MediumTransparency, B / W; Pen
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.1927 DUP
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPen (shaft only), ornately carved and turned, with open work, made from bone of indeterminate species. The handle has a small temper-type letter seal cut into the flattened top, and a glass lens inset in a through-drilled hole. Through the lends can be seen transparency views of St. Augustine, Florida: Ponce de Leon Hotel, Cathedral, Fort Marion, and City Gates.On View
Not on view
Gifford, Robert Swain (1840-1905)*
Church, Albert Cook *
19th Century
