Tablet To Hold Poetry, Weatherglass, Lacquer
Object Details
- Notes
- From card: "Very old pure gold lacquer. Same as 95463."
- From card for E95463: [E95463 and E95464 are] "Two hanging tablets, originally intended for holding slips of poetry, but now, through the agency of Tiffany & Co, converted into beautiful holdings for thermometer and a weather glass. They are very old and of pure gold lacquer. The above information from Gen. Capron's Collection of Japanese Works of Art. P. 28. (In file "Japan")."
- A Japanese lacquer tablet adapted by Tiffany & Co. to add a weatherglass.
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Japanese
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 1891
- Accession Number
- 010972
- USNM Number
- E95464-0
- Donor Name
- Gen. Horace Capron
- Object Type
- Tablet
- Place
- Japan, Asia
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8489177
