Hunting figure w/moveable legs
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 13.7 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden puppet; male figure in short tunic and knee-length breeches; legs carved separately and attached to rod inside hollow upper body; arms held straight and close to sides, with a wooden rod clutched in either hand.
Object Number:
INV.8165
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
41554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ringmaster
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Plaster, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Painted plaster figurine on small circular base; standing male figure wearing costume of circus ringmaster; light terracotta in color.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1953.61c
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, donor claimed this was part of the Humpty Dumpty Circus manufactured by A. Schoenhut of Philadelphia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
41552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elephant trainer
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Plaster, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 5.7 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Painted plaster figurine on small circular base; standing male figure wearing African costume and headdress, holding staff in outstretched hand; light terracotta in color.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1953.61b
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, donor claimed this was part of the Humpty Dumpty Circus manufactured by A. Schoenhut of Philadelphia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
41551
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Home Baseball Game
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cardboard, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 14 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 38.1 x 36.2 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Board game with box, gameboard, spinner and eighteen wooden playing pieces; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of two boys playing baseball, one as the batter and the other as the catcher, batter dressed in a vertically striped shirt and cap, and the catcher all in blue; board represents a baseball diamond with each position indicated with an orange or white circle; crossed baseball bats, gloves and balls in opposite corners; circular cardboard spinner with metal arrow marked with numbers and directions; nine circular red playing pieces and nine circular natural playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.717
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "HOME/ BASEBALL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1900 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
The sport of baseball had already achieved popularity in New York by the 1840s. Alexander Cartwright formalized the rules of the game in New York City in 1846. By the Civil War, baseball clubs pitted Broooklyn against Manhattan at well-attended games.
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
41125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
American Eagle Educational Series: Geography
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Card game "American Eagle Educational Series: Geography" with 48 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of an American bald eagle with a laurel branch in its talon; box cover inscribed, "American Eagle/ EDUCATIONAL SERIES/ GEOGRAPHY/ PARKER BROTHERS, INC. SALEM, MASS., U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.616
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "American Eagle/ EDUCATIONAL SERIES/ GEOGRAPHY/ PARKER BROTHERS, INC. SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
41123
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
American Cities
Classification:
Date:
1893
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
card: 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (9.8 x 7 cm)
Box: 9 x 7 x 1 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 17.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 52 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Salem, Massachusetts, on hill over a habor with a steamship and sailing vessels, inset in a circle is a city street with a train terminal; cover inscribed, "AMERICAN/ Cities/ A GAME/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARLER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS, U.S. A./ Copyrighted/ 1893;" 52 playing cards, each depicting an American city with its name, state, population, a fact about it and the number of points the card is worth.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.768
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "AMERICAN/ Cities/ A GAME/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARLER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS, U.S. A./ Copyrighted/ 1893"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
41122
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Little Goldenlocks & the Three Bears: A Pleasing Game
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 26.7 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Board game with box, gameboard, and spinner and four wooden playing pieces; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of three bears in a tree and a portrait bust of Goldenlocks in a blue shirt with red bow at the collar; on board, spaces arranged in a serpentine pattern, four marked with "STOP," with central area the woods and surrounding illustrations of scenes from the tale of Little Red Riding Hood; square cardboard spinner with metal arrow. Game board not original to cover - belongs to a Red Riding Hood game.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.716
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "LITTLE GOLDENLOCKS/ & THE/ THREE/ BEARS/ A PLEASING GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW/ YORK"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
41120
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lady doll
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Ceramic, textile, glass, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (in case): 22 1/2 x 17 x 4 in. (57.2 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm)
Description:
Doll with glazed porcelain shoulder head, black hair molded in braided and coiled bun, blue painted eyes, closed mouth, and red tinted cheeks; stuffed cloth body with divided arm, hands with separate thumbs, divided leg, and cloth shoes with bows; blue and white striped bonnet decorated with ribbon and lace, black net gloves, blue dress with black lace decoration over cream-colored embroidered petticoats and knickers, with black stockings. Glass dome and wooden base for displaying doll.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.184a-c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this doll was "dressed by [Jenny Lind] from scraps from her wardrobe for the small daughter of a friend." The doll was purchased from Mrs. Eva Leete of Guilford, CT, in 1925.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
1850
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
40998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sectional fishing rod (7 pieces)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Bamboo, lacquer, twine
Dimensions:
Overall: 101 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 257.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Bamboo fishing rod in seven sections.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr.
Object Number:
1932.149a-g
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this fishing rod was used in 1880 by the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
40822
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medieval knights and horses (set of 12)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930-1965
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Each (horse and knight on average): 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (11.1 x 9.5 x 3.2 cm)
Description:
Set of twelve cast metal knights in armor with horses; all figures are painted with polychrome enamels; knights have movable arms and hinged screens on helmets, and also carry shields and weapons; their legs are molded in riding position, but knights may be removed from horses; horses are molded in standing, running, and trotting positions, painted brown, black, or white, and wear plumes and colorfully painted blankets of detachable sheet metal.
Object Number:
INV.8827a-x
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
40778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












