Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2945
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A honey amber glass cologne bottle shaped and embossed to resemble a hand rolled cigar. It has a hand finished cork lip and the surface is textured with with the ripples and striations of a tobacco leaf.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
