Name/Title
Funerary RelicEntry/Object ID
1970.112.001Description
Cylindrical glass jar w/program and flowers enclosed from the "Dedication of the James A. Garfield Memorial Mounment in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30,1890". Program is green paper. Flowers (type unknown) gone to fuzzy seed.
On side of jar: " AVERAGE CAPACITY/32 OZ/CYLINDER".
On base: "CHARLES GULDEN/NEW YORK".
Cork stopper.Use
Donor claims "Flowers From/President Garfields/Coffin"Collection
Documentary ArtifactsMade/Created
Date made
1881 - 1890Notes
Date: 1881-1890Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, FuneraryNomenclature Sub-Class
Funerary ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
12 inDiameter
3-1/4 inMaterial
Paper, Glass, Cork, FlowersCondition
Overall Condition
ExcellentGeneral Notes
Note Type
GeneralNote
Entry corrected by Valerie Sokol