Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wax wafers with seal in metal container
Object Number:
INV.7776a-e
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Metal, wax, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (container): 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 6.4 cm)
Description:
Cylindrical, black painted sheet metal container with slightly domed lid holding a quanity of small, circular orange wax wafers and one small, circular brass seal with diamond-gridded surface; bottom of container lined with circular piece of gray felt, and inside walls lined with a strip of red woolen fabric.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
