Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles
Object Number:
1942.528
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Gold, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on outside of left temple: "IO"
Description:
Gold spectacles with octagonal lenses connected by crank bridge; adjustable temples with loop-to-loop sliders and elongated loops at ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Emlen T. Littell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
