Button
Classification:
Date:
1983-1984
Description:
"Beacon of Hop/CATHOLIC SCHOOLS/1983 1984"
Object Number:
1997.6.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1984
eMuseum Object ID:
30368
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Button
Classification:
Date:
1987
Description:
"HOME/COMING/HUNTER PRIDE/'87"
Object Number:
1997.6.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1987
eMuseum Object ID:
30367
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Button
Classification:
Date:
1953
Description:
"MILDRED SPEISER/'53"
Object Number:
1997.6.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1953
eMuseum Object ID:
30366
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Button
Classification:
Description:
"WATERFRONT/Designated/STOP/Driver/CRABHOUSE"
Credit Line:
Gift of E. Mildred Speiser
Object Number:
1997.6.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
30365
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Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 4.1 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Purple silk satin pin-back ribbon badge with gold metallic braid edging across top; inscription vertically imprinted in gold: "PRESS".
Object Number:
INV.11315b
Marks:
impressed: center: "PRESS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
30240
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Slave badges (3)
Classification:
Date:
1860-1861
Medium:
Copper alloy
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Three stamped sheet metal tags; diamond shape with cut corners and hole punched at top; each stamped with city, year, position, and identifying number.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Octavius White, 1865
Object Number:
INV.4639a-c
Marks:
stamped: tag a: "CHARLESTON/1860/SERVANT/2981"
handwritten: tag a, below "servant": "James Porter"
stamped: tag b: "CHARLESTON/1860/SERVANT/1491"
stamped: tag c: "CHARLESTON/1265/SERVANT/1861"
Gallery Label:
The city of Charleston, South Carolina instituted regulations in 1800 that required free blacks as well as slaves to register their names and occupations. The law stipulated that distinctive tags, known as slave tax badges (commonly called slave badges), were to be worn by slaves when their owners allowed them to be hired out or self-employed. Savannah, New Orleans, Mobile, and Norfolk all had slave badge laws, but Charleston is the only city for which badges exist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
29955
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Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Display this item in the highlights
Date:
ca. 1802
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
Dimensions:
Badge (and ribbon): 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (9.5 x 3.8 cm)
Description:
Badge consisting of silk ribbon of pale blue with white edges, attached by gold loop to badge in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings and a wreath around his head; obverse has eagle head facing left, and oval plaque at center of eagle with enameled image of Cincinnatus receiving a sword; reverse has eagle head facing right and enameled plaque at center with scene of city and Cincinnatus in foreground; eagle, plaque and portion of wreath decorated with enamels; plaques with Latin inscriptions around perimeter of oval. Separate length of unused silk ribbon (b).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Francis Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox, in memory of Mrs. Pierre Jay (nee Louisa Shaw Barlow) by her children
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Marks:
written: on reverse of enamel plaque: "SOCIETAS : CINCINNATORUM : INSTITUTA : AD : 1783"
written: on obverse of enamel plaque: "OMNIA : RELINQUIT : SERVARE : REMPUBLICAM"
Gallery Label:
This badge belonged to Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. The badge appears in a portrait of Clarkson by Gilbert Stuart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The original medal, which was distributed to Revolutionary War officers, was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the die cut in Paris in 1784. This example was made in New York City around 1802 and is one of only five known surviving examples.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1802
eMuseum Object ID:
28974
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Badge
Classification:
Date:
1784
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
Dimensions:
overall, with ribbon: 2 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. ( 5.4 x 18.7 cm )
Description:
Badge of the society of Cincinnati, consisting of silk ribbon of pale blue with white edges, with rosette, attached by gold loop to badge in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings and a wreath around his head; obverse has eagle head facing left, and oval plaque at center of eagle with enameled image of Cincinnatus receiving a sword; reverse has eagle head facing right and enameled plaque at center with scene of city and Cincinnatus in foreground; eagle, plaque and portion of wreath decorated with enamels; plaques with Latin inscriptions around perimeter of oval.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic Gallatin, 1889
Object Number:
INV.763
Marks:
written: on reverse of enamel plaque: "VIRT. PREM. SOCI.CIN.RUM. INST.A.D. 1783"
written: on obverse of enamel plaque: "OMNIA. RELINQT. SERVAT. REMPB."
Gallery Label:
The Society of the Cincinnati was formed in 1783 by Major-General Henry Knox and other Revolutionary War officers to maintain and perpetuate the personal associations established during the war. This badge was worn by General Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823), vice president of the New York branch of the Society. He is depicted wearing it in the portrait by Edward Savage (1915.1). His certificate of membership in the Cincinnati, signed by Washington, is also at the NYHS.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1784
eMuseum Object ID:
28806
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Tintype badge in case: Lincoln
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Textile, tintype, plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Badge in the form of a rosette made from red, white, and blue ribbon, with tintype of Abraham Lincoln in gilded rectangular frame at center and black netting attached to back; in rectangular brown plastic case with hinged lid and elaborate molded design on front and back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109ff
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on slip of paper found in case: "Made by mother & / worn by father at / the time of Lincoln's death / Howard M Canoune"
typewritten: on slip of paper found in case: "Badge made by Louise M. H. Canoune / and worn by her husband Newton
Gallery Label:
The case, which is described as a "daguerrotype case" in the original accession records, appears to be made of thermoplastic, a substance invented and patented by Samuel Peck in 1854. Thermoplastic was the first plastic product to be mass-produced in the United States.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
26422
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Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Silk, brass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 24.1 x 7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Rectangular green silk ribbon printed with gold ink fire engine and lettering: "VETERAN/VOLUNTEER/FIREMAN'S/ASSOCIATION/HARTFORD, CONN./ORGANIZED NOV. 25,/1889"; ribbon suspended from brass ornament stamped with design of helmet crossed by trumpets and axe on ladder; coiled gold metal tassel suspended from ornament and from bottom of ribbon.
Object Number:
INV.2121
Marks:
ribbon: printed in gold ink: "VETERAN/VOLUNTEER/FIREMAN'S/ASSOCIATION/HARTFORD, CONN./ORGANIZED NOV. 25,/1889"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
22348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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