Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
INV.7530ab
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Metal, glass, textile
Dimensions:
Case: 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 1.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 10.8 x 1.
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on scrap of paper found inside case: "Gift of Mr. Louis C. Wills / 11/26/52"
stamped: on outside of left temple near hinge: "11"
Description:
Metal (possibly brass) wire rim spectacles with octagonal colorless glass lenses, crank bridge, and temples with pin-slider and elongated loop at end; in lozenge shaped sheet metal case with hinged lid and blue textile lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Louis C. Wills, 1952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
