Miniature curtain tiebacks (pair)

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1900
Medium: 
Brass, enamel, cork
Dimensions: 
each: 1 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Pair of miniature brass and blue enamel curtain tiebacks with cork backing and decorated with floral motif.
Object Number: 
INV.9506
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
26405
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Child's tea set

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall (with lid): 4 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. (10.2 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm)
Description: 
Child's pearlware tea set consisting of teapot with lid, sugar bowl with lid, creamer, cup, and saucer; set enameled with floral sprigs and leaf decoration.
Object Number: 
INV.10263a-g
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
26403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wallis's Improved Dissected Map of Ireland

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1860
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 20.3 x 15.6 cm )
Description: 
Jigsaw puzzle with map of Ireland, printed in black, with pink, blue, and green boundaries housed in wooden box with sliding lid; lid has lithograph of man playing harp and standing woman on either side of wall with inscription; paper label affixed to inside of box lists other educational games published by Wallis.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Catherine R. B. Mackie
Object Number: 
1947.240c
Marks: 
inscribed: on lid: "WALLIS'S/Improved/DISSECTED MAP/OF/IRELAND/Designed and Engraved from/the latest & best authorities/Published by E. Wallis 42 Skinner Street"
Gallery Label: 
According to accession records, this puzzle may have been brought from England by the family of Robert Mackie, the donor's grandfather, in 1849.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
26402
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sand toy

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 15.9 x 11.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description: 
Sand toy composed of viewing box made of cardboard and paper with glass window containing movable paper cut-out of a female dancer in a red dress; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes the dancer move.
Object Number: 
Z.256
Gallery Label: 
The term "sand toy" is used in Toys in America by Inez and Marshall McClintock (See Publications). Problems with condition.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
26401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Chess set

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1900
Medium: 
Ivory, wood
Dimensions: 
box: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 8.9 x 13 cm )
Description: 
Incomplete ivory chess set with red and white pieces; pieces are turned and/or carved and screw into bases; taller pieces are composed of 2 or more parts that screw together; in wooden box with sliding lid.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number: 
INV.9345
Gallery Label: 
Handwritten on bottom of box, "Cox"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
26400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Folding store

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Cardboard
Dimensions: 
folded: 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 0.6 x 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description: 
Folding cardboard store with peaked roof with polychrome features such as door with girl entering, windows with signs, shingles, and boy in three; roof is a separate piece from the rest of the building.
Object Number: 
Z.247
Marks: 
printed: in black in windows: "DRYGOODS"; "GROCERIES" printed: in black above door: "POST OFFICE"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
26399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Panorama

Classification: 
Date: 
1784-1815
Medium: 
Wood, glass, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 21.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
Wooden box with glass top revealing engraved and handpainted views on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; the paper has been dislodged from one of the spools making it impossible to see almost all of the views; the sides of the box are covered with brown paper.
Object Number: 
INV.4463
Marks: 
printed: in black on lower edge of strip: "C. Sheppard..." (because paper is rolled up, further inscriptions are not visible)
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1815
eMuseum Object ID: 
26398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ninepin game with spinner and ball (and yo-yo)

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Wood, ivory, fiber
Dimensions: 
box: 2 x 6 1/4 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 15.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description: 
Twelve turned wood pins, nine larger and three smaller, one wooden ball, one wooden top with ivory pin, one small dowel attached to string for rotating top, and one wooden yoyo, all in an orange cardboard box.
Object Number: 
INV.9348
Marks: 
written: in pencil, top of box: "OLD GAME OF NINE PINS/WITH SPINNER AND BALL" written: in pencil, left corner: "1825/1840?/16 pcs" written: in pencil, top left corner: "42"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
26397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jumping jack

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1820
Medium: 
Wood, papier-mâché, paper, paint, string
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 x 3 1/4 x 1 in. ( 35.6 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Wooden jumping jack with flat torso and limbs, papier-mâché head and tall blue paper hat; double body painted on both sides to represent the clown Harlequin (green, orange and yellow on one side and blue and yellow on the other).
Object Number: 
INV.8067
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
26396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jumping jack

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1820
Medium: 
Wood, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 3/4 x 5/8 x 2 in. ( 17.1 x 1.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Jointed wooden monkey with carved limbs and body, with upper limbs attached to top of stick and lower limbs attached to sliding mechanism that makes monkey flip forward and back; with red and blue paint on body and black paint on head.
Object Number: 
INV.8060
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
26395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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