Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Ben Parker (FW-193), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of Brantford, Canada
Object Number:
1907.36.167
Date:
1894
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 14 5/16 in. ( 28.3 x 36.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie, N.Y./ Decr. 1894. Signed right; RA Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Canajoharie N.Y./Dec. 1894."; inscribed at upper right: "The BEN PARKER…", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below vignette: "The BRANT MANSION...."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
