Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Drinking glass
Object name
Drinking glass
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Glass, feathers, fiber, paint, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Colorless blown lead glass drinking glass with conical bowl and foot with fishing fly painted on side in blue, white, and brownish pink, with signature and "JENNY LIND" painted underneath; fishing fly with pink and yellow feathers and metal hooks at each end included.
Credit Line
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number
1945.305
Marks
painted: on glass, under fly: "JENNY LIND"
signed: om black paint to right of fly: "[Rasistry]" (illegible)
Provenance
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.