Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Luce Center
Wax jack/taper jack
Object Number:
1945.326
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical can with flat base, strap handle rounded top with round cylindrical opening in center of top, both painted black with fine brown reeding and star borders; inside contains coiled beeswax candle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
