Miniature inkstand
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 6.4 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Miniature molded pewter inkstand.
Object Number:
INV.9944a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature sugar bowl
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3 x 1 3/4 in. ( 4.1 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Miniature molded pewter two-handled sugar bowl and cover.
Object Number:
INV.9941ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 0.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass miniature plate; circular form with scroll decoration on stippled ground.
Object Number:
INV.3842[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
40104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Watermelon Patch
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 19 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 49.8 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Watermelon Patch" in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a caricature of three black men, one playing an accordion and the others dancing, by the light of a lantern in a watermelon patch; interior of the box decorated with a watermelon patch with vines running across, with 22 slits cut out in rows; 23 cardboard watermelons, with holes cut through to be caught by, and with numbers printed on one side; 2 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.300
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF THE/ WATER/ MELON/ PATCH/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
A variation of Fish Pond in which players capture watermelons with a pole, Watermelon Patch reinforced derogatory stereotypes with images of blacks stealing and eating melons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
40087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New Game of Migration
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Open (board): 16 1/4 × 16 7/8 in. (41.3 × 42.9 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (3.2 × 41.9 × 22.5
Description:
"The New Game of Migration" board game with 64 wooden playing pieces, a board and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a band of Native Americans traveling across an open plain, some riding horses, others carrying children, horses pulling carts and dogs chasing them; box cover inscribed, "NEW GAME OF MIGRATION/ COPYRIGHTED 1890/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW-YORK."; board has an outer circle in a checker board pattern and four triangles within, in each corner are cartoon figures, two men and two women, looking in at the board; reverse of the board printed, "Migration." in script.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.769
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NEW GAME OF MIGRATION/ COPYRIGHTED 1890/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW-YORK."
printed: on the reverse of the board: "Migration." in script
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
40054
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New Pretty Village Church Set
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, tin
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 12 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 30.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Miniature cardboard village in a box with a foldout town map, four complete buildings including the church, the greenhouse and two homes, ten tin stands and ten paper figures, trees, fences and accessories; box cover lithographed with an image of a boy and girl playing with a village set on a large table while a mother holding an infant looks on; box inscribed, "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ CHURCH SET/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.232
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ CHURCH SET/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
40053
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 7 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden puzzle composed of two narrow oblong pieces with each end wider than the middle, and with a rectangular ring locking them into place.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. M. F. Savage
Object Number:
1933.129a-c
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this object (called an "Iroquois Indian Medicine-Man Puzzle") is from a museum run by the artist John Trumbull from 1800 to 1830. The museum stood at the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street, prior to the construction of the Astor House. The Astor House, a five-story hotel built in 1834, was closed in 1913 to make way for the construction of the new subway.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Construction toy
Classification:
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Wood, metal, tin, paint, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 12 x 8 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 30.5 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
Construction toy consisting of wood and metal components of log cabin: two gables, six roofing segments, one roof ridge with orange chimney, twenty eleven-inch orange logs, forty-six four-inch orange logs, three eleven-inch orange logs with metal rods, one tinplate door, and four green painted timplate window shutters; in original wooden box with sliding lid.
Object Number:
INV.8091a-f
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to side of box: "THE LOG CABIN/PLAYHOUSE/French &Wheat, Printers-18 Ann Street, New York"
printed: on paper label affixed to inside of lid: "NO.2/LOG CABIN/PLAY HOUSES/Directions for putting them up/..."
inscribed: in pe
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
40038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Basket
Classification:
Date:
1880-1940
Medium:
Wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Wicker bucket-shaped basket fragment.
Object Number:
Z.3140
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
40034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Basket w/lid
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Small round wicker basket with lid and arched handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Babcock Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1941.1107ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
















