Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Three Owls Plate Three Owls Plate
Object Number:
1953.784
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Opaque white glass; pressed. Children's plate with irregular upper border and interlaced pierced lower border; three owls sitting on a branch at center, forming part of upper border; interlaced lower border suggestive of tree branches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
