Badge/ medal

Date: 
1927
Medium: 
Metal, ribbon, celluloid, paper
Dimensions: 
4 1/4 x 2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A gold colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is a rectangular frame inset with a paper typewritten with the name "Geo. J. Freedley". It is attached to the lower medallion by a red silk ribbon stamped in gold "Century Club/ Acca Temple/ Richmond, VA./ June 9, 1927. The lower medallion is a circular frame inset with a celluloid button showing a pharoah's head with red striped headcloth, and rams horns around a red five-pointed star with yellow radiating rays. The quasi-Egyptian and Arabic symbolism is representative of the Acca Temples of America also known as the Shriner's, notable for their red fez hats, miniature car parades and most significantly, philanthropic maintenance of hospitals for ill and disabled children.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3309
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1927
eMuseum Object ID: 
50774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ medal

Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
3 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A very dark brown colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is embossed with a tiny German cross and the words "Pittsburgh K.T. 1898". It is attached to the lower medallion by a chain link. The lower medallion is embossed with a central figure with a spear and sword standing over a fallen enemy encircled by the words "Nemo Me Impune Lacesset/ 1878" and "Commandery Of St. Andrew/ No. 13/ Richmond, VA." "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3308
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
50758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cane with seat

Date: 
1939
Medium: 
Wood, metal
Dimensions: 
34 3/4 x 9 x 2 1/2 in.
Description: 
Light colored wood cane that converts into a seat; tripod legs with metal fittings and a circular seat that is pulled up and the legs unfold to support the sitter; applied decal in blue, orange and white that shows the Trylon and Perisphere of the 1939 World's Fair in the center with the number "1939", encircled by the words "New York World's Fair"; reverse reads "Kan-O_Seat/ Pat.d May 21, 1935/ Stafford-Johnson/ Seating Corp/ Ionia, Mich."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3194
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1939
eMuseum Object ID: 
50757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jar

Date: 
1876-1889
Medium: 
Salt glazed stoneware
Dimensions: 
11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with shallow handles at the shoulder and a metallic red-brown glazed interior. The front is decorated with a stylized floral cobalt blue slip design below words "2/ F. Laufersweiler/ Empire City Pottery/ 517 & 519 w. 27 St. NY", impressed into the stoneware and highlighted with cobalt blue. The top narrows at the neck and has a lip that may have supported a domed lid.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3193
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
50756
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Glass, metal
Dimensions: 
17 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
A French seltzer bottle made in a figure 8 shape and covered in a hexagonal wire mesh. The spigot is engraved "Veritable Seltzogene De Fevre/ Paris".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3192
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50755
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Lamp/ hotel

Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Glass, metal
Dimensions: 
12 x 12 x 19 3/8 in.
Description: 
Advertising lamp with a large square white glass shade painted on the four faces in black. The first face, "The Somerset Hotel"; the next, "Ocean Cafe"; the third, "Beauty Salon"; the last, "Goody Shoppe".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3191
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
50754
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea box

Date: 
1800's
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
14 x 10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Description: 
A large wood tea box covered in black paper printed in red with Asian characters with gold borders and patterns on the characters. The inside is covered with natural beige paper printed with large stylized floral patterns in light red.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3190
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
50753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Store display/ tin

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
10 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.
Description: 
A large dark green store display tin shaped like a book with a red binding and a stylized oyster shell pattern around the edges. The front reads in beige with red borders "The Herold/ By/ H. Valvatne", and on the binding in gold "The Herold By Valvatne/ Published At Sunde Norway/ B.M. Shipman/ New York/ Sole Agent". The lid of the tin opens on a hinge to expose a light green store display sign with a lithograph of an open sardine tin surrounded by the words, in red and gold, "The Herold Smoked Sardines/ Highest Quality/ Olive Oil/ Packed By / H. Valvatne/ Sunde Norway."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3189
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pitcher

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
5 x 7 3/4 x 13 in. with lid
Description: 
Yellow and green lidded pitcher molded and shaped to resemble an ear of corn. The pitcher has green leaves partially covering the yellow raised corn kernel pattern and a green stalk-like handle. Diamond shaped plaques on both sides are embossed "Everard's/ Canada Malt/ Cream Ale". The lid rests on the top and completes the ear of corn appearance. Everard's is an English beer brewery founded in 1849 in Leicestershire, also known for as Tiger Brewery since 1898.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3185
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Store display

Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Metal, glass
Dimensions: 
8 x 8 x 13 1/4 in.
Description: 
A cast metal advertising stand with a mechanical lever actuated cigar cutter and a wind-up clock. The clock face is mounted in a bezel that is embossed in a circle "Not Left 5c Cigar 5c", with beige painted lettering on a red background. An inner circle is embossed "G. W. Van Slyke & Horton/ Albany, New York". A protruding lever on the fornt has a small hole in it in which a very narrow cigar is inserted and the whole arm pressed downward to nip the tip off the cigar.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3183
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
50750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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