Collection Highlights

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Date:

1916-1922

Object Number:

1954.164

Medium:

Painted plaster

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Object name

Wine glass fragment

Date

1770-1810

Medium

Glass

Dimensions

Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 4.4 cm )

Description

Glass fragment; colorless bowl and stem.

Credit Line

Gift of Maurice Blumenthal

Object Number

INV.10210.17

Gallery Label

This fragment was found in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.