Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bris
Object name
Bris
Date
ca. 1855
Medium
Ivory, metal, mother of pearl, cardboard
Dimensions
Overall (fan closed): 6 7/8 x 3/4 x 1 in. (17.5 x 1.9 x 2.5 cm)
Box: 7 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 18.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Ivory bris
Object Number
INV.968ab
Marks
handwritten in pencil: on piece of paper found inside box: "Given to Harriet Francis / by her uncle / Chas. H. Parker - / about 1855"
Gallery Label
A note found with the object indicates that it was given to Harriet Francis by her uncle, Charles H. Parker, around 1855.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
