Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Luce Center
Tumbler
Object Number:
1938.51
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 14 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass tumbler blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GII-22); tapered form with a band of vertical ribs over a band of diagonal ribs over a band of diamond diapering over a band of diagonal ribs over a band of vertical ribs; base molded with a band of diamonds (Diamond Type X-XII?) around blank central pattern with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
