A GOLD, STEEL AND GLASS BOTTLE, BY DANIEL BRUSH
Resting on a hexagonal sculpted steel stand, decorated with gold mosaic detail, to the cylindrical glass bottle, topped with a gold mosaic twist-off cap, mounted in gold, 3¼ x 1 ins., inscribed "FOLK ART, GROUNDBREAKING, 10.13.99, 53rd ST." With maker's mark for Daniel Brush
The gray powder contained in this bottle commemorates the 13 October 1999 groundbreaking ceremony for the Museum of American Folk Art on 53rd Street in New York.