Jewelry box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, leather, metal, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 9.5 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Wooden T-shaped jewelry box covered with brown leather, with lid hinged at the back, metal clasp fastener at center front; inside of lid is lined with burgundy satin, box is lined with purple velvet, and formed to hold a bracelet and pendant / brooch set (demi-parure).
Object Number:
INV.12693
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36277
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch and key in case
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver, glass, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (case): 1 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 3.8 x 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
overall (key): 1 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 4.8 x 2.2 x 0
Description:
N-YHS Museum Collection
Silver pocket watch with double-covered, open-faced case, with key, in case; case has glass face cover and long cylindrical pendant, flat round pendant knob and stirrup bow; white ceramic face with arabic numeral hours and minute markings; hour hand and clover minute hand; foliate balance cock; engraved silver regulator; maker's marks on inside of back casing; gold plated watch key with foliate ring at top; head in the shape of a stringed lyre with foliate decorations; straight jaw.
Credit Line:
Gift of Russell V. Bleecker
Object Number:
1947.448a-c
Gallery Label:
This pocket watch was donated by a direct descendant of Jan Jansen Bleecker (1642-1732), an early mayor of Albany who arrived in 1658, and is said to have belonged to him. However, the stylistic features of the pocket watch suggest that it was made in the late eighteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
36276
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jewelry box with glass lid
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Paper, silk, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 9.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular 2-step cardboard jewelry box covered with pink paper, brown rice paper covers the bottom, with Asian characters inscribed in one corner, top step and inside of box lined with medium blue silk; clear glass lid secured with black elastic.
Object Number:
INV.12825a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
36274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jewelry pouch
Classification:
Date:
1853-1920
Medium:
Wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 20 x 14 cm )
Description:
Rectangular green wool felt jewelry pouch, straight across the top, slightly rounded bottom corners, green silk ribbon drawstring in casing; jeweller's label center front.
Object Number:
Z.2313
Marks:
embroidered: across lable, center front: "TIFFANY & Co. / NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This jewelry pouch is from Tiffany & Co., New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
36275
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch in case
Classification:
Date:
1885-1920
Medium:
Gold, other metal, porcelain, glass, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (case): 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 6 x 6.4 cm )
overall (watch): 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 4.8 x
Description:
Pocket watch with gold double-covered, open-faced case with ribbed knob and ring stirrup at the top center, in felt pouch; white porcelain face beneath glass cover has arabic numeral hour and minute markings, hour hand extant (minute rusted away) at the center, separate second time keeper at the bottom center; reverse covered engraved with "MM".
Object Number:
INV.12689ab
Marks:
printed: watch face, near top, center: "WALTHAM"
engraved: reverse, center: "MM"
stamped: inside reverse cover, near bottom: "WARRANTED / 14 K / TO ASSAY / B.W.C.Co. / 625744"
stamped: inside workings cover, near bottom: "B"
engraved: on workings
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
36271
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brooch / pendant (mourning)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Gold, chalcedony, glass, hair
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 3.8 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Mourning brooch / pendant with gold frame with hinged pin and hook on reverse, loop finding at top center; obverse is cameo three-quarter bust in white and black onyx; frame is ribbed; reverse has beveled glass oculus with lock of blonde / gray hair swirled beneath.
Object Number:
Z.2311
Gallery Label:
This cameo appears to depict the subject of mourning, whose hair is in the brooch's oculus; the subject is unidentified.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Gold, porcelain, enamel; paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 1 x 2.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Gold pocket watch with single-covered, open-faced case, with ribbed knob and stirrup at the top center, with watch label inside reverse cover; white porcelain face has arabic numerals hour markings, hour and minute hands and the center with openwork scroll design near pivot; "WHG" engraved on reverse cover.
Object Number:
Z.2307ab
Marks:
engraved: center, reverse: "WHG"
printed: top center, watch face: "Schumann's Sons"
stamped: inside reverse cover: "69992 / 14K"
handwritten: watch label, inside reverse cover: "Gilder / Mrs. W. H. / 34638"
engraved: reverse, on workings plate: "
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shirt studs
Classification:
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Chalcedony, metal
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 0.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Set of 3 shirt studs, with black and white onyx cameos depicting female bust in profile, set in yellow metal frames with 2 bent metal shanks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lucius Pitkin, 1956
Object Number:
INV.12443.1a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
36248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch with keys in case
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Gold, porcelain, enamel, glass; leather, metal
Dimensions:
overall (case): 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1 x 4.4 x 6 cm )
overall (watch): 5/8 x 2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 5.1 x 7.3 c
Description:
Gold pocket watch in double-covered, closed-faced case with round knob and ring stirrup at the top center, with 2 keys in leather pouch; both sides of the case have imbricated design in a circular pattern; white porcelain face has Roman numeral hour markings, hour and minute hands at the center, separate second time keeper at the bottom center, wind-minding indicator at the top center; watch keys have knobs with swivel ring stirrups at the top, circular heads and straight jaws; brown leather pouch has green snap fastener at the front.
Credit Line:
Gift of C. W. Newell
Object Number:
INV.8310a-d
Marks:
printed: watch face, top center: "CHARLES FRODSHAM / 8655 AD\Fms~"
stamped: inside obverse cover, center: "RR"
stamped: inside reverse cover, center: "RR / 18"
Gallery Label:
A note found with this pocket watch indicates that it may have been used by Alexander Newell around 1850.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
36242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket watch
Classification:
Date:
1760-1780
Medium:
Silver, gilt, ceramic, enamel, pearls, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 5.7 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Silver gilt open-face pocket watch, white ceramic face (missing crystal) with arabic and Roman numeral hour markings; hour, minute and second hands, face surrounded with 2 rows of seed pearls with blue enamel stripe between, pendant knob and stirrup at the top, with remnants of blue enamel decoration; reverse of case has a flower at the center surrounded by flower petals in imbricated pattern, 2 rows of seed pearls at outer edge with blue enamel stripe between.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lillian Benet
Object Number:
1942.84
Marks:
engraved: inside reverse, on workings cover: "Eliza Giles"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession record, this watch was originally given to Captain William Scudder during the Revolutionary War by General Aquila Giles (d. 1822). Captain Scudder supposedly rendered a "great service of kindness" to General Giles, who presented this pocket watch and other pieces of jewelry in gratitude.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
36241
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