Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Luce Center
Trivet
Object Number:
Z.35
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 19.7 cm )
Marks:
written: in pencil on reverse: "Adam's County / Penn - / About 1830 [underlined]";
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to back of trivet: "361 / 2/ Amer"
Description:
Redware trivet with molded bands and impressed circles, grain sheaves (?), and central pinwheel; covered in green glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
