Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trumpet (fire horn)
Object Number:
INV.8024
Date:
ca. 1872
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 51.4 x 21 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on side: "Presented to / 1st Ass't Chief Engineer. / E. [D?] Van Epps. / by / PROTECTION ONE / Schenectady, N. Y. / 1872"
Description:
Engraved, silver-plated presentation trumpet; domed bell with shaped edge with molded scrolls; eagle head tassel mounts; inscription in oval cartouche on one side.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
