Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Compote
Object name
Compote
Date
1830-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 19 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass compote; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, scrolled eyes pattern on stippled ground; on interior rim, peacock feathers; applied and tooled stem and foot; foot decorated with geometric patterns (overall pattern also referred to as peacock-feather-eye-and-scroll pattern).
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.797d
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
