Seal impression
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Red wax seal impression with paper backing; handwritten inscription on obverse.
Object Number:
Z.1501.52
Gallery Label:
Found in a box labeled "SEALS in box W/J. BROOKS COOPER NY" with a collection of similar objects.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30895
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seal impression
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1 x 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Octagonal red wax wafer with oval seal impression; paper backing.
Object Number:
Z.1501.51
Gallery Label:
Found in a box labeled "SEALS in box W/J. BROOKS COOPER NY" with a collection of similar objects.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stamp
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Brass, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 1 in. ( 9.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular brass stamp with initial "F"; turned wooden handle.
Object Number:
INV.3652
Marks:
intaglio (inverted): on face of stamp: "F"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
30848
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered book mark
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Satin, embroidery thread
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular strip of pink satin with embroidered yellow flowers with green stems.
Object Number:
INV.11552
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen nibs (14) in original box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Quill, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 1.6 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Fourteen pen nibs cut from natural quill, in square cardboard box with manufacturer's blue and gold label affixed to lid.
Object Number:
Z.1475.8a-p
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to box lid: "50 / BECS DE PLUMES. / Naturelles / taillées au Canif / DE / A J Delaunay"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30837
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cardboard box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1910
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular cardboard box covered with textured, bronze-colored paper with blue and green floral pattern; gold edges.
Object Number:
Z.1475.6ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
30835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Oval metal stamp with shield and German inscription in intaglio; wooden knob handle with turned stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
INV.6309
Marks:
intaglio (inverted): on face of stamp: "K : K : OEST : GESANDTSCH : IN D : VER : STAAT : V : NORD-AMERICA"
handwritten in ink: on tag found with object: "My Grandfather Charles Frederick De Voosey / Austrian Consular Gene[r]al at New York. / 18050[sic]
Gallery Label:
A note found with this stamp indicates that it was used as the official seal of the donor's grandfather Charles Frederick De Voosey, Austrian Consular General at New York from 1850 to 1870.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
30806
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seals in cardboard box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1910
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, celluloid
Dimensions:
box: 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Small, circular cardboard box covered in white paper, containing a quantity of rectangular blue paper seals printed with short quotations from the plays of Shakespeare; one seal affixed to box lid.
Object Number:
Z.1475.3ab
Marks:
printed: on seal affixed to lid of box: "Tell this youth / AS YOU LIKE IT / act 5, sc. 2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
30795
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stamp
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. ( 9.2 x 7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular metal bookplate stamp mounted to block of wood.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
INV.332d
Marks:
in relief (inverted): on face of stamp: "EX LIBRIS" and "GEORGE A / ZABRISKIE"
handwritten in pencil: on back of wooden block: illegible inscription
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
30758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seal impression
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 x 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Red wax wafer with seal impression and paper backing.
Object Number:
Z.1501.7
Gallery Label:
Found in a box labeled "SEALS in box W/J. BROOKS COOPER NY" with a collection of similar objects.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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