Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object Number:
1952.360d
Date:
1820-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 14 x 14 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass dish; square form with rounded corners heavily cut on exterior with elongated fans on the center of the four sides in between fields of strawberry diamonds; circular foot ring cut on underside with strawberry diamonds in diamond-shaped frame.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is part of a service of glassware given to Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) by Czar Nicholas I.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols and Mrs. B. Langdon Tyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
