Bird's nest miniature damaged in the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1871
- Description
A small miniature (model) bird's nest made of porcelain. Nest is white, covered in green porcelain moss with three white porcelain eggs inside. Interior is gray.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Artifacts (object genre)
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Miniatures (toys)
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (.75 in)Diameter: (2 in)Porcelain (material)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Bird's nest miniature damaged in the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871. circa 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1682. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1871) Bird's nest miniature damaged in the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1682
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1682>.