Wax Bouquet
date: label: date made
content: 1859-1865
label: associated date
content: 1859
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled, flower- and leaf-encrusted wax vase holding an impressive bouquet of 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 with three flattened ball feet. Flowers include budding and blooming roses, Stargazer and Calla lilies, carnations, dahlias, hydrangeas, lilies-of-the-valley, peonies, Virginia bluebells and more. Finely ground mica flakes coat the vase while dried moss fills the ground. No marks.
label: Description
content: Maker is Melissa Ann Hussey (Mrs. Robert L.) Wood (born circa 1838) at "The Shadows", 617 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm Westcott Hill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.223294.01
label: catalog number
content: 223294.01
label: accession number
content: 223294
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bouquet, wax
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pigment (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: composition (vase material)
label: Physical Description
content: mica (vase coating material)
label: Physical Description
content: moss, dried (ground cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (shade material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in; 59.055 cm x 41.275 cm