Bead choker
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 in. ( 3.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Bead choker composed of pink and blue-green beads; central tablet with initials "EAB"; choker tacked to fabric ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bessie C. Niven, 1955
Object Number:
INV.11724
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45231
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve-links
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 1 x 1/4 in. ( 0.3 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Brass sleeve-links; two oval links with shaking hands; connected by pin.
Object Number:
Z.2710a-l
Gallery Label:
These links were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve-links
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 0.3 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brass sleeve-links; two circular links each with crown above two hearts; connected by pin.
Object Number:
Z.2709a-x
Gallery Label:
These links were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve-links
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Brass sleeve-links; two ovals connected by pin.
Object Number:
Z.2707a-vv
Gallery Label:
These links were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43596
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve-links
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 0.3 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Brass sleeve-links; two ovals or octagons with circular design on front; connected by pin.
Object Number:
Z.2705a-x
Gallery Label:
These links were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve-links
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Brass sleeve-links; each has two circular links with floral design connected by pin.
Object Number:
Z.2703a-d
Gallery Label:
These links were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wedding ring in box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 × 7/8 in. (0.3 × 2.2 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/8 × 1 3/8 × 7/8 in. (2.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm)
Description:
Gold wedding ring of General Horatio Gates (1728-1806) with inscription engraved inside shank. Domed-top red leather box; top interior lined with ivory satin; interior space to hold ring lined with beige velvet and trimmed with woven satin band; inscription inside box; box has rotating hook clasp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic Gallatin
Object Number:
1889.7ab
Marks:
engraving: on inside of band: "Let love abide till death divide"
stamp: maker's mark: "DE" in Gothic letters inside rectangular frame
Gallery Label:
This wedding ring belonged to Horatio Gates (1728/9-1806). Born in England, he served in Nova Scotia under Cornwallis in the British army as a youth. He came to America in 1772, purchasing land in what is now West Virginia. Siding with the colonies when the Revolution broke out, he joined the Continental Army and was given the rank of brigadier general. In 1790 he freed his slaves, sold his plantation, and moved to New York. He served in the New York State legislature from 1800 to 1801.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
41598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch
Classification:
Date:
1868-1900
Medium:
Gold, glass, ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 x 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Gold pocket watch with double-cover closed face case, with knob and ring stirrup at the top; front cover is monogrammed "CWH", white ceramic watch face has black enamel arabic numeral hour and minute markings, with separate second time keeper at the bottom center; reverse cover opens to reveal a interior cover protecting the crystal over the works.
Object Number:
INV.14560a
Marks:
engraved: on the front cover: "CWH" superimposed
printed: on the watch face: "A. LANGE & SONS/ GLASHUTTE/ N DRESDEN"
stamped: on the interiors of the font and back covers: "C. W. S." in a cartouche, "K/ 18" in an arch
Gallery Label:
Adolph Lange established the Saxon precision watchmaking industry in Glasshütte near Dresden in 1845. The business became A. Lange & Söhne in 1868 when Adoph's sons took over the firm.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pendants
Classification:
Date:
1820-1824
Medium:
Cut steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 0.3 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Square diamond-shaped cut-steel jewelry fragment with a rosette at the center and a loop finding at each corner.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
Z.2974
Gallery Label:
This pendant is probably from a piece from a parure (jewelry suite) which was worn to the ball honoring LaFayette at Castle Garden, September 14, 1824.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
38652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoulder ornaments (pair)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Cut steel
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1/8 x 3/4 x 2 in. ( 0.3 x 1.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Pair of cut-steel, lozenge-shaped jewelry settings (from brooches or earrings?); rosettes at the center flanked by leaves (done in openwork), with beaded outer edges.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1920.15ab
Gallery Label:
These shoulder ornaments are part of jewelry which belongs with a parure that was worn to the ball honoring La Fayette at Castle Garden, September 14, 1824.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
38649
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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