Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wine glass fragment
Object name
Wine glass fragment
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Colorless glass foot with white spiral twist inside stem.
Object Number
INV.6318.403
Marks
handwritten: "189th St........camp/Ft. George"
Gallery Label
This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a military camp between 190th and 194th Streets and Audobon and Eleventh 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.
