Collection Highlights
Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
1961.31
Ceramic, composition, textile, leather, fur, hair, rhinestones, feathers, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brick from Walton House
Object name
Brick from Walton House
Date
1750-1752
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. ( 3.8 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Brick or paver of buff-colored earthenware with coat of pinkish paint or plaster; attached paper label "Old Holland Brick from the home of the/ Walton Family/ From Estate of Grace Lyde Gordon, deceased,/ March 25, 1920."
Credit Line
Gift of Grace Lyde Gordon
Object Number
1920.141
Marks
written: on paper label, "Old Holland Brick from the home of the/ Walton Family/ From Estate of Grace Lyde Gordon, deceased,/ march 25, 1920."
Gallery Label
This brick probably comes from the William Walton House, at 326 Pearl (formerly Queen) Street, NYC, erected in 1752 and demolished in 1881. See Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1881.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
