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Crucifix
Date1865-1890
MediumMolded wax, wire, and possibly wood in a glazed shadowbox frame lined with velvet
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 4in. (43.8 x 36.2 x 10.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Diantha Morse
DescriptionWaxwork crucifix decorated with wax flowers (lily of the valley and rosebuds) embellished with trailing ivy vines mounted on black velvet in an oval shadowbox frame made of dark wood (possibly cherry).
Object number2001.46.1
InscribedHand-written in blue ink on the bottom: "Made by/ Fannie Oiona Miller Peckham/ My Grandmother/ IPM". Across from that writting is written: "(Wax flowers)". [Irma Fannie Peckham Morse was the donor's mother.]Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewabout 1885-1888
about 1870
about 1836-1840
about 1905
about 1890
about 1894
about 1950s