Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Condiment dish: mustard pot with cover
Object Number:
1948.309ab
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 11.4 x 9.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed mustard pot; cylindrical bowl with raised quarter-inch bands below rim and above base, two tab handles with fan motif impressed on either side, and stylized twelve-petaled flower on underside of foot; terrace-domed cover with U-shaped cut-out in side for spoon and vertical disk-shaped finial with sunburst on either side.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
