Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.53
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black, "Compliments of /Groton Bridge and M'F'G. Co./ Iron and Steel Fire Proof Buildings/ Steel Water/ and Stand Pipes/ a specialty/ Girders, Columns, die Forged Eyebars/ Upset Rods/ and Ornamental Iron Work/ main office and works/ Groton, NY/ Correspondence Solicited." With a image of a steel girder bridge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
