Collection Highlights
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter cooler, cover, and stand
Object name
Butter cooler, cover, and stand
Date
1823-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
overall, with cover and stand: 5 x 6 1/4 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 15.9 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Colorless cut lead glass butter cooler, cover, and stand; oval bowl cut with strawberry diamonds and fans on the flared rim and and on the body a horizontal band of pointed arches filled with strawberry diamonds or stars; oval domed lid with knop cut with panels and strawberry diamonds and a horizontal band of pointed arches filled with strawberry diamonds or stars; oval stand with scalloped rim cut with strawberry diamonds and fans and bottom cut with radiating rays.
Credit Line
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1936.694a-c
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this object belonged to either Abigail Cornell (1766-1854) who married Israel Corse in 1810, or to Angeline Burr, wife of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
Bibliography
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
