Unknown American
Closure Ball

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Closure Ball
  • Witches Ball
Datec. 1800–1850
Made inNew Jersey, United States
MediumNonlead glass
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.459.2
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceJacob Paxson Temple (1880–1924), Tanguy, Pennsylvania; consigned to [The Anderson Galleries, New York, Jacob Paxton Temple Collection of Early American Furniture and Objects of Art, January 23–28, 1922, lot 1378]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, by 1969.

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