Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cruet set
Object name
Cruet set
Date
ca. 1880
Medium
Pewter, glass
Dimensions
Part (glass): 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Part (pewter): 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (7.9 x 11.4 cm)
Description
Pewter cruet set with four molded diamond patterned glass bottles set in a circular stand with a lobed apron on a circular molded spreading base, with a baluster finial handle rising from the base; one glass bottle has pierced pewter top; one glass bottle has glass stopper.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Keppler and Major Kenneth Miller
Object Number
1956.184a-e.1-2
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
