a two-dimensional bunch of grapes; 13 cylindrical tubes of glass surrounded by bands of feathered glass; possibly made using lamp-working techniques of heating and manipulating stripes of glass.
Gallery Label:
The function of this object is unknown, but it could have been used as a holder of some sort, for pens, candles, flowers, etc.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
