Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flint kit
Object Number:
1923.41ab
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Leather, flint, iron, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 x 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Small, trapezoidal leather purse with slightly curved strip of iron secured with metal band at base and piece of flint inside; purse with applied metal ornament in the form of a bird or a bat with outstretched wings on flap and metal wire handle on top.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this flint kit belonged to Major General Philip Schuyler (1733-1804), great-great-grandfather of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis Phillippe de Luze
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
