Hair comb: w/decorated band

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1925
Medium: 
Bakelite, copper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 6 x 11.7 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Bakelite hair comb made to look like tortoise shell, most teeth broken, there is a narrow horizontal band across the top with a piece of copper attached from the back side, the copper is designed with alternating panels of flowers and chinese symbols.
Object Number: 
INV.11714
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1925
eMuseum Object ID: 
31963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spectacles

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1830
Medium: 
Silver, glass
Dimensions: 
closed: 1 x 4 3/4 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Silver spectacles with oval lenses connected by "C" bridge; adjustable pin-slider temples with elongated loops at ends; maker's mark stamped inside right temple.
Object Number: 
INV.7709
Marks: 
hallmark: stamped inside right temple: "E HUGHES" in rectangles
Gallery Label: 
Silversmith Edmund Hughes (1787-1851) trained with Eleazer Baker in Ashford, Connecticut, and worked in Hampton and Middletown, CT. Another pair of spectacles marked by Hughes is in the Yale University Art Gallery.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
31962
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bag

Classification: 
Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 28.6 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
Yellow linen plain weave bag, made of one long rectangular piece of fabric folded in half at the center and stitched along the sides; buttonhole stitch runs along the sides and across the opening, there is a geometric design across the bottom, there is a chain stitched cord strung through loops at the top, to cinch the top closed.
Object Number: 
Z.1239.1
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
31956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bag

Classification: 
Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 26.4 x 21 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
Medium blue linen plain weave bag, made of one long rectangular piece of fabric folded in half at the center and stitched along the sides, there is drawnwork embroidered with white thread along all sides, five candelabra shaped designs around the bottom sides, there is a chain stitched cord strung through loops at the top, to cinch the top closed.
Object Number: 
Z.1239.2
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
31954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wig: curly crest w/hairpin

Classification: 
Date: 
1750-1800
Medium: 
Hair, cotton, cloth tape, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall (flat): 9 x 14 x 2 in. (22.9 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm)
Description: 
Man's wig with gray hair knotted to light brown glazed cotton foundation reinforced with black, orange, and beige striped cloth tape; widow's peak in front, high crest of dark gray curls across top, and straight hair pinned in back with row of tight curls at bottom.
Object Number: 
INV.12180
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
31949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spectacles (folding)

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Tortoise shell, glass, metal
Dimensions: 
closed: 1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1 in. ( 3.8 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Spectacles with tortoise shell frame reinforced with metal, circular colorless glass lenses, "C" bridge, and double-hinged temples.
Object Number: 
INV.7547
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
31928
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: crescent shaped

Classification: 
Date: 
1860-1900
Medium: 
Bakelite
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 4.8 x 14.6 x 7 cm )
Description: 
Bakelite hair comb (broken) made to resemble tortoise shell, narrow band horizontally across the top.
Object Number: 
INV.11705
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
31927
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1930
Medium: 
Bakelite
Dimensions: 
overall (broken): 1 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 4.1 x 8.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Bakelite hair comb (broken) made to look like toroise shell, straight band across the top.
Object Number: 
INV.11710
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
31926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spectacles (adjustable)

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Metal, glass
Dimensions: 
closed: 1 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Spectacles with metal frame, quadrangular colorless glass lenses, and crank bridge; one temple with pin slider and loop at end, and the other with makeshift wire slider with curled end.
Credit Line: 
Gift of E. H. Sauer (through exchange)
Object Number: 
INV.7706
Marks: 
stamped: on outside of left temple near hinge: "13" handwritten in pencil: on obverse of paper tag: "SPECTACLES / EXCHANGED / WITH" and on reverse: "E. H. SAUER / JULY 30, 1923"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
31925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: plain

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1875
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 x 6 x 1 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with twenty-five extant teeth (some broken) with plain top in a horizontal band across the top.
Object Number: 
INV.7648
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
31923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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