Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candle snuffer: Johanna Marie Lind, ("Jenny", 1820-1887)
Object Number:
1945.300
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Biscuit porcelain figurine; standing female figure in floor-length flounced skirt with blue pigment applied to two lower tiers; open bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
