Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
Title
Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
Object name
Bowl
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 9.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Small wooden base with flange handles with alternating bands of dark and light wood; image of mounmented and inscriptions printed in black on exterior.
Credit Line
Gift of Isabella Vach
Object Number
INV.13626
Marks
printed: in black below monument: "SIR WALTER SLOTT'S MONUMENT/EDINBOROUGH"
printed: in black inside oval cartouche: "MEMORIAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT/ The dark portions of this Wood are Warranted/ to have grown on the Lands of Abbotsford/ And the light, close by Dryburgh Alley"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
