Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 x 5 in. ( 13.3 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Doll's pitcher of cream-colored, lead-glazed earthenware with bulbous body and curved handle; stamped and impressed marks on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James T. Flexner
Object Number:
1946.222c
Marks:
stamped: in green ink; "WAECHTERSBACK" in banner surmouted by shield with two stripes.
impressed: "K"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
23715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wash basin
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Doll's wash basin of cream-colored lead-glazed earthenware with impressed and stamped marks on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James T. Flexner
Object Number:
1946.222b
Marks:
stamped: in green ink; "WAECHTERSBACH" on banner surmounted by a shield with two stripes.
impressed: shield with two stripes with letters "O" "V" "B" "K" clockwise around shield
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
23713
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jolly Sailor Coin Bank
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1957
Medium:
Ceramic, felt, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 14 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Ceramic still bank depicting sailor holding sack over his shoulder and striding along; sailor dressed in white cap, jacket, wide trousers, and black shoes, with black hair and painted facial features; coin slot in top of sack and cap for retrieval at bottom; bottom covered in white felt; in original box.
Credit Line:
Gift of The Seamen's Bank for Savings, 1957
Object Number:
INV.8239
Marks:
painted: on bottom of bank: "THE SEAMEN"S BANK FOR SAVINGS/TO OPEN PRY UP"
printed: on top of box, center square: "PRESENTED WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF/The/SEAMEN'S BANK/for SAVINGS/Chartered 1829/Main Office: 30 Wall Street/Fifth Avenue Office: 546 Fifth A
Gallery Label:
In an advertisement in The New York Times from July 2, 1957, the Seamen's Bank for Savings offered a free Jolly Sailor Coin Bank to be "given to everyone who opens a new savings account of $5 or more--as long as the supply lasts." Soon after, the then-Assistant Director and Librarian James J. Heslin requested an example to be preserved in the New-York Historical Society "since we collect business advertising for our museum and library [letter, July 5, 1957]".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
23712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 30 village pieces: buildings, people, trees
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 13 x 6 in. ( 12.7 x 33 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Toy village or town of painted wood consisting of 61 pieces including 5 churches (2 without steeples), a jail, 3 barns, 31 houses, a birdhouse, 14 trees (3 different sizes), 1 planter, 5 figures (1 of a woman churning butter), and a horse and wagon; the buildings' designs are influenced by Southern German architecture.
Object Number:
INV.8090
Marks:
written: on back of jail; "The place/where/ Harry is/ going"
Gallery Label:
The different appearance of some of the toy buildings suggests that this group is composed of at least two different village sets.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doll's dress
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 10 1/2 in. ( 33 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Doll's dress figured with red and white geometric pattern; square neck and cuffs lined with white silk; low waist, attached sash, and tiered skirt.
Object Number:
Z.439
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
23710
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jumping jack in box: acrobat
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Jumping jack with lithographed cardboard figure of an acrobat with limbs jointed at shoulder and hip suspended from string within wooden frame; acrobat jumps over the string when lower portion of the frame is compressed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr.
Object Number:
1932.135
Marks:
printed: on waistband of acrobat: "PAT JUNE 11 '72"
written: in ink on crossbar of frame: "S. H. C. Jr. / 1876 / N. Y. City"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
23709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dancing Chinaman on drum: crank operated
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Papier-mâché, metal, wood, textile, paper, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 38.1 x 21.6 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Mechanical toy consisting of Asian male figure mounted on top of drum with wire; figure with papier-mâché head with black pigtail made out of yarn, molded and painted features including brown slanted eyes and waxed moustache; exotic costume mounted on wire armature with composition lower arms and red painted lower legs, with black slippers painted onto feet; each hand grasping wire with bells; green shirt and pants, covered in orange and black velvet dots, with scalloped and fringed hems; drum with red and gold decoration and back panel with lithographed scene of group of children in bucolic setting; when wooden handle on side is wound, figure goes up and down.
Object Number:
INV.10304
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23708
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doll's petticoat
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Doll's petticoat of white checked cotton with lace-trimed hem.
Object Number:
INV.11746k
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doll's bonnet
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Textile, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Doll's bonnet of white lace with silk ribbon and wire frame.
Object Number:
INV.11746j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doll's stockings
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Description:
Pair of doll's stockings of black textile.
Object Number:
INV.11746i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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