Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Glass cutter
Object Number:
2002.1.2621
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
7 x 5/8 x 7/8 in.
Description:
A metal glass cutter with a black wood handle, five variously spaced metal teeth for breaking the pane and and a block of metal on the end that rocks back and forth and has a diamond tip mounted on the end. The metal toothed part is engraved "Shoemaker/ Philadelphia", and the end block "Extra".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
