Still bank

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1900
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Small wheel-thrown redware still bank with finial and vertical slot (for coins); unglazed.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1246
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: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1888
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. ( 6.7 x 25.1 x 29.5 cm )
Description: 
"Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother" puzzle blocks in a wooden box with a sliding lid; chromolithographed image of a woman looking at a child in a bassinet; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."; four chromolithographed images of the completed puzzles; wooden blocks covered in paper and chromolithographed with six images of a woman looking in a bassinette, a seated woman snugging an infant, a seated woman playing with a toddler, a woman comforting a injured girl, a woman dirrecting the study of three children and an old and a young woman strolling arm in arm.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.273
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1888
eMuseum Object ID: 
44403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Ideal Puzzle Cubes

Classification: 
Date: 
1892
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 3/4 x 11 x 16 in. ( 7 x 27.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description: 
"The Ideal Puzzle Cubes" with twenty-four wooden puzzle blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; four groups of six blocks make up six puzzles each including 'The Maiden with Beauty and Grace', the maiden finding a dead robin, 'The Dog', 'The Woodman', 'The Cat with Lantern Jaws', 'The Robin with Breast so Red', 'Puss in Boots' with a boy, "Little Red Riding Hood" with the wolf, an old woman looking in a bare cupboard, 'The Three Bears', a seated giant, three girls reading in front of a fireplace, three girls playing in a field, three girls playing ina parlor one grinding coffee, two girls petting a rabbit, a girl holding a cat, dog and a doll, three children building a snowman, a kitten leaving his home, an injured kitten returning home, a cat and dog fighting, a dog demanding money from a cat, cat attacking a rooster, and a cat and dog toasting; nine chromolithographed images printed on sheets of paper; box cover lithographed with three of the puzzle images and the inscriptions, "THE/ IDEAL/ PUZZLE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT 1892./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.276
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ IDEAL/ PUZZLE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT 1892./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1892
eMuseum Object ID: 
44401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 2 1/2 × 7 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (6.4 × 19.4 × 27.3 cm)
Description: 
"Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat" in a wooden box with a sliding lid; lid chromolithographed with an image of Dame Trott with a basket and an umbrella in one arm and a cat in the other; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "Six Puzzle Pictures/ DAME TROTT AND HER CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S N.Y"; six twenty piece puzzles with applied chromolithographed images of "Dame Trott Buys the Cat" the box cover image, the cat serving Dame Trott a fish titled "Puss Brings a Fish", the cat pouring a cup of tea a a green clothed table titled, "Puss Making Tea", the cat and dog dancing with dame Trott in the background titled "The Dancing Lesson", the cat dressed in a blue jacket and red skirt looking at a seated dog titled, "Puss in Full Dress" and an image of Dame Trott greeting the dog which jumps to her waist with the dressed cat tumbling to the ground titled, "The End of the Ride"; image of each of the puzzles chromolithographed on sheets of paper with the nursery rhyme "Dame Trott and her Cat" printed on the underside.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.231
Marks: 
lithographed: on the lid: "Six Puzzle Pictures/ DAME TROTT AND HER CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S N.Y"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
44400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Picture blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Each (block): 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Description: 
Fifteen paper covered wooden picture blocks in a wooden box bottom; blocks chromolithographed with images of steam ships in a harbor with children playing in the foreground, military troops at a camp site; a woman with a menagerie of animals including a dog and monkey with a crowd looking on, a shepherd and shepardess grazing cattle and sheep, calvary troops riding horse and shooting guns in a tropical setting, and troops climbing a snow covered mountain.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.239
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

ABC Cubes

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1885
Medium: 
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
"ABC Cubes" alphabet blocks paper covered wooden box with a metal hook and eye closure; chromolithographed image on the box top of two seated children holding a wreathand a flower; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "ABC/ Cubes".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.424
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "ABC/ Cubes"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
44397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The World Educator and Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1919
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 14 x 6 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 35.6 x 16.8 cm )
Description: 
"The World Educator and Game" educational game in a paper coverd cardboard box; box cover printed, "THE/ World/ Educator/ and Game/ Educational and Entertaining/ A PRIZE/ INSIDE"; box contains ten large game cards printed with numbers, letters, questions and answers and two rollers with numbers and letters on the edges.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.486
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ World/ Educator/ and Game/ Educational and Entertaining/ A PRIZE/ INSIDE"
Gallery Label: 
Educational games were popular in Europe as early as the 18th century. American interest in educational toys and games, exemplified by games and construction toys manufactured by W. S. Reed, developed after the middle of the 19th century.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1919
eMuseum Object ID: 
44396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The World's Educator

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 7 in. ( 4.4 x 40 x 17.8 cm )
Description: 
"The World's Educator" educational game in a flat rectagular box with top attached by brass hinges; wooden box covered in chromolithographed paper with floral and geometric decoration and a globe and a train in medallions; box cover printed, "50. DOLLARS WORTH OF/ INFORMATION./ LIGHT/ TO/ THE/ WORLD/ THE/ WORLD'S/ EDUCATOR/ ART/ AND/ SCIENCE/ MANUFACTURED/ by W. S. REED TOY CO./ LEOMINSTER, MASS/ USA"; box contains an instruction sheet, three advertising cards, card list, ten large game cards printed with numbers, letters, questions and answers and two rollers with numbers and letters on the edges.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.269
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box top: "50. DOLLARS WORTH OF/ INFORMATION./ LIGHT/ TO/ THE/ WORLD/ THE/ WORLD'S/ EDUCATOR/ ART/ AND/ SCIENCE/ MANUFACTURED/ by W. S. REED TOY CO./ LEOMINSTER, MASS/ USA" lithographed: on the interior of the box: "WIT. WISDOM & WOND
Gallery Label: 
Packaged in a beautifully lithographed wooden box, The World's Educator contains over 2,000 quiz questions and coded answers on 32 large cards. Players are posed with questions pertaining to history, current events, conundrums, and interesting facts, and then proceed to decode the location of the correct answer using the spinning cylinder on the side of the box.
Bibliography: 
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
44395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Parcheesi

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. ( 47.3 x 47 cm )
Description: 
"Parcheesi" paper covered cardboard bi-fold game board with a cross-form path around a square in the center inscribed, "HOME/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK./ PARCHEESI, PATENTED MARCH 17th 1874.", and multicolored circles in the four corners; reverse of board molded with images of two men and a horse drawn cart below, "PARCHEESI".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.236
Marks: 
lithographed: in the center of the board: "HOME/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK./ PARCHEESI, PATENTED MARCH 17th 1874." molded: on the reverse of the board: "PARCHEESI"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
44392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Games of Checkers, Backgammon and Toussel

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1875
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
overall (closed): 1 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. ( 4.8 x 19 x 35.9 cm )
Description: 
"Games of Checkers, Backgammon and Toussel" board game with a hinged box that opens like a book with a backgammon board on the interior; box opens to a red and gold checkerboard with a path of gold squares with foliate and geometric decoration around the edges; game board slides into a paper covered cardboard sleeve with a chromolithograped label with an image of a man and woman playing checkers and the inscription, "GAMES OF/ CHECKERS/ Back-gammon/ AND/ TOUSEL/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S, NEW YORK."; playing pieces include a paper instruction booklet, a pair of dice, and thirty-eight wooden playing pieces in a cardboard box bottom.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.661
Marks: 
lithographed: on the label: "GAMES OF/ CHECKERS/ Back-gammon/ AND/ TOUSEL/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S, NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
44391
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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