Collection Highlights
Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bootjack
Object name
Bootjack
Date
1800-1900
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 x 22 in. ( 7 x 55.9 cm )
Description
Wooden bootjack with wide oblong opening extending from end to center; 1 1/4 high piece of wood screwed to under-side at center; name impressed at top and on obverse three times.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1920.139
Marks
impressed: on top and obverse three times: "J .H. RUTZE [N or R?]"
Provenance
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
