Collection Highlights
We mourn our country's loss
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.55
Medium:
Paper, linen backing
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking West on East 20th Street from Third Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
1920.121
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 43.8 x 7 x 7 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "C. THOMPSON."; inscribed at lower right of center in graphite: "see other side for details."; verso contains various clippings about the meetings of the Masonic Chancellor Walworth Lodge that met in this building
Description:
Tin dipper made of a seamed cylindrical cup with a long applied handle tapering toward an applied loop.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
