Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Calipers
Object Number:
1952.12
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 in. ( 38.1 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on one side: "ORG"
impressed: two times on opposite side: "D.R. GRIFFITH &"
Description:
Wrought iron calipers with central hinge and cast maker's marks.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, David Griffith made his own tools while he served as a naval Marine constructor during the Civil War. He later worked for the American Drudging Company in Camden, New Jersey, and as an engineer for Fairmont Waterworks in Pennsylvania.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederick Griffith
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
