Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Canister
Object Number:
2002.1.3424
Date:
1881-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A fancy tea canister with a flaring bottom and long thin handles on each side. One side has a print of a woman in a yellow dress wearing a green hat with a large pink plume. On the reverse is a woman in a green dress with a yellow hat. The bottom has a crest with a lion, unicorn and crowned shield and reads in black on a tin label "Ridgways/ 5 o'clock Tea/ Chief Depot/ King William St./ London, England/ U.S.A. Offices/ San Francisco/ Los Angeles".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
