Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Waste bowl
Object Number:
INV.14451
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 20.3 x 15.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center: "W M B" in bright-cut script
stamped: on base: "S. KIRK" in a rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver waste bowl; rectangular, circular body seated on a molded, stepped base with a vertically applied, stamped anthemion footring; body flares to an applied, chased foliate and grape band rim; two cast bail handles with balls in the center on each side of the body; cast joints in the form of a woman's head set between foliate scrolls; joints applied over chased decoration; engraved, "W M B" on the center front; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Gallery Label:
This waste bowl may have belonged to the Beekman family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
