Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter dish and cover
Object Number:
1953.708ab
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 10.5 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Butter dish in the form of a locomotive, with details such as smokestacks, cowcatcher, windows, and car; sunburst pattern on bottom of dish.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
