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
Cann
Object name
Cann
Date
ca. 1750
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 13 x 9.2 x 14.9 cm )
Description
Wrought silver cann; baluster-shaped body on a circular molded foot; plain rim; double-scroll handle with a scrolled acanthus thumbpiece, and a forked lower terminus; engraved, "A * D" in block letters on the base; engraved, "H. K. K." in gothic script on the center front; maker's mark stamped on the base. Lid added at a later date.
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Henry Goren
Object Number
1960.13
Marks
Inscription: engraved on base: "A * D" in block letters
Inscription: engraved on body at center front in Old English lettering: "H. K. K."
Maker's marks: stamped on the base: "N R [faint superimposed V]" in an oval surround.
Gallery Label
This cann was made for Abraham Duryea (1724-1797) of Brooklyn, whose initials are engraved on the underside of the base. It was bequeathed to his wife, Elizabeth Low, upon his death in 1797. She then passed it on to her sister, Helena Low and her husband, Henry Kip. It was then passed through their son's descendents to Edith Schuyler Ketchum (a great-great granddaughter) who married Charles C. Willis, the uncle of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
