Printer's Block
Classification:
Date:
1890-1940
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This printer's block is made of steel sheathed in copper mounted on wood. This block has an advertisment for thread. From the top, in reverse, the words "Machine Thread/ Manufactured by/ Green Mountain Linen/ Free From Knots/ Corinth Vermont", with a central image of an eagle carrying a banner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.561
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printer's Block
Classification:
Date:
1890-1940
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This printer's block is made of steel sheathed in copper mounted on wood. This block has an advertisment for a sled. The words "The sled that's always ahead" are in reverse at the top. At the lower left, a drawing of a child on a sled, and in the center, the words "Flexible Flyer", also in reverse. More text describes the advantages of the sled.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.560
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printer's block
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This printer's block is made of steel sheathed in copper mounted on wood. This block has an advertisment for an optician. Below a large image of pince-nez glasses are the words, in reverse, "John Benson/ Lapidary and Spectacle Maker".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.559
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
47375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This silver-painted miniature three-footed cauldron has embossed on the side and highlighted in red "S.S.S./ For The/ Blood", referring to "Swift's Sure Specific" a patent medicine.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.402
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffee Can
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This copper-colored can has a swirling circular emboss pressed into the tin. The cap is embossed "5th Ave./ Mocha & Java/ John B. O'Donohue & Co./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.401
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
This gold painted heavy metal miniature footed bathtub has embossing on the bottom. It reads "The J.L. Mott/ I. WKS N.Y.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.400
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clock bank
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal, glass
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 in.
Description:
This copper-colored metal bank is made to resemble a mantel clock and has a wind-up clock in it. Coins are inserted just below the clock face, just above a plaque reading "Central Savings Bank/ In the City of New York/ Corner Fourth Avenue and 14th Street". On the rear is a relief of an explorer landing on a tropical shore.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.399
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plaque
Classification:
Date:
1869-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 10 in. diameter
Description:
This silver-colored metal plaque is engraved "The/Alaska/ Soda Water/ Apparatus/ Manufactured By/ JAS. W. Tufts/Boston, Mass./Pat. Dec. 28, 1869".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.398
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Commemorative Plaque
Classification:
Date:
1928
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 6 in. diameter
Description:
This black metal plaque has a relief in the center of three men and an airplane marked "Bremen". It is embossed "They/ First Non Stop/ East To West/ Von Huenefeld/ Fitzmavrice/ Koehl/ April 12/ 1928".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.397
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1928
eMuseum Object ID:
47368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plaque
Classification:
Date:
1852-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This heavy bronze-colored metal plaque has a relief in the center of men working around a furnace marked "135 Water St.", and an open safe. Around the rim are the words "S.C. Herring & Co.s/ Fire Proof Safe/ May 18th 1852./ 135, 137 & 139 Water St. And/ 251 Broadway Cor. Murry St. N.Y."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.396
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47367
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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