Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt
Object name
Salt
Date
ca. 1780
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 2 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 13.3 x 5.4 cm )
Description
Silver salt; oval, boat-shaped body on an oval, stepped and molded foot with a beaded band midway; beaded band around the rim; two cast, strap handles applied to the sides; engraved on the center front, "C. K." in gothic script; maker's marks on the footring.
Credit Line
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1939.135[dup]
Marks
engraved: center front: "C. K." in gothic script
stamped: on the footring: lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, "W A" in a rectangle, leopard's head in a shield; date letter illegible.
Gallery Label
Belonged to Catherine Ketchum who married Israel Corse, Jr. in 1846.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
