Museum Collections
Luce Center
8 Packets Metalic Powder
Object Number:
1932.237.c33
Date:
1864-1890
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.7 x 7.9 cm)
Marks:
3 White Packets: Labeled "1Lb. No./[Image](PAINT WORKS: Horatio and Jane Streets, New York.)/BRONZE POWDER,/F.W. DEVOE & CO./COR. FULTON & WILLIAMS STS., NEW YORK"; One white packet not labeled or inscribed; Gray packet inscribed "O.G(?). 1000"; 3 blue pa
Description:
Rectangular paper packages of bronze powder. Four packets of white paper, three packets of blue paper, one packet gray paper.
Gallery Label:
Firm was organized as F. W. Devoe & Co. in 1864. It became F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds in 1890.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.