Box
Classification:
Date:
1775-1815
Medium:
Amber, gold
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 in. ( 1.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Circular amber box with polka dots of gold piqué on both box and lid.
Object Number:
Z.1541.8ab
Gallery Label:
A note within this box says that it was owned by Christiana Cotes Brookes (1768-1814), wife of Joshua Brookes (1737-1809).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
31172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spectacles and case
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Silver, glass; brass
Dimensions:
Case: 1/4 x 5 x 1 1/4 in. ( 0.6 x 12.7 x 3.2 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 10.8 x 1.9
Description:
Silver spectacles with quadrangular lenses connected by "C" bridge; adjustable temples with loop-to-loop sliders and small elongated loops at ends. Two-piece rectangular brass case with rounded ends; top slides off; embossed band below top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Lawrence Schmitt
Object Number:
1969.35a-c
Marks:
stamped: on outside of left temple: "30"
stamped: on top of spectacles case: "LAMY & LACROIX"
Gallery Label:
The donor of these spectacles claimed that they once belonged to Abraham Lincoln. The donor received them in the vicinity of Rutherforton, North Carolina, from one of the local people who said Lincoln wore them.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
31136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Magnifying glass and case
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Glass, metal; leather, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (magnifying glass): 4 x 2 x 1/8 in. (10.2 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
Case: 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Magnifying glass with circular lens and metal handle with scrolled ends; shaped paper case with leather exterior; German writing on paper lining inside of case.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lila James Roney
Object Number:
1942.469a-c
Marks:
printed: on paper inside case lid: German text
Gallery Label:
This magnifying glass belonged to Ludwig Russell, the donor's great-great-great-grandfather. It descended through Hon. Jeremiah Russell (1782-1867), John Russell (son) who married Eliza Schoonmaker, and Alida (Russell) Wynkoop (1834-1923), the donor's grandmother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
31125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brisé fan with box
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Horn, metal, ribbon, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (fan): 6 x 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. (15.2 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm)
Description:
Brisé fan with pierced horn sticks decorated with metal piqué and dots of pink, orange, purple, yellow, and blue paint; sticks joined by light blue silk ribbon; green cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim
Object Number:
1946.170a-c
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this fan was used by Louisa Barnard Levy (1807-1887), the grandmother of Florence N. Levy.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31094
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box with sewing tools & equipment
Classification:
Date:
1845-1875
Medium:
Wood, paper, mother of pearl, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 5 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. ( 8.6 x 14.6 x 28.9 cm )
Description:
Paper covered rectangular wooden box with paper hinge along one side, it is decorated on the outside with gold and white embossed paper with vine and grape design set against a diamond pattern, in the center on the lid is a fashion plate, the box contains 10 miscellaneous buttons, a circular brass object, and a needle card with one needle.
Object Number:
Z.1541.1a-n
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
31087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Staff
Classification:
Date:
1825-1885
Medium:
Wood (rosewood), ivory, metal, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 69 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 in. ( 175.3 x 6.4 x 0.2 cm )
Description:
Alderman's wooden staff (probably rosewood) with a gold-painted carved wooden torch finial at the top; ivory ring sixteen inches from the top with a blue velvet handrest edged with red ribbon glued on below; staff tapers at top and toward the bottom; conical base with rounded shoulder and rings at the neck; metal cuff around the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. James E. Stillwell and Robert Brooke
Object Number:
1926.43
Gallery Label:
This is the offical staff used by Clarkson Crolius, Jr. (1806-1887) as an Alderman of the City of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
31043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chatelaine purse
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Velvet, silver, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 6 5/8 x 1 in. ( 32.7 x 16.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Black velvet purse with silver chatelaine suspended from two chains on either side of the hinged snap fastener. Chatelaine and snap fastener worked in relief floral design with scrolled outer edges; silver cipher medallion at the center of one side; interio lined in chamois and divided into two compartments.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1950.102ab
Marks:
Underside of clip stamped (incuse): "TIFFANY & CO. / 4254 / + / 526 / STERLING-SILVER". Interior of frame stamped (incuse): "TIFFANY & CO 4092 M 7746 STERLING-SILVER".
Inscriptions:
Pierced medallion cipher, "C A B" engraved with foliate ornament.
Gallery Label:
This chatelaine purse belonged to Cornelia Augustus Beekman (1849-1917), daughter of James William Beekman, Sr., and Abian Steele (Milledoler) Beekman. She and her two brothers never married, residing together in their homes in Manhattan and Long Island. She served as mistress of the household, and acted as hostess to the numerous Beekman social events.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Note pad
Classification:
Date:
1893
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 4.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Commemorative note pad with sterling silver covers hinged to three ivory leaves inside that fan out; the edges have a scroll design, both sides of the covers are inscribed.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
Z.1506
Marks:
engraved: one side of cover: "HENRY B. HYDE"
engraved: one side of cover: "COMMEMORATION OF THE SEMI CENTENNIAL / OF / THE MUTUAL LIFE / INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK / COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO / RICHARD A McCURDY PRESIDENT / AND THE OTHER EXECUTIVE OFF
Gallery Label:
This note pad belonged to Henry Baldwin Hyde.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
31038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Etui
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3/4 x 3/8 in. ( 9.2 x 1.9 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brass needle case with removable lid, overall design of flowers at the intersections of diamond patterned ground in dark blue, brass geometric design on bands going around the inner and outer edges of both pieces; one end has a hand-drawn picture of a flower, the other end has a hand-drawn colonial scene, with the head of a man in front of a town with trees.
Object Number:
INV.7996ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
31025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spectacles
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Gold, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Gold spectacles with octagonal lenses connected by crank bridge; adjustable temples with loop-to-loop sliders and elongated loops at ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Emlen T. Littell
Object Number:
1942.528
Marks:
stamped: on outside of left temple: "IO"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
31008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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