Collection Highlights
Donner Lake From the Summit
1873
1909.16
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Compote
Object name
Compote
Date
1835-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 14.9 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass compote with base blown separately and joined with a wafer; serpentine border on rim with alternating diamonds and pineapples, and three striped hearts at center; baluster stem and circular foot with pontil mark on underside.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.797g
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
