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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011


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Set of four curtain tie-backs
Set of four curtain pins

about 1850
Overall: 9.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 x 3 in.)
Silvered glass, pewter, steel

Classification: Glass

Object Place: Probably New England

Accession number: 2010.736.1-4

Location: The Heide Family Galleries (Roswell Gleason House: Parlor)

Provenance/Ownership History: 2010, Aileen Minor American Antiques, Baltimore, MD; 2010, sold by Minor to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 2010)

Museum purchase with funds donated by The Seminarians