Collection Highlights
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript
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Shoulder belt
Object Number:
INV.11398d
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 2 1/4 in. ( 88.9 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: back: "LBSMITH . 8th CO. 7TH Regt. /N.Y.S.M."
stenciled: back: "J.A. BAKER/63 WALKER ST./NEW YORK"
Description:
Leather, brass, and tin shoulder belt; white buff leather with two ends fastened together by corner-cut rectangular brass plate with tin number applied on front, and with other end terminating in V-shaped black leather bayonet scabbard with brass throat; painted lettering on belt inside.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
