From: Betty Ring, "Peter Grinnell and Son: Merchant Craftsmen of Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 117 (January 1980): 219
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Dressing glass |
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Object numberRIF962 |
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MakerMaker Peter Grinnell and Son, active 18091828 |
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Dimensions21 × 21 × 8 1/2 in. (53.34 × 53.34 × 21.59 cm) |
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Dateca. 1820ca. 1825 |
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Current locationNew Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine and yellow poplar (secondary); silvered glass; ivory (pulls) |
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Marks"LOOKING [G]LA[SSES] / [of all] sizes, in Gilt and [Mahog] / any frames / Sold by / P. GRINNELL & SON. / Nearly opposite the Providence / Bank.," printed in black on a paper label glued to backboard on looking glass |
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ProvenanceNew Jersey State Museum, Trenton |
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BibliographyBetty Ring, "Peter Grinnell and Son: Merchant-Craftsmen of Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 117, no. 1 (January 1980): 216, 219, fig. 1213. |