2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
Artist/Maker: Daniel Chester French

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Bowl

Bowl
Object name 
Bowl
Date 
1830-1845
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description 
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl; octagonal form with scalloped edge; sides decorated with alternating panels of shields and acanthus leaves; center decorated with thirteen stars surrounding an American eagle; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1940.439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.