Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Luce Center
Bootie w/toes: white
Object Number:
1953.637
Date:
ca.1901
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 x 1 5/8 in. ( 5.4 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed lead glass bootie with child's toes protruding from end of shoe; shoe is open, with eyelets for laces; shoe ends at ankle and sock continues to rim.
Gallery Label:
This object may have been made at the time of the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1901 (see publications).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
