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Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
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Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church

Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church
Object name 
Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church
Date 
1888
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 3 x 1 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description 
Flat silver rectangular plaque with cut corners and holes in each corner; engraved: "Presented to/HOME INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NO. 9/by the/HAPPY HOUR ASSOCIATION./of the/COLLEGIATE DUTCH CHURCH./Fifth Ave & 29th St./December 4th 1888."
Credit Line 
Gift of Morris Curtis, May 5, 1948
Object Number 
INV.3361b
Marks 
engraved: "Presented to/HOME INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NO. 9./by the/HAPPY HOUR ASSOCIATION./of the/COLLEGIATE DUTCH CHURCH./Fifth Ave. & 29th St./December 4th, 1888."
Gallery Label 
According to a note found with the plaque, it came off a piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.