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
Decanters (pair) with stopper
Object name
Decanters (pair) with stopper
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
each: 13 x 4 in. ( 33 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Pair of colorless cut lead glass decanters; cylindrical neck with three faceted rings and flange lip; shoulders cut with ten flutes; cylindrical body slightly narower at bottom cut with ten panels; hollow octagonal conical stopper on narrow stem.
Credit Line
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number
1944.61ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
