Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Helmbold's Chemical Warehouse, New York City, c. 1864-69
Title
Helmbold's Chemical Warehouse, New York City, c. 1864-69
Object name
Spatula -like utensil w/long handle
Date
1920
Medium
Black ink, graphite, and collage on card
Dimensions
Overall: 3/8 x 19 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1 x 48.6 x 6 cm )
Description
Long wrought spatula with rod shaft, flat handle with looped terminus.
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Dudley Tansley
Object Number
1920.122
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in black ink: "C. THOMPSON"; inscribed at lower in graphite: "594 Broadway"; above: "This bldg is / Metropolitan Hotel"; verso contains various clippings detailing the meetings of the Masonic Chancellor Walworth Lodge that met in this building
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this spatula was used to turn pancakes.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
