Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Franklin D. Roosevelt Portrait Bottle Stopper, ca. 1948
- Title:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Portrait Bottle Stopper, ca. 1948
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Manufacturer:
- Achatit
- Political Figure:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., American (1882-1945), President
- Date:
- ca. 1948
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0198
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0198.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- German
- Work Type:
- Stoppers (Container components)
Corks (Stoppers)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Plaster
Cork (Bark)
Painting (coating)
Casting
- Subject:
- Stoppers (Container components)
Portraits
Corks (Stoppers)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Portraits
Heads (representations)
Caricatures
Politics
Commemoratives
- Measurement:
- 11.43 (Bottle stopper) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Bottle stopper consists of a painted cast plaster head with an attached cylindrical piece of cork. Donor Susan H. Douglas dates this stopper to 1948. Items 2214.BB0182 and 2214.BB0183 are matching Truman and Eisenhower portrait bottle stoppers.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "Eisenhower Portrait Head Bottle Stopper, ca. 1948"
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
