Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Fluter and base
Object name
Fluter and base
Date
ca. 1865-1885
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
a (upper plate): 4 x 4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm)
b (base): 1 x 6 x 3 7/8 in. (2.5 x 15.2 x 9.8 cm)
Description
Cast iron fluter with rectangular base and plate and curved upper plate with handle; the grooves are cast of a white, nonferrous metal.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Carolyn Scoon
Object Number
1957.125ab
Marks
cast: on handle: "GENEVA, ILL"
cast: on upper plate: "GENEVA/HAND/FLUTER"
cast: beneath base: "PAT'D AUG/21. 1866./HEAT THIS"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
