Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffeepot
Object Number:
1951.284
Date:
1775-1776
Medium:
Silver
Description:
Originally purchased by New York’s Gouverneur Morris during his time in France as the United States minister, this late eighteenth-century coffeepot was sold to Robert R. Livingston, a fellow Francophile and a successor as minister to France.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Exhibitions:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
