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Whimsey

scan from file photograph

Public Domain

Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

Titles

Whimsey

Datec. 1850–1900

Probable placeNew Jersey, United States

MediumGlass

Dimensions8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.69.454

Not on view

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Department

Object Type

GLASS

ProvenanceNo information available; however, probably acquired by Miss Ima Hogg at American Art Galleries, New York, The Jacob Paxson Temple Collection: Two Hundred Years of Glasswork in America, November 17, 1923, as some of the surrounding records were.

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Unknown American