Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Caster
Object name
Caster
Date
1850-1870
Medium
Glass, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/4 x 2 in. ( 13.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass caster blown in a three-part mold; hexagonal neck with sloping shoulders, lobed body, and straight-sided base; pierced metal cap.
Credit Line
Gift of Katherine deB. Parsons
Object Number
1946.77
Gallery Label
According to the accession record, this caster was presented to Phoebe Willis Penfold (1793-1875) by Liet. W.S. Lovell on board a vessel that brought explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane back from the Arctic. Dr. Kane made two trips to the Arctic, being rescued on his second trip in 1855. Originally this caster was probably part of a larger cruet set.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
