Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug: Stein, Nevada
Object name
Mug: Stein, Nevada
Date
ca. 1950
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 14 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Cylindrical whiteware mug; polychrome transfer printed view of Main Street in Virginia City, Nevada.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson
Object Number
1955.249
Marks
printed: on exterior: "Famous Comstock Lode/Virginia City, Nevada"
printed: beneath base:"VIEWS/ OF/AMERICA/SERIES BY/ENCO" (in laurel wreath)
Gallery Label
For further information, see Lois Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks , page 139.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
