Collection Highlights

View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York

Date:

after 1883

Object Number:

1904.22

Medium:

Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card

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Object name

Napkin ring

Date

1850-1900

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Overall: 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 4.8 cm )

Description

Cast and seamed napkin ring; concave ring with a raised band around the center; engraved, "Beals 12" in script; no maker's marks.

Credit Line

Gift of De Witt C. Judson

Object Number

1939.192

Marks

engraved: in the center: "Beals 12" in script

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.