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Museum purchase, 1972.23.0, Connecticut Historical Society
Eagle Looking Glass
Museum purchase, 1972.23.0, Connecticut Historical Society

Eagle Looking Glass

Furniture MakerMade by Nathan Ruggles 1774 - 1835
MediumWood, gesso, glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 21 3/8 × 13 7/8in. (54.3 × 35.2cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionLooking glass
Object number1972.23.0
InscribedLabel on backboard: "Ruggles / Eagle Looking Glass / Manufactory / Hartford, Con. / Warranted / 1822"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Bequest of Martha R. Lambert, 1979.68.760, Connecticut Historical Society
    Nathan Ruggles
    Museum Acquisition Fund, 1980.56.0, Connecticut Historical Society
    Ruggles' Eagle Looking-Glass Manufactory Company
    1822
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    1815-1825
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    late 18th century
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    Nathan Fuller
    1790-1800
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    Charles De Wolf Brownell
    3 November 1862
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    Nelson Augustus Moore
    1862