Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray
Object Number:
1941.854
Date:
ca. 1909
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 12.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless molded lead glass ashtray; trapezoidal form with three indentations for supporting cigarettes.
Gallery Label:
This ashtray is from the Hudson River sidewheel steamer "Rensselaer," which was built in 1909 for the New York-Troy Citizens' Line.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
