Sewing Pins
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
This tiny metal box has a sliding top and is embossed "Franc. Schmets Finc/ Aix-La-Chapelle/ Steel Pins".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.581
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Pins
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 x 3 in.
Description:
This tiny blue box contains two different kinds of pins. The box is printed in black "1 Doz. No. 1377/ Tidy Pins."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.580
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47494
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. hexagonal
Description:
This beige ceramic inkwell has a removable liner for ink. The sides are decorated with handpainted colored scenes of the Dutch countryside with a windmill and canal or lake with boats. On the top around the rim in brown are the words "Compls. Of The Holland America Line".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.424
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This silver metal tray or coin tray has a relief of a building at the top and a portrait of a man at the bottom. The words "1881 Jubilee Banquet 1906" and "Oct. 14th" are embossed around the edge. References to a illegible Club of Morrisania" are partially readable. In the center is the menu for the banquet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.423
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47482
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray/ Coin Plate
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3/4 x 4 in. diameter
Description:
This circular white ceramic ashtray has a blue classical style pattern around the edges with amphorae and statuary in blue. In the center is a classical style drawing of a woman in a gown standing near Romanesque columns. On the bottom the words "Manufactured/ For/ Davenport Bro's/ 203 Greenwich St./ N.Y."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.422
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 3 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Rectangular clear glass paperweight has fluted edges and a paper insert that has a drawing of a factory surrounded by trees, highlighted in green and red, below the words "Union Cotton Mills/ La Fayette, Ga./ Mfrs. Famous Union Brand Domestic/ Jeans and Drills/ Quality First".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.419
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47479
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in.
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black, "Hornthal's Hearse Deluxe/ Rates on Application/ 10 East 22nd St., New York City/ Tel. 2094 Gramercy", with a central drawing of a very ornate motor driven hearse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.420
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47478
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Rectangular clear glass paperweight with a paper insert that has a photo lithograph of a man with a mustache and reads through the glass in black "R.S. Westbrook,/ Man'f'r and Shipper of/ Ice Cream/ 1601 11th Ave.,/ Altoona, PA."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.421
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47477
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight/ Pin Cushion
Classification:
Date:
1895-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.
Description:
This brass colored metal paperweight is shaped like a doorknob with a red velvet padded insert in the top for a pin cushion. Around the base is embossed "P. & F. Corbin/ Fine Builders Hardware".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.418
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1895-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This black metal paperweight has a figure of a laughing chubby man in a cap embossed on his belly "Your 'Warm' Friend" and on his back "Boilers/ Ranges/ Furnaces". Around the base "Thatcher Furnaces".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.417
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47475
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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