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Collection Highlights

Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
Artist/Maker: Tiffany Studios

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Dish

Dish
Object name 
Dish
Date 
1820-1845
Related People 
Original Owner: Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 14 x 14 cm )
Description 
Colorless blown and cut lead glass dish; square form with rounded corners heavily cut on exterior with elongated fans on the center of the four sides in between fields of strawberry diamonds; circular foot ring cut on underside with strawberry diamonds in diamond-shaped frame.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols and Mrs. B. Langdon Tyler
Object Number 
1952.360d
Gallery Label 
According to the accession records, this is part of a service of glassware given to Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) by Czar Nicholas I.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.