Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nursing bottle
Object name
Nursing bottle
Date
1820-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 in. ( 16.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass footed nursing bottle blown in mold; tooled flange lip; tapering cylundrical neck with two annulated rings; bulbous body; circular base.
Credit Line
Gift of Master Cyrus Smith
Object Number
1949.39
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this nursing bottle belonged to the family of Cyrus Porter Smith, first elected mayor of Brooklyn (1832-1840). Smith was the great-great-great grandfather of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
