Collection Highlights
Donner Lake From the Summit
1873
1909.16
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle fragment
Object name
Bottle fragment
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 1 in. ( 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Colorless neck and shoulder; green tint.
Object Number
INV.5924.642
Marks
handwritten: "Prescott Ave./North Hut"
Gallery Label
This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a military camp on the Colonial Dyckman farm, at 204th Street between Seaman and Payson Avenues in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
