Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Wood, gold-plated metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 91.8 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with tapered shaft; foliate decorated knob handle with inscription; and metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
Object Number:
1957.252
Marks:
engraved: on top of handle: "From P.G. Arcularius/By Bequest"
engraved: on top of handle: "JAMES R. HARPER"
Gallery Label:
According to the inscription, this cane was bequeathed by Philip Arcularius(ca. 1750-1824/25) to his son-in-law James P. Harper (1795-1869), New York City mayor and businessman.
Born in Marburg, Germany, around 1748, Philip Jacob Arcularius immigrated to New York prior to the Revolution and engaged in the baking business with his brothers. According to family legend, Arcularius volunteered to supply the city’s soldiers with bread during the Revolutionary War. By the 1790s he had left the baker’s trade to become a tanner and evidently prospered as a master artisan.
Philip Jacob Arcularius's eldest daughter, Christina (whose biblical sampler, #1957.208, and portrait, #1957.211, are in the collection) married James P. Harper, a publisher and major of New York City who ran on a Know-Nothing nativist platform.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1854
Medium:
Wood, gold-plated metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 82.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with straight, tapered shaft (broken); gold-plated knob handle with embossed and engraved foliate decoration and inscription; and gold collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of William H. Crossman
Object Number:
1928.37
Marks:
engraved: on handle: "H P U.S.N. /to T W T/Constitution"
engraved:
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was made of wood from the ship Constitution. T.W. Thorne was an ancestor of the donor. In March, 1929 the donor, William H. Crossman, gave the Society a letter from W. Paulding to Mr. Thorne, dated Navy Yard, Washington, Nov. 20, 1854, in which he says that Warren Paulding, his son, is going to present this cane to Mr. Thorne as a token of his friendship.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
23061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, gold, stone
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 92.1 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with tapered, straight shaft; gold knob handle with engraved foliate decoration and inscriptions topped with inset faceted stone; metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Object Number:
1942.155
Marks:
engraved: on handle: "S.C. Ellis,/New York."
engraved: on handle: "from H.H. Toland,/San Francisco."
Gallery Label:
According to the inscription engraved on the handle, this cane was presented by H.H. Toland of San Francisco to Dr. Samuel Corp Ellis of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Wood, metal, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 90.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with straight, tapered shaft; gilded knob handle with inscriptions and engraved gothic decoration; top of handle engraved with ship, laurel wreath, eagle, shield, and flags; brass ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Francis M. Scott
Object Number:
1922.114
Marks:
engraved: on handle sides: "S.B.P. Higgins/from his friend/D.P. Dobbins./This Cane was/Wrought from the/Ward Room/table of the/Flag Ship/Lawrence."
engraved: on handle top: "We have met the enemy and they are ours. O.H.P. September 10th 1813."
Gallery Label:
According to the inscription on the handle, this cane was made from the ward room table of the flagship Lawrence, which was commanded by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
23057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cane
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Cherry, tourtoise shell, amber, brass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 4 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 88.9 x 12.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Cherry cane with removeable tortoise shell handle, hollow cherry shaft, and brass ferrule; two pieces of amber fit into the hollow handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Louis C. Wills
Object Number:
1952.350
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane can be used as a cigar holder when the handle is removed.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23055
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Mother of pearl, silk, lace, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 26.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Fan with mother of pearl guards and sticks, black lace leaf with peach silk lining, and metal handle with beige silk tassel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Jackson
Object Number:
1958.37
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was probably owned and used by members of the Gracie family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1723
Medium:
Ivory, paper, paint, mother of pearl, gold, silver
Dimensions:
closed: 11 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
open: 11 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 27.9 x 41.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Fan with ivory guards with figurative ornament made of mother of pearl applied to tip and applied silver decoration, plain ivory sticks, and paper leaf with white obverse with four figures seated in a garden setting painted at center and small, highly detailed applied gold decorative motifs bordering edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine R. Rogers
Object Number:
1955.161
Marks:
handwritten: on inner surface of one guard: "Wedding Fan of Mrs. Abigail Bromfield. Born 1700, Died 1777. Mar'd 1723"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is the wedding fan of Abigail Cooney (1700-1777), daughter of Boston silversmith John Cooney. Abigial Cooney married Edward Bromfield in 1723.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1723
eMuseum Object ID:
23051
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Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper, paint, metal, cotton
Dimensions:
closed: 8 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Advertising fan with white painted wooden guards and sticks with stamped decoration, translucent ivory-colored paper leaf with white painted floral design with silver dots, and metal handle with white cotton tassel; "Café Lafayette, N.Y." stamped on face of one guard.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George B. Corsa
Object Number:
1951.43b
Marks:
stamped: on face of one guard: "Café Lafayette, N. Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper, paint, metal, cotton
Dimensions:
closed: 9 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Advertising fan with white painted wooden guards and sticks with silver stamped decoration, translucent ivory-colored paper leaf with white and silver painted floral design framing landscape at center, and metal handle with white cotton tassel; "St. Denis Hotel, N.Y." stamped on face of one guard.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George B. Corsa
Object Number:
1951.43a
Marks:
stamped: on face of one guard: "St. Denis Hotel, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan with box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Tortoise shell, linen, metal, metal sequins, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (fan closed): 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (9.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm)
Box: 1 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 13 x 3.8
Description:
Opera fan with shaped tortoise shell guards and sticks with metal piqué; black linen(?) leaf with applied metal sequins and sections cut out to reveal fine net backing; in rectangular white cardboard box with gold edging.
Object Number:
INV.12683ab
Marks:
printed label: affixed inside lid of box: "FAUCON / EVENTAILS / 38, Avenue de l'Opéra / Tél Central, 35-57"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
23047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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