Chewing and smoking tobacco in pouch
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper, tobacco
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 12.1 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Tobacco, wrapped in silver paper, secured by a blue seal and covered with a covered printed label; label has inscriptions and has two scenes, one of a railroad steam engine with coal car, and the other of an earlier steam engine pulling a car with barrels of coal and three coach-shaped passenger cars.
Object Number:
INV.731
Marks:
printed: on label: "NINE NINETY NINE/LONG CUT/CHEWING AND SMOKING"; "999/NINE NINETY NINE/1X-XC-1X/CHEWING AND SMOKING"; "CALVERT LITH. CO. DETROIT"; "FACTORY NO./FIRST DISTRICT OF MICH./NOTICE/The manufacturers of this tobacco have compiled with all the
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
39042
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Pipe: St. Nicholas Society of NY, head fig. w/tricorner hat
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 23 3/8 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 59.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Earthenware pipe with yellow glaze made for the Saint Nicholas Society in New York; bowl is molded into shape of a man's head in tricorn hat and eighteenth- century costume; tapering shaft terminates in white mouthpiece.
Object Number:
INV.7884
Marks:
molded: on side of shaft: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY/NEW YORK"
stamped: on shaft: "L. Fiolet/St. Omar/FRANCE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
38459
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Pipe
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 23 3/8 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 59.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Earthenware pipe with yellow glaze made for the Saint Nicholas Society in New York; bowl is molded into shape of a man's head in tricorn hat and eighteenth- century costume; tapering shaft terminates in white mouthpiece.
Object Number:
INV.7882
Marks:
molded: on side of shaft: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY/NEW YORK"
stamped: on shaft: "L. Fiolet/St. Omar/FRANCE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
38084
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Papier-mâché, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Circular, brown painted papier-mâché snuffbox; flat lid with engraved three-quarter length portrait of Jenny Lind on yellowish ground affixed to top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.207ab
Marks:
hand written: in pencil on inside of lid: "Jennie /Lind"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
37487
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Snuff box w/lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Wood, bronze, gold, tortoise shell, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Circular wooden snuffbox lined with tortoise shell, with gilded bronze medallion under glass depicting profile of Napoleon in relief.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt
Object Number:
1931.39ab
Marks:
carved: in relief, surrounding portrait: "NAPOLEON/EMPEREUR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
37103
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Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; lid painted with yellow and black concentric circles; red flowers and green leaves radiate from black circle into yellow circle; black circle has stamped gold diamonds and circles in random pattern.
Object Number:
INV.7683ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
37102
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Snuff box: floral pattern
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Horn, sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 in. ( 5.7 x 7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Oval cylindrical snuffbox made of horn, with hinged lid; horn lid is carved with two goats in cartouche and has molded floral and scrolling metal decoration opposite hinge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.7692
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
37101
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Snuff box: S.F.??
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 in. ( 1.9 x 7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular sheet metal snuffbox with canted corners and hinged domed lid; push-button latch opposite hinge.
Object Number:
INV.7594
Marks:
hand scratched: inscription on lid, barely visible: "S E P"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
37100
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuff box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 7.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Brass snuffbox with hinged lid; front is flat with circular impression in center; bottom is curved and back is indented to make object easier to hold.
Object Number:
INV.7592
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
37098
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Snuff box
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Oval brass snuffbox with hinged lid; undecorated except for bracket of hinge, which is shaped on the lid and pierced with a heart on the side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1346
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
37021
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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