Doll w/brown lace dress

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1850
Medium: 
Wood, textile, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 5.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Peg wooden with head and torso carved as single unit, high, carved comb on top of head, painted yellow, black painted hair with additional curls along edges, carved nose, and painted facial features; wooden body with mortise and tenon joints, with lower parts of limbs painted white; dress composed of red gingham top with length of brown lace tied across chest, black lace apron over white lace skirt, cream-colored petticoat and knickers.
Object Number: 
INV.5456
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
23757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Independence Hall Tower

Classification: 
Date: 
1870-1880
Medium: 
Iron, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 3/4 x 4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 24.8 x 10.2 x 9.8 cm )
Description: 
Cast iron semi-mechanical bank representing Independence Hall, with bell tower and red painted base; architectural details of windows, columns, and clocks cast on sides; cast eagles balanced on railing under bell tower; cast inscription on base; slot (for coins) just under second tier; bell hangs in bell tower, and can be manually rung.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Laura Harding
Object Number: 
1998.44
Marks: 
cast: on base: "INDEPENDENCE HALL/TOWER." cast: on base: "PROCLAIM LIBERTY/THROUGHOUT THE LAND" cast: on base: "1776 CENTENNIAL 1876/BANK" cast: on base: "TO ALL THE INHABITANTS/THEREOF BUILT 1729" impressed: on base: "MADE BY/ENTERPRISE/MFG CO. PHILA
Gallery Label: 

The penny can be deposited directly inside the bank and a lever would allow a child to strike the bell within.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
23756
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doll

Classification: 
Date: 
1830-1860
Medium: 
Papier-mâché, textile, wood, leather, paper, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 36.8 x 14 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Doll with papier-mâché shoulder head, molded black hair, molded and painted facial features including blue eyes, closed mouth, and pink tinted cheeks; stuffed kid body with divided arm composed of stuffed kid upper arm and wooden lower arm (with joint covered by red paper band), with crudely carved fingers, divided leg composed of stuffed kid upper leg and wooden lower leg, with green painted slippers; red dress figured with pattern of yellow flowers and leaves, with short sleeves over longer net sleeves; petticoat with lace hem over knickers with embroidery over lace cuffs.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Morgan H. Seacord
Object Number: 
1944.119
Gallery Label: 
According to accession records, this doll belonged to the donor's half-brother, Hiram M. Seacord, ca. 1850.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
23755
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Steam pumper

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1870
Medium: 
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 15 x 4 in. ( 19 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
Tinned sheet iron steam pumper with pipes connecting boiler to front of apparatus, drawn by team of two horses; blue and black boiler with red top and yellow trim; black platform; brass pipes and attachments; red valves and hook; white horses with black hooves and harness, red band across middle; red wheels.
Object Number: 
Z.281
Gallery Label: 
This pumper is listed as "Mechanical steam fire engine with striking bell" in The George Brown Toy Sketchbook.
Bibliography: 
Edith F. Barenholtz, ed., The George Brown Toy Sketchbook (Princeton, NJ: The Pyne Press, 1971).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
23753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doll's shoes (pair)

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1925
Medium: 
Textile, cardboard
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm )
Description: 
Pair of doll's shoes of black-painted textile with cardboard soles with straps; "HH" in a heart and "2" stamped on sole.
Object Number: 
INV.11482
Marks: 
stamped: on sole; "HH" in a heart, "2"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1925
eMuseum Object ID: 
23754
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Beaded ball

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1970
Medium: 
Leather, glass, thread
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Leather ball covered with multicolored glass beads threaded in geometric patterns on blue ground, including diamonds on fields of color.
Object Number: 
Z.441
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1970
eMuseum Object ID: 
23752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doll's dress and shawl

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Textile
Dimensions: 
dress: 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Description: 
Doll's dress and shawl of printed cotton with large brown dots on white ground; dress has poufed shoulders, pleated skirt, and open back; shawl triangular.
Credit Line: 
Gift of John Babcock Morris, Jr.
Object Number: 
1941.1103ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
23750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doll's skirt: red

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1950
Medium: 
Textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 41.9 cm )
Description: 
Doll's skirt or petticoat of red wool lined with net-like material with pleated ruffle at hem; hand sewn.
Object Number: 
INV.11592
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
23748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Set of toy furniture (7 pieces)

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Wood, glass
Dimensions: 
Overall (INV.7922a bed): 5 1/2 x 4 x 5 in. (14 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm)
Description: 
Seven piece set of toy furniture composed of bent wood frames; upholstered in white, green, red, and yellow glass beadwork; set includes a bed, two settees, and four armchairs.
Object Number: 
INV.7922a-g
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
23747
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Doll's dress: pink

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1925
Medium: 
Textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 11 in. ( 29.2 x 27.9 cm )
Description: 
Doll's dress of pink and white cotton with lace-trimmed hem, neck, front, sleaves, and cuffs; one-piece dress simulates pink Empire-waist dress over white blouse; hand sewn.
Object Number: 
INV.11589
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1925
eMuseum Object ID: 
23746
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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