Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll
Object Number:
1933.36
Date:
ca. 1856
Medium:
Ceramic, textile, leather, paint
Dimensions:
overall: 21 1/2 x 16 x 3 1/2 in.
Marks:
written: in pencil on tag pinned to petticoat: "BELONGED TO/MARY ELIZA COX/GIFT OF/ISABELLA VACHE/COX, 1935/DOLL NAMED/"LILLIE" c1856/PORCELAIN/HEAD"
written: in pencil on tag tied around ankle: "Cox/LILLIE/DATE/c.1856"
written: in ink in script on seco
Description:
Doll with glazed porcelain shoulder head, black molded hair, blue painted eyes, closed mouth, and red tinted cheeks; stuffed cloth body with complete stuffed kid arm and separate fingers, divided leg and toes formed by stitching; brown patterned wrapper over cream-colored embroidered skirt and plain petticoats.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
