Wax Bouquet
Wax Bouquet
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- Two-tiered, white-painted, woven wire basket filled with 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 lined with black velvet on three conical feet. Flowers include budding and blooming roses, dahlia, hyacinth, lilies-of-the-valley, tulip, wisteria and more. No marks. Broken pieces stored separately.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bouquet, wax
- garniture
- date made
- 1850-1900
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- wax (flowers, leaves material)
- pigment (flowers, leaves material)
- wire (flowers, leaves, basket material)
- glass (shade material)
- wood (base material)
- Measurements
- overall-petal box: 2 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm
- overall: 25 3/4 in x 17 1/4 in; 65.405 cm x 43.815 cm
- ID Number
- DL.68.0481
- catalog number
- 68.0481
- accession number
- 274913
- Credit Line
- Bequest of August Mencken
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. We apologize for the interruption. If you have a question relating to the museum's collections, please first check our Collections FAQ. If you require a personal response, please use our Contact page.
