Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tokens (3)
Object Number:
Z.3104a-c
Date:
1852
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Each (b and c): 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Description:
Tokens; metal; (a) depiction of ship on obverse; obverse "METROPOLITAN / INSURANCE COMPANY" reverse "MARINE & FIRE / CAPITAL / $300.000 / WITH A LARGE / SURPLUS, / 108 BROADWAY, / NEW-YORK, / 1852"; (b) depiction of Prof. Johnson on obverse, and of bald eagle with a shield on its chest, and arrows and a branch in its claws on reverse; obverse "PROFESSOR JOHNSON. 317. BOWERY / 1852" reverse "UNITED STATES / STARCH POLISH"; (c) depiction of Lady Liberty's facial profile on obverse, and a bald eagle with a shield on its chest, and arrows and a branch in its claws; obverse "PROFESSOR JOHNSON. 317. BOWERY / 1852"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
