Sign
Classification:
Date:
1890-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.; 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.; 7 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Description:
Three metal signs pierced on both ends for mounting on a wall, two painted black with embossed gold lettering that reads "Phoenix/ of Hartford". The third is rusty brown painted and embossed "Phoenix/ Hartford".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3696
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
11 x 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
A wood box, inlaid with darker and lighter wood parquetry. Inside the lid is a paper sheet printed with a scene of a woman and baby looking out of the window of a brick house toward a formal garden by a lake. The caption under the woman reads "We call this the Daisy Box because the packets are not only the largest but the prettiest and contain the most seeds. Surrounding the garden "Spring Time/ Rice's Flower Seeds/ Are The Best./ Grown By Jerome B. Rice & Co./ At The Well Known Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens/ Cambridge, New York". The sides of the lid are lined with paper listing the various types of flowers and plants available.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3694
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1908
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3/4 x 7 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1912 with an orangish-gold glazed rim encircling a central hunting and fishing scene with a rifle, creel basket and fishing rod with a swirling border formed by the fishing line and hooks around the months in green and a scene in the forest with a hunter in the distance watching a displaying grouse. In gold near the bottom "Compliments/ Pfautz Bros./ Lititz, PA."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3581
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
51694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3/4 x 7 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1910 with a gold rim around bunches of green holly leaves with red berries and a central transfer print in dark red of the months arranged in a block with a leafy vine like frame. Near the bottom in gold "C. F. Bunker/ Fancy Groceries & Provisions/ 127 South Main St./ Concord, N.H."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3583
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
51693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1916
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3/4 x 7 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1916 with a gold rim around a central color lithograph of an eagle on a shield with a flag, encircled by the months with a decorative border of blue ribbons, laurel branches and yellow flowers. Near the bottom in gold "Compliments Of/ R.E. Shaw Co./ West Paris, Maine".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3582
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1916
eMuseum Object ID:
51692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1915
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3/4 x 7 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1915 with a gold rim around a central scene of an young African American boy in a straw hat eating watermelon in front of the brown wood slats of a barn displaying the months. In gold near the bottom "Compliments of/ Leo M. Jacobs/ Lake Street's Greatest Store/ A Little More Quality/ For a Little Less Price./ St. Albans, VT."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3580
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
51691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Measuring cup
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, metal, wood
Dimensions:
10 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A tall measuring clear glass with a metal whipper/strainer built into the lid. The glass is embossed all around with both liquid and dry measures for flour, sugar, coffee and for any liquid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3460
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51679
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Store display
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 5 in. diameter
Description:
A clear glass counter top octagonal display jar with a large fitted glass stopper shaped like a keystone and embossed on two sides with a letter "H", on one side with a key, and on the other with a symbol of a keystone crossed by a key encircled by the words "H.J. Heinz/ Pittsburg. [sic] U.S.A." Probably a pickle jar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3459
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Store display
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
8 x 13 x 10 in.
Description:
A counter top store display with a cigar cutter, ashtray and oil or kerosene lantern. A tall oil resevoir with an adjustable wick and support for a glass chimney is attached to a wide base with two ashtray like receptacles at the front separated by an embossed woman in a ruffled skirt under a protruding arm in the center in which a cigar tip is placed and the entire arm is pressed down clipping the tip off the cigar. A sign under the lantern is engraved and highlighted in red and yellow paint "Don Rosa Cigar/ Cuban Hand Made/ Barnes, Smith & Co./ Makers".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3456
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup
Classification:
Date:
1911
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
8 x 7 in. diameter
Description:
A commemorative three handled 'loving cup' or 'friendship cup', with gold handles and a dark purple pedestal foot. One side is printed in gold "50th Anniversary/ Kane Council No. 2 R. & S.M./ 1860/ Celebrated Feb. 3, 1911/ In Honor Of/ Dr. E. K. Kane/ Newark, New Jersey". On another side is a photolithographic portrait marked "Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N./ Born Feb. 3rd, 1820/ Died Feb. 16th, 1857". One the third side is a gold symbol that resembles two stylized letter "M"'s in a triangle surrounded by radiating rays.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3455
Gallery Label:
Elisha Kent Kane was born 3 February 1820 in Philadelphia to John Kintzing Kane, Attorney General, State of Pennsylvania (1845-1846), later Judge of U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania. Kane attended the University of Virginia, (1837-1839), then enrolled as a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1842. His principal Naval expeditions were the first Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, (1851-52), and the Second Grinnell Expedition, (1853-55).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
51675
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

















