Signet ring
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Gold, chalcedony, metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Gold signet ring with green bloodstone seal which opens into a locket; "JBN" in relief against shield shaped recess on seal; photograph of man inside locket set under glass; inscription on inside of plain band.
Credit Line:
Gift of Laura Dayton Denby
Object Number:
1977.36a
Marks:
engraved: reverse of locket: "James / to / J. B. N."
Gallery Label:
This signet ring with locket was given to John B. Newman by James Dayton.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch chain
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Hair, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/2 x 1 x 1/4 in. ( 77.5 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Brown woven hair watch chain in two strands with tubular shaped beads, joined with metal charms having scroll design, broken clasp at one end.
Object Number:
INV.12515ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Necklace
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Hair, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 30.2 x 6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Brown woven hair sliding necklace in two strands joined with metal charms having scroll design.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna Roelker
Object Number:
1940.87
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pendant (mourning)
Classification:
Date:
1821-1825
Medium:
Gold, ivory, enamel, hair, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Oval memorial brooch in gold with crimped design around edges; 2 clear glass compartments containing ivory plaques; 1 plaque painted with enamel and hair with image of young woman holding dove and lock of hair; other plaque decorated with enamel and hair initials PG; round pendant bail.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Harper Skillin
Object Number:
1954.113
Marks:
painted: on reverse plaque (?): "PG"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the locket contains the hair of Philip Grim (1766-1821), son of David Grim (1737-1826) and father of Maria Isabella Grim Schermerhorn (Mrs. George Stevens Schermerhorn, Sr.). Philip Grim married Eliza Daddy in 1801. He entered his father's coffee house business and later became a partner. In 1792 the firm's storehouse occupied the premises of the old Lutheran Church which had burned down on what is now the site of Grace Church, 10th St. and Broadway.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
34448
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet: textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Hair, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Brown woven hair bracelet with copper clasp and fittings; band (broken) is woven in herringbone design, oculus at center of clasp is broken, coming unhinged from fittings.
Object Number:
INV.5037
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
34439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
World's Fair pin
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Orange plastic pin in the shape of the 1939 World's Fair symbol, the Trylon and Perisphere.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Richard (Geraldine Doyle) Koch, 1956
Object Number:
INV.4592
Gallery Label:
This pin represents the Trylon and Perisphere, the futuristic symbol of the 1939 World's Fair, held in Flushing, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
34435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch chain
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 15 x 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 38.1 x 1 cm )
Description:
Gold watch chain with bail at one end, watch-hook at the opposite end; the chain consists of series of chain links set decorated with gold knot at the center, alternating with long bar links.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Annie L. Gebhard
Object Number:
1924.42
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
34399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch fob
Classification:
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Hair
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 28.6 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Hairwork watch fob with blonde and dark brown hair worked in half-hitch knots; the top is a suspension loop with adjustable choke; the overall design is three-stranded double chain woven links in blonde hair, broken at two points with horizontal brown and blonde woven bars; the bottom is trimmed with three tassels suspended from double chain links in dark brown hair.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number:
1941.60
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch chain
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Hair, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 24.4 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Three-stranded hairwork watch chain with metal fittings at the ends with metal rings attached, and an adjustable security cuff at the center; the three narrow strands are identical, woven flat with a chain design running the lengths and having woven edges; the fittings and cuff are stamped with rinceau design; the ring at one end sits flat with the chain, the ring at the opposite end sits perpendicular to the chain.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Anna Roelker
Object Number:
1940.89
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34389
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Necklace
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, pearls, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 35.6 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White grosgrain double ribbon charm choker necklace with metal clasp fastener and circular metal clasp at pendant end; the length of the necklace is decorated with metal buckles set with a single row of pearls all around; the same buckle joins the two sides of the necklace together at the front to form the pendant region.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1941
Object Number:
INV.12516
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34386
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
