Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Store display/ tin
Object Number:
2002.1.3189
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
10 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.
Description:
A large dark green store display tin shaped like a book with a red binding and a stylized oyster shell pattern around the edges. The front reads in beige with red borders "The Herold/ By/ H. Valvatne", and on the binding in gold "The Herold By Valvatne/ Published At Sunde Norway/ B.M. Shipman/ New York/ Sole Agent". The lid of the tin opens on a hinge to expose a light green store display sign with a lithograph of an open sardine tin surrounded by the words, in red and gold, "The Herold Smoked Sardines/ Highest Quality/ Olive Oil/ Packed By / H. Valvatne/ Sunde Norway."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
