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A handsome Specimen of Soapstone

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.