Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 2, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 42
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1 Mar 1810 reads: "Handsome Steatite, or Soap stone, from up the Delaware river""
Notes:
Steatite is also known as talc, or soapstone.
