Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sand caster
Object Number:
768
Date:
ca. 1848
Medium:
Burl chestnut
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the base: "LL" inked several times
carved: into side: "L.L. 1848"
Description:
Cylindrical wooden sand caster with large dish-shaped top, and stepped base.
Gallery Label:
This sand caster was found with a tag that read "768/1927.41"; but 1927.41 is not a wooden sand caster according to the accession records it is a pewter cup.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
