Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Decanter and stopper
Object name
Decanter and stopper
Date
1823-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 8 3/4 x 3 in. ( 22.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Colorless cut lead glass decanter with stopper; compressed mallet-shaped body with cylindrical neck with three applied rings and wide flared lip; body cut with strawberry diamonds, rings cut with facets, lip cut with scallops, bottom cut with rays; mushroom-form stopper with knop below cut with rays and facets.
Credit Line
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1936.696ab
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this object belonged to either Abigail Cornell (1766-1854) who married Israel Corse in 1810, or to Angeline Burr, wife of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
Bibliography
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
