Necklace
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Amber, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 47.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Round amber beads strung on a white silk ribbon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1937.125
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
9077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Coral, metal, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Coral bead bracelet with cameo clasp; completely unstrung.
Object Number:
INV.12528
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
9076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch chain
Classification:
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Hair, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 30.5 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Hairwork watch chain with goose neck clasp and eye fittings, adjustable charm holder at the center; the hair is woven in a tubular fashion, the hook element is in the form of a serpent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number:
1941.57
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
9074
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch chain
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Hair, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 64.1 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brown woven hair watch chain with metal cuff at the center with loop to secure charm; both ends have metal fittings, one with eye for hook, one with chain and circular charm commemorating the Atlantic cable.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry Hedges Mann
Object Number:
1942.485
Gallery Label:
The charm at the end of this watch chain is a commemorative representation of the laying of the Atlantic cable.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
9073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jewelry box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, leather, metal, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Wooden jewelry box covered with black leather, with arched lid hinged at the back, metal hook and eye at front center; lid lined with white satin, with white sating ribbon with beaded edges at hinge; inside of box missing.
Object Number:
INV.12826
Marks:
handwritten: inside, bottom of box: "8"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
9070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Hair, gold, glass, daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 10.2 x 8.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brown woven hair bracelet with gold clasp fastener / locket, safety chain and charms; the bracelet is tubular with medallion shaped fittings at the ends and locket / clasp, all with scroll and floral design; locket has daguerreotype of a man inside beneath glass; the safety chain has two woven hair charms with metal fittings, one is in the form of a cross, the other is in the form of an acorn; inscription on reverse of locket / clasp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Richard H. Reeve, 1960
Object Number:
INV.12511a
Marks:
engraved: center, reverse of locket / clasp: "J.F.V.B."
Gallery Label:
This bracelet belonged to Josephine Frederica Van Beuren, connected with the Van Beuren House formerly on West 14th Street in New York City. The locket contains a daguerreotype of an unidentified man.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
9007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chatelaine hook
Classification:
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Porcelain, onyx, enamel, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. ( 11.1 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Metal chatelaine hook, hook-plate consisting of three black circular onyx discs joined by rings at floral bails, each disc smaller than the disc above, with swivel catch at the bottom; each disc has a white ceramic disc at the center in relief with metal frame, each having a transfer print of a picnic basket in a garden.
Object Number:
1934.115
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
9004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locket
Classification:
Date:
1850-1855
Medium:
Painted ivory, gilt mount
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1/16 x 13/16 in. ( 2.9 x 0.2 x 2.1 cm )
Description:
Locket with miniature portrait of Jenny Lind. Inscribed in black cursive writing on reverse: "J. Lind - Chanteuse".
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.211
Marks:
writing: on reverse: "J. Lind/ Chanteuse"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
9003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Gold, shell
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 x 1 5/8 in. ( 3.5 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Gold bracelet of hinged flat links set with three carved shell cameo-style busts in high relief, and clasp fastener; the busts depict three women in Grecian style and are held together with circular links; the band has rinceau design from shells to clasps.
Object Number:
INV.12526
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
9002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box and cufflinks: Van Cortlandts...1940
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Gold, pearl, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of gold cufflinks; each cufflink consists of two circular pieces with a pearl set in a dome at the center, dome surrounded with scroll and acanthus leaf design; the two pieces are joined together with an oblong link between the shanks on the reverse.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John Marshall Phillips
Object Number:
1954.31ab
Gallery Label:
These cuff links belonged to Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700), the first American-born mayor of New York (appointed 1677). Van Cortlandt was a merchant as well as political leader, and in addition to expanding his family's overseas trading operations, he operated a brewery and a sugar mill. The latter was used as a prison when the British occupied New York during the American Revolution.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
8865
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.



