Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Beaker
Object Number:
1964.63a
Date:
1832-1839
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: in bottom of beaker: "O. TRASK"
Description:
One of a pair of tapering cylindrical beakers with flaring lip, molded base and two machine engraved bands along outside surface.
Gallery Label:
Oliver Trask worked in Beverly, Massachusetts from 1832 to 1839.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
