Globe, Light
- Object Name:
- Globe, Light
- Object ID:
- 2011.002.07
- Date:
- 1880-1900
- Description:
- Light globe, etched glass, from lobby of the Crawford House, White Mountains, NH. Spherical colorless blown glass globe. Copper wheel etched lettering on front, "Merrill Spring / Water." Opening at top with short neck, 4.4" diam. Opening at bottom, with broken edge, 1.7" diam.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-10 Dia-9.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Collection assembled by Peggy Ann Shaw Grant (1933-2010) from the 1976 auction of the contents of the Crawford House at Crawford Notch, NH. The hotel closed in 1975.
Globe was used in lobby of Crawford House to advertise the water piped from the spring behind the hotel for guests to drink. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Peggy Ann Shaw Grant
- Subjects:
- Hotels, Water, Drinking water, Drinking fountains, Springs
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