Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.352
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
5 1/8 x 3 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Clear glass oval with a paper insert in the bottom that shows through the glass a hand colored photo lithograph of the Statue of Liberty and reads at the top "Charles Shaaf/ 195 Flatbush Ave./Brooklyn N.Y." and on the sides "Manufacturer of celebrated/ Barbarossa Razor/ Cutler and/ Grinder".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
