Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks
Object Number:
1957.185a
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (26 × 11.7 cm)
Description:
One of a pair of pewter candlesticks with removable bobeche, molded circular base, shoulder stern shaft with knob at bottom, molded reed decoration on bobeche, neck, shoulder, knob, and base; base and shaft screw apart.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Cassidy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
