Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Tumbler
Object Number:
1911.67p
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass tumbler; cylindrical form with fire-polished rim and polished flat base decorated with an engraved band at mouth of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration and band of cut flutes at base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
