Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ash tray/ tip tray
Object name
Ash tray/ tip tray
Date
1880-1900
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
5 x 3 3/8 x 1/4 in.
Description
A rectangular metal tip or ash tray with a scalloped edge printed with a geometric border in red and blue around a central image of a red and blue buck board wagon. It reads in black "The Bettendorf/ Steel Gear Wagon/ Manufactured By Bettendorf Axle". Bettendorf Axle Co. was listed in Davenport, Iowa in a 1905 directory.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2574
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
