Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seal impression in box
Object Number:
INV.4591ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wax, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 1.3 x 5.4 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on bottom of box: "Hawkes 1st 34th / Azure, 3 bend or, a / Chief ermine / Wright 2? 83d / Table on a chevron / between 3 unicorns[?] / heads or . . . [illegible]"
handwritten in pencil: on top of box lid: "crest / a hawk on / a haw
Description:
Octagonal wafer of red wax with seal impression in center; mounted inside circular, blue paper covered cardboard box with green interior.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Forbes Hawkes, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
