Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Door knob
Object Number:
1941.788
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 in. ( 14 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: in script on one knob: "Sandy"
Description:
Pair of cast brass door knobs circular in shape; one knob engraved.
Gallery Label:
The knobs on this steamboat were from the steamboat the 'Sandy' (1860-1893).
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
