Window light (panes)
Classification:
Date:
1825-1925
Medium:
Glass, lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 24.8 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Leaded glass window light with three blue-green circular panes and two semi-circular panes of glass with pontil marks in a leaded frame.
Object Number:
Z.1919
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
33449
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Key from Joshua Brookes House
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Flat steel key with one straight edge and one serrated edge, coming to a point; circular loop at opposite end with string attached.
Object Number:
INV.813
Marks:
written: on envelope containing key: "Key from Joshua Brookes House, NY, c. 1820"
stamped: on key: "82"
Gallery Label:
This key is supposedly from the house of Joshua Brookes (1773-1859). Brookes lived for many years at 403 Greenwich Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
32040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brick
Classification:
Date:
1650-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular red brick from the Elmendorf House, Hurley, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
N-373
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
30173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Door handle, latch and back plate
Classification:
Date:
1680-1750
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 4 x 6 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 10.2 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron door handle with back plate and thumb latch; back plate is rectangular with semi-circular cut-outs on each side at top and bottom; 6 holes drilled through back plate at top, bottom, and 4 beneath handle; handle is rounded with reel turnings at center; thumb piece has depressed center and connects to latch at rear.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Alma R. Van Hoevenberg, 1931
Object Number:
1753
Marks:
ink inscription: on box accompanying object: "Relics from Miller Homestead/"Fireplace" Accabonack,/East Hampton, L.I./Found in ruins after house burned/Presented by/Miss Alma R. Van Hoevenberg/Nov. 24, 1931/Museum Accession #1753"
Gallery Label:
This door hardware is from the Miller Homestead in East Hampton, Long Island. It was found in the ruins after the house burned and presented to the Historical Society in 1931.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
30098
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stone marker
Classification:
Date:
possibly 19th century
Medium:
Stone
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 12 x 20 x 12 in. (30.5 x 50.8 x 30.5 cm)
Description:
Stone marker with chiseled inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Temple Prime
Object Number:
1886.13
Marks:
inscription: chiseled on face: "IW + D + 23 + / AO + 1693 +" (for Johannes Waldron, December 23, Anno 1693)
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this stone records the birthdate of Johannes Waldron (1693-1741). It was taken from "the ancient Waldron house, formerly standing on the north side of 88th Street, a short distance east of Avenue A, and demolished in 1870."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
29686
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wood fragments from Burnham's Tavern
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1792
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 4 7/8 × 41 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (12.4 × 105.4 × 13 cm)
Overall (b): 4 1/2 in. × 16 in. × 5 5/8 in. (11.4
Description:
Two blocks of wood from Burnham's tavern, which was built around 1792 on the block bounded by 78-79th Street and Broadway and West End Avenue.
Object Number:
Z.1415ab
Marks:
typed: on card tacked to a: "PIECE OF WOOD from Burnham's Tavern, which stood/on the block bounded by 78th-79th Streets and/Broadway and West End Avenue, NYC. Erected by/Baron John Cornelius van den Houvel, Governor of/Demerara, who came to NYC about 1
Gallery Label:
These blocks of wood are from Burnham's Tavern, which was built on the block bounded by 78th-79th Streets and Broadway and West End Avenue around 1792. The building was demolished in 1905.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
29483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ball from the steeple of the Garden Street Church
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Wood, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Hollow metal ball painted gold set on black painted wood circular stand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar F. Ronig, D. D.
Object Number:
1936.418
Marks:
handwritten: in black ink: "The upper ball from the steeple of Garden Street Church, burnt in the great conflagration at New York, on the 16th and 17th of December 1835 in which was destroyed 650 buildings and $20,000,000 of property."
Gallery Label:
The Garden Street Dutch Reformed Church, located on what is now Exchange Place, was built in 1693 to replace the garrison church after its appropriation by the British. The congregation was granted a full charter as the Dutch Church in America by King William III of England on May 19, 1696. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1835, though this ball from the steeple survived. It was given to the donor by Dr. George Alexander, minister of the First Presbyterian Church.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
29221
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Name plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1926
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 43.8 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
Cusped edge cast iron name plate (cartouche) with raised printed text and four bolts attached to two wrought iron slats.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herman Schweinert
Object Number:
1946.7
Marks:
cast: in relief: "THE/BARTLETT HAYWARD CO./BALTIMORE, MD./PATENT-1275696 . 8-13-18./PATENTS PENDING/ERECTED - 1926"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this plate came from the gas tank in 21st Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A, given to the donor by one of the wreckers on January 4, 1946, when the tank was demolished to make way for a housing development.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
29075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1885
Medium:
Copper; zinc
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 27.3 x 18.1 cm )
Description:
Sheet copper box with zinc lining, used as the cornerstone box of Public Grammer School No.43 of New York City; box soldered closed at one time but has been pried open.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Board of Education, New York City
Object Number:
1936.706
Gallery Label:
This was the cornerstone box of Public Grammer School No. 43 of New York City. According to the accession record, the box had newspapers inside dated June 19, 1885.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
28946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Molding fragments (2)
Classification:
Date:
1760-1810
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Fragment (larger): 3 x 21 3/4 x 1 in. (7.6 x 55.2 x 2.5 cm)
Description:
Two sections of molding from an interior room; (b) possibly a cornice molding; both painted white.
Object Number:
Z.1007ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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