Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Goblet
Object Number:
1945.406
Date:
1933
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on bowl; "SUCCESS/ TO/ REPEAL" and "1933"
printed: underside of base; "REPEAL GLASS/ Vernay/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
Description:
Colorless blown lead-glass goblet; cup-shaped bowl joined by wafer to hollow globe containing blue glass lamp-work bird joined by a wafer to pedestal base with pontil mark; engraved on bowl, "SUCCESS TO REPEAL" and "1933."
Gallery Label:
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, Prohibition, was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert Taylor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
