Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks (pair)
Object name
Candlesticks (pair)
Date
1840-1855
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
each: 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 19 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Pair of olive pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal baluster socket and stem with knop; wafer joins stem below knop to hollow hexagonal trumpet-shaped base with knop and collar.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.866ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
