Collection Highlights

Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
Related Person: Field Exploration Committee

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Dish

Dish
Object name 
Dish
Date 
1830-1860
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 9.5 cm )
Description 
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with plain edge, embellished by twisted border; twenty-petaled flower at center of well, surrounded by ridged circle; vertical petal motifs along interior rim.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number 
1948.345a
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.