Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Pinch Drinking Glass, 1950

  Heavy clear colorless swelling body pinched at base to form concave panels which resolve into a circular single form 2/3 the distance to the slightly flaring lip. Foot ground into…

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  Flare Drinking Glass, 1950

  Cylindrical body of transparent bluish bubbly glass flares outward to a slightly thickened lip.

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  Flame Drinking Glass, 1950

  Clear colorless swelling body, the heavy foot rotated through 45-degrees to form four curving concave panels which resolve into a circular form 2/3 the distance to the slightly thickened lip.

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  Cap (Egypt), late 13th–early 14th century

  Man’s cap of bright blue silk formed from six isoceles triangles, with a deep band to encircle the head. The triangles have quilted geometric borders and fillings; the band has…

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  Cap

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  Cap (USA)

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  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Miser’s purse worked in bebilla or oya with very small flowers and leaves on green mesh. Two covered rings as slides for purse.

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  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Small netted purse in dark brown silk with cut steel beads in floral design. Looped tassels of cut steel beads at each end; single steel ring.

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  Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

  Knitted miser’s purse of tan silk with cut steel beads, with beaded tassel at rounded end and bead loop fringe at flat end. Plain cut steel rings to fasten.

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  Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

  Cream colored silk miser’s purse with designs of flowers in cut steel beads. Tassels are made from cut steel loops. Single ring of steel, grooved ornament to fasten purse.