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
Bowl made of wood from Charter Oak
Object name
Bowl made of wood from Charter Oak
Date
ca.1688
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 14 cm )
Description
Carved wooden bowl made from piece of the Charter Oak; bark ring around outside of bowl; two handwritten inscriptions on paper labels affixed to inside and outside.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Isabel F. Hapgood
Object Number
INV.820
Marks
Handwritten: on paper label affixed to inside of bowl: "A piece of the famous/ "Charter Oak"/ Secured at Hartford Conn./ --by the late Asa Hapgood--/ when the Oak blew down/ Presented by Miss Isabel/ F. Hapgood Nov. 30 1912"
Handwritten: in paper label affixed to reverse of bowl: "Piece of/ Charter Oak/ of Hartford Ct./ Presented by Miss Isabel F/ Hapgood/ Nov 30 1912"
Gallery Label
According to a note affixed to the bowl, it was made from wood from the Charter Oak in Hartford, Connecticut, secured by Asa Hapgood after the tree blew down.The oak was the tree in which the colony's liberal charter is said to have been hidden when, in 1687, British officials sought to confiscate it. When the tree fell in 1856, the property upon which it stood belonged to Isaac W. Stuart.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
