Monkey cage and monkeys (3 pieces)
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Wood, metal, plaster, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 9 x 9 in. ( 29.2 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden hexagonal cage with metal bars, red roof and textured base; interior has a tree and two painted plaster monkey figurines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1953.59a-c
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, donor claimed this was part of the Humpty Dumpty Circus manufactured by A. Schoenhut Co. of Philadelphia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
39958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature trunk
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper, stone
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 4.1 x 9.5 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden trunk with flat lift top, with edges wrapped in paper of lighter color, and inside covered in cream-colored paper; contains five colored stones of various sizes, and a thin piece of slate; inscriptions stencilled on lid and side.
Object Number:
INV.10086a-g
Marks:
stencilled: on side: "REENA/VICTORIA"
stencilled: on lid: "Stephen F. Whitman & Sons/Philadelphia"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alphabet chips (set)
Classification:
Date:
ca.1800
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Set of circular cardboard chips, each with a printed and hand-colored illustration of one letter of the alphabet ("Acorn" for A, for example); in a cylindrical wooden box with cover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1944.242a-y
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to lid: "ALPHABET."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
39883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Z.941.1a-d-.71
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1889
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Box: 4 3/8 x 5 3/4 x 1 in. (11.1 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm)
Description:
Board game consisting of instruction booklet and playing pieces in box; cardboard box with cover illustration, in yellow, orange, green, and brown, of Roman-style bust (profile view) with helmet with golden shield and sword at right, next to various classical motifs such as a frieze and foliage, with inscriptions woven into design, sides of box with repeating abstract pattern including flowers in medallions; 74 wooden playing pieces, colored red, brown, yellow, and green.
Object Number:
Z.941.1a-d-.71
Marks:
printed: on bottom of box: "TRADE 'HALMA' MARK Registered/Patented May 29, 1888/ Copyrighted 1889 by the Halma Co./E.I. HORSMAN CO./PUBLISHERS AND SOLE AGENTS FOR THE HALMA CO."
printed: on box lid: "HALMA/Published by/E.I. HORSMAN/NEW YORK/COPYRIGHTED
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
39881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1939
Medium:
Redwood, cardboard
Dimensions:
without box: 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 7 x 6 cm )
Description:
Puzzle consisting of nine (originally ten) pieces of miniature, modern-style furniture (chairs, tables, etc.) made of redwood that fit together to form a single block; in original cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. Gerard Fangemann in memory of Charlotte E. Fangemann
Object Number:
1989.1a-1k
Marks:
printed: on each end of box: "10 Pieces of MINIATURE/ FURNITURE/A TOY MADE FROM ONE SOLID PIECE/ OF CALIFORNIA REDWOOD, FITTED TO/GETHER TO FORM A UNIQUE PUZZLE/ FUN FOR EVERYONE/ SOUVENIR/ N. Y. WORLD'S FAIR- 1939/ MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A"
Gallery Label:
This toy is a souvenir from the 1939 World's Fair.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
39880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 6 in. ( 1.6 x 21.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Puzzle consisting of thirty-two colored lithograph fragments that can be assembled to create eight well-known European landscape paintings; in cardboard box with textured gold paper border.
Object Number:
INV.13830a-ii
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to box lid: "MUSEE DES PAYSAGISTES/ Collection de 16546 Paysages/ d'après les plus Grands Maitres/ Par M Brès./Ecole/Italienne/Ecole/Française/Ecole/Hollandaise/Ecole/Flammande /PARIS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39853
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1894
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (box): 2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
Description:
Table game consisting of 208 squares of cardboard, each colored purple, yellow, orange, or green, with numbers from 1 to 13 printed on one side, and instruction booklet; in square cardboard box covered with red paper with gold stamped scrolls and inscriptions, with separate piece of cardboard dividing interior of box into four compartments; also included, folded picture of four people seated at a table playing game, with squares filled in with color.
Object Number:
Z.942.1a-d-.208
Marks:
stamped: on top of box in gold: "GAME OF/[elaborate scroll]NUMERICA"
written: in pencil on bottom of box: "H1 2/8666/20"
printed: under illustration of family playing game: "The Game Numerica as it is played"
printed: in black on instruction booklet
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
39850
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Board Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
overall (open): 17 x 17 in. ( 43.2 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Paper covered carboard bi-fold game board with a square spiral path of colored rectangles passing people and places such as "The Beggar", "The Bridge", "The Imp" and "The Queen" all while trying to reach "The Pool".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.235
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
39780
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Balancing toy
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 13 x 4 in. ( 27.3 x 33 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Balancing toy consisting of two carved wooden horses (a-b) painted dappled gray with black saddles trimmed in red, each with a metal (probably lead) weight attached by a curved length of wire; wooden stand painted yellow (c) has a raised platform on each end for each bobbing horse.
Object Number:
INV.4555a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper, paint
Dimensions:
Each (panel): 1 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/8 in. (4.1 x 5.4 x 0.3 cm)
Description:
Forty-eight wooden panels (six sets of eight) with hand-painted lithographic images of various dancing figures; game consists in matching top half with bottom half of each dancer; in wooden box painted blue on the outside, with four inner compartments and sliding lid with printed label with hand-painted highlights.
Object Number:
INV.5248a-xx
Marks:
printed: in banner on paper label affixed to lid along with translation in Italian, English and French: "Komische Ballet Metamorphosen"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

















