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Cruet of clear glass in Chaplain Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

1939-1944

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Cruet of clear glass (a) with a decorative stopper (b). The cruet is shaped like a pitcher with a round base and a ribbed body that tapers toward the top. It has a wide spout with a raised shallow lip and a thick handle that is flat on the top with a slight curve as it goes down to connect to the body of the cruet. The clear plastic stopper is capped with a cross pattée on top of a cylindrical column. This column is thinner than the bottom functional stopper section.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.205.1.7ab

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