Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
1952.45
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bris
Object name
Bris
Date
ca. 1800
Medium
Ivory, ribbon
Dimensions
closed: 6 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 16.8 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Ivory bris
Credit Line
Gift of Isabella Vach
Object Number
INV.8733
Marks
handwritten in ink: on note accompanying object: "Carved Ivory Fan sent to / Mrs Maria (Cooper) Pillow / by her son Edward Pillow Jr.(?) / of the British Navy. from / India where he was stationed / for fourteen years. / Given by her to her granddaughter / Eliza Pilcher afterwards Mrs John V. Cox"
Gallery Label
A note accompanying this fan indicates that it was sent to the donor's great-grandmother, Maria Cooper Pillow (b. 1762), from India by her son, Edward Pillow, Jr. Mrs. Pillow eventually passed the fan to her granddaughter, Eliza Pilcher (Mrs. John V. Cox), who passed it to the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
