Wax Bouquet
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Object Details
- Description
- Two-handled, flower- and leaf-encrusted wax vase holding an impressive bouquet of polychrome wax flowers and leaves attached to wire stems, the entire display covered by a clear colorless glass dome or shade on a circular wood base with three flattened ball feet. Flowers include budding and blooming roses, Stargazer and Calla lilies, carnations, dahlias, hydrangeas, lilies-of-the-valley, peonies, Virginia bluebells and more. Finely ground mica flakes coat the vase while dried moss fills the ground. No marks.
- Maker is Melissa Ann Hussey (Mrs. Robert L.) Wood (born circa 1838) at "The Shadows", 617 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Malcolm Westcott Hill
- 1859-1865
- associated date
- 1859
- ID Number
- DL.223294.01
- catalog number
- 223294.01
- accession number
- 223294
- Object Name
- bouquet, wax
- Physical Description
- pigment (overall material)
- composition (vase material)
- mica (vase coating material)
- moss, dried (ground cover material)
- glass (shade material)
- wood (base material)
- wax (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in; 59.055 cm x 41.275 cm
- place made
- United States: Virginia, Alexandria
- associated place
- United States: Virginia, Alexandria
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1456822
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-0c54-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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