Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Three Powder Horns: Two Japanese Powder Flasks, Bullet Pouch, and Cap Box and The Chinese (F-18, 19, 20), with a Vignette View of the Tyn-Chee Bridge, NingPo, China
Object Number:
1907.36.422
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown and black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 in. ( 27.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA. Grider/ Dec.30, 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left and lower center in brown ink: "RA Grider 1891.", and "RA Grider / Dec. 30. 1890."; inscribed at lower left: "The CHINEESE[sic]", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "JAPANESE. / POWDER FLASK, Bullet / Bag and Cap box...", followed by a brief history of the flask
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
