Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chatelaine hook
Object name
Chatelaine hook
Date
1800-1880
Medium
Procelain, enamel, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. ( 11.1 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description
Metal chatelain hook, hook-plate consisting of three black circular ceramic discs joined by rings at floral bails, each disc smaller than the disc above, with swivel catch at the bottom; each disc has a white ceramic disc at the center in relief with metal frame, each having a transfer print of a picnic basket in a garden.
Object Number
1934.115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
