Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Inkwell
Object Number:
2002.1.424
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. hexagonal
Description:
This beige ceramic inkwell has a removable liner for ink. The sides are decorated with handpainted colored scenes of the Dutch countryside with a windmill and canal or lake with boats. On the top around the rim in brown are the words "Compls. Of The Holland America Line".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
