Star

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Star

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.788

Description

Flat eight-pointed star made from five pieces of a nineteenth-century printed map of the New Jersey-Pennsylvania area: some coloring in green, brownish-pink, and yellow appears on map as do printed rivers, boundary lines, and the following words and parts of words: "t. of Germantown," "Sagers Cr.," "Ben...," "...sick," "...dmeyder," "Lu," "...set," "New Bruns...," and "Pa."

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1800 - 1899

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1-7/8 in

Width

1-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (4.8 x 4.8 cm)

Material

Paper, Watercolor, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Paper is worn- overall dirt.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13C

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial