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Picture Nail

Artist Henry Clay Luther (American)

Place of OriginProvidence, Rhode Island, United States

Date1865-1880

Dimensions2 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (7 × 2.8 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.173

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass. Rosette insert pressed and then mounted in a brass surround and attached to an iron nail. The rosette is enameled red and white.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 502, no. 834.