Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
This gray painted metal paperweight is shaped like a small clothes iron with a figurine of a sitting man holding a bolt of cloth on top. It is embossed "Tailor Supplies/ W.H. Lent/ 68 W. 28th St./ New York" around the edge of the iron.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.416
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
This brown painted metal paperweight has a buffalo figurine on a pedestal that is embossed "Heintz Bro's." on one side and has an embossed factory building and the words "Ringmakers/ Buffalo, N.Y." on the other.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.415
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
4 x 2 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
This gray metal paperweight has a bunch of golden colored bananas on a pedestal that is engraved "Bluefields S.S. Co." on one long side and on the other "Bluefields Bananas", and on the short sides "New Orleans, L.A.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.414
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47472
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
5 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.
Description:
This gray metal paperweight is shaped like a realistic fly. On its wings is engraved "Compliments of Carson Meyer & Co." and on its back "1891".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.413
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
47471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Packet
Classification:
Date:
1950-1980
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
2 3/4x 9 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This strip of four plastic packets hold body powder. The packets are printed in black "Shakti/ Deodorant Powder/ Coty". For more Coty products: 2002.1.466, 467, 846-851, 1597, 1598.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.856
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
47465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Box
Classification:
Date:
1940-1970
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This round cardboard box is pale pink and white with the initials "CR" in the center of the lid. The side reads in white and black "Charles of the Ritz/ London New York/ Hand Blended/ Face Powder". Price $3.50 on the bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.855
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. oval
Description:
This oval cardboard powder box is white with a gray lid with a central drawing of a classical statue of a nude woman and reads "Parian Tablet/ R.S. Christiani de Paris".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.854
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Description:
This square cardboard powder box is white with green trim and reads on the top in black "Pour La Vente Aux Etats-Unis/ D'Amerique/ Propiete Exclusive/ De La Maison/ Lord & Taylor/ Broadway & 20th St./ New-York/ L'Hermine/ Poudre De Toilette...". Still full of powder.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.853
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47462
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Description:
This square cardboard box has a printed design and ribbon on the lid. The top reads "Luxor Extra Fine Complexion Powder/ Beaute du Teint/ Luxor Limited Perfumers/ Paris, Chicago, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.852
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Paper, plastic
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 3 in. diameter
Description:
This orange, gold and white patterned canister reads on the plastic bottom " 'AirSpun' Coty/ Poudre De Beaute/ Styx Rachel No. 1". Made by "G.W. Button Corp/ New York". For more Coty products: 2002.1.466, 467, 846-851, 856, 1597, 1598.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.850
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47460
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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