Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Book Slate + 2 Docu.
Title
Book Slate + 2 Docu.
Object name
Slate book
Date
1867-1880
Medium
Textile, cardboard, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 21.3 x 13 x 1.9 cm )
Description
Slate book with four black painted cardboard pages, two with handwritten notations; covered in brown textile with embossed inscriptions on front and back.
Credit Line
Gift of William H. Ewen
Object Number
INV.1901
Marks
embossed: on front cover: "SILICA / BOOK / SLATE / QUARTZ / SURFACE / NEW YORK / SILICATE BOOK SLATE CO. 101 FULTON ST"
embossed: on back cover: "ENTER . . [illegible] ACT OF CONGRESS / ON . . . JAN 1867 / NEW YORK SILICATE SLATE CO / . . . OFFICE . . . DISTRICT COURT / OF THE . . . SOUTHERN DIST. OF N.Y. / PATENTED JAN. 13 1867"
handwritten in white pencil: on inner page: "1 2 3 / For / 4 5 6 / the / 7 8 9 / son / 10 11 / of / 12 13 14 / man / 15 16 17 18 19 / shall / 20 21 22 23 / come / [etc.]"
Gallery Label
In a letter dated April 10, 1958, found with the object, the donor refers to this slate book as "a little item that came down through the family."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
