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Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide

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Fireman's belt: ocean engine
1850-1900
Game of Trip 'Round the World
1897
Button
1972-1973
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Game pieces (132)
1850-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Henry Hudson Commemorative Medal
1909
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Ceramics (3) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
1760-1783
Model 1763 French Infantry Musket
1763-1766
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Wallet/ Food
1960-1990
Trade sign
1880-1900
Ribbon/ medal
1900-1940
Pinback button
1994
Original box for electric iron
1946-1954
Political button
1968
Doll shoes (pair)
Token/coin: Lucky Penny Pocket Piece, Pan-Amer. Expo.1901
1936-1943
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Chapeau bras
1825-1842
Apothecary jars with lid
1850-1900
Plaque
1890-1930
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Doll in brown velvet dress
1850-1910
Badge in case
Sign
ca. 1940
Hayato
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1910
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Stamp
1840-1870
The Premium Game of Logomachy or War of Words
1889
Edge piece from unidentified fire vehicle
Purse
1800-1850
Inkwell
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Gumball machine
1920-1940
Civil War token
ca. 1860
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Cootie Game
1930-1950
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Coll. of 4 coins: U.S. One Cent, 1802, 1803,1817,1818 (copper)
Garrison cap
1940-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Watch Face
1880-1940
Measuring Cup/ food
1910-1930
Plate
1911
French Medal won by Anna Attas
1922
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1881
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Great Seal Centennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Marechal Foch Medal
1918
Viewfinder key chain
1968
Hat
1942-1946
FDNY badge with purple bunting
Button
1978
Hardware/ household
1920-1960
Button
1968
Pin
1896-1920
Information kit
1940-1960
Ribbon
1879 or later
Box of crayons
ca. 1915
Snuff box w/stickers
1800-1850
Sword cane
1780-1820
We don't want Eleanor either
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Sword guard excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Little Folks Color Kit
ca. 1890
Bottle
1910-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Coin: English 1723-1773
Lighter
1910-1930
American Friends of Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1934
Cafe Pierre
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
Doll's bassinet and bedding
1880-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Souvenir letter opener
1985
Pinback button
1919
Medicine
1870-1890
U.S. OUT of Salvador/ Cispes
1980-1992
Pinback button
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1908
Save Grand Central: No more bited out of the Big Apple!
Fire helmet
1900-1920
Horse pull toy with foal
1860-1890
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
The World's Educator
1887
Sewing Supplies
1990-2000
Makeup tissues
1930-1950
Trade sign
1900-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Lady's costume: 1806
ca. 1968
Pin-back button
1972
Horatio Gates Military Medal
1787
Girl Scout badges
2001
Cane
ca. 1918
Cartridge belt
1918
Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune
ca. 1882
Button
1960-1970
Franco-American Jeton: Token with envelope
1751
Box/ Food
1980-2000
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Case
ca. 1890
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Asti
Badge: NY Veteran Fireman's Assn...Oct. 3, 1888
1888
Noah's ark
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Pendant
1896
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Tin/ food
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Grater
1875-1925
Tobacco box
1700-1750
Pinback button
1980-2000
Pin-back button
2000-2002
Orient Insurance Co. advertisement, 1886
1866
Stamp
1890-1910
Washington, D.C. Lucky Penny
1927
Glove buttons in box
1900-1930
Baseball tickets (3)
2000
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Badge
ca. 1916
Campaign cane
ca. 1868
Road roller
ca. 1927
Button
Sewing book
1840-1880
Tobaco Container w/lid
ca. 1886
Box
1950-1970
Watch movement
1890-1930
Sewing Supplies
1880-1890
Bottle
1930-1960
Dollhouse furn: medicine cabinet
1920-1940
Coin: East India Co.1804
1804
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Le Moal
Cobbler's bench
1825-1860
Cut Fowler,percussion musket
1800-1830
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
Nakagawa
ca. 1980-1995
Soldiers (pair)
1880-1920
Lace pillow
1730-1780
Ribbon badge: Irving Hose No.5, Yonkers, Oct. 19, 1887
1887
Bobbin
1780-1820
Gas mask
1940-1945
Fire helmet frontpiece: Morrisania, 1
1850-1900
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
1897
Lithograph stone
1890-1900
Cup and Saucer
1920-1950
Hair Grooming
1833-1990
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
Doll: girl in white dress w/peach ribbons and hat
ca. 1894
Ribbon
1860
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1900
Matchbooks (2)
ca. 1960
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Sword belt (2)
1860-1865
Tray
1900-1940
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Tip tray/ coin tray
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Shoe horn
ca. 1970
Prince Henry of Prussia commemorative medal
1902
Political button
1972
Ribbon fragment
After 1848
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Doll body suit
Anvils (6)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne)
ca. 1886
Button
1984
Packet/ Candy
1990-2000
Food bag
1998
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Miniature jar
1910-1940
Ribbon pin
ca. 1909
Pinback button
1896-1910
When women work - sparks fly!!!
ca. 1956
MARION'S CONTINENTAL
ca. 1960-1980
Razor and case
1870-1875
Gentleman's costume: 1690
ca. 1967
Lady's costume: 1942
ca. 1963
Bobbins
1800-1840
The Game of Auction
1893
Tobacco Tin
1880-1910
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine box
1880-1920
Bank
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Lucky Horseshoe Puzzle
ca. 1930
Medal: Maj. Gen. George McClellan
ca. 1870
Sewing box
1840-1880
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
1909
Parasol with detachable handle
1870-1900
Hat
1861-1865
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1921
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1920-1940
Pull toy (bird)
1850-1875
Pencil
1940-1960
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
Pull toy (ram)
1850-1900
Gavel: ...Pioneers of Alaska...
1900-1907
Blow Bill Blow
1992
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Medallion
1920-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1940
Fugio cent
1787
Snuffbox
1750-1825
Lady's costume: 1928
ca. 1962
Coolidge and Dawes
Box of crayons
ca. 1940
ceremonial ribbon: S.S. Levy
ca. 1943
Phonograph record in box: "Much Obliged to You"
1904
The Great American Centennial Exhibition Puzzle Blocks
1875
Button
1984
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Insignia
1910-1950
Canteen
1860-1861
Powder horn
1759
Pencil
1950-1960
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
1910
Chateau Madrid
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
1910
Storage bin
1850-1900
Mortar
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1912-1916
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1994
U.S.A. NEEDS NEW YORK
ca. 1975
Medallion: American Public Health Ass'n ... Stephen Smith
1922
World's Fair Souvenir Scarf
1964
Fireman's belt: asst. foreman
1850-1900
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Tambourine noise maker
probably 1960s
Shako
1918-1931
Soldier
1880-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1997
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
No Man is Good Three Times
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
Yellow Ribbon
ca. 1900
Cane
ca. 1930
Miniature table
1915-1935
Needle case
19th Century
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
ca. 1875
Watch Face
1880-1940
Advertising sign
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940
Button
1960-1970
Society of Colonial Wars Plaquette
1909
THE GINGER MAN
Waist belt (2)
1860-1870
Dagger: U.S.
1850-1860
Yoke
1750-1850
Trousers
1942
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising
1946-1960
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
Game pieces (53)
1850-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
All I Have Left Is A Vote for Willkie
Bookmark
1890
Butter board
ca. 1758
Table croquet q/box w/docu
1880-1910
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
Sword, Scabbard and Sash
1862
Peter Coddle
ca. 1900
Tip tray
1910-1930
Ribbon/ bookmark
1892
Bar Tray
1940-1950
Pin
1890-1930
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1844
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Bookmark
ca. 1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1900
English history game
1850-1860
Pin-back button
1960-1970
Paperweight
1890-1920
Washing supplies
1900-1930
Plaque/ coin tray
1904
Music box
1870-1890
Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer Life Saving Medal
1861
Pinback button
1930-1948
New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal
2002
We're Fore Ike and Dick
1956
Le Marmiton
Vacuum cleaner
1880-1910
Hall stand
1920-1960
Cup
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Pin
1896-1920
LBJ for the USA
c. 1964
Nirvana
ca. 1984-1998
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Toy cannon
ca. 1900
Mortar or vase
1800
Ell measure
ca. 1800-1850
Memorial token
1865
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Uncle Sam's Family
1876
Button
1972-1973
Spring
Tobacco
1920-1940
Badge
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Brothel token
Dexterity game
1942
High wheel bicycle
1883
Buttons mounted on card
1860-1865
Spoon bowl
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1845
Fan
1880-1910
Optical
1945
License plate
1969
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Roosevelt, He's Good Enough for My Buck
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1858
Warren G. Harding Presidential Medal
1923
cultural button
Folding Rulers (2) that belonged to John Ramage
1775-1795
Flint-lock rifle w/ bayonet mounted on wood plaque
1765-1775
I Love USA
Fan
1900-1940
Toy
1993-2000
Ornament
2001-2002
Miniature potted holly bush
1920-1940
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 10th Issue
1914
Spring Street Natural Restaurant & Bar
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising beer foam scraper
1910-1912
Gentleman's costume: 1775
ca. 1968
Lady's costume: 1620
ca. 1958
Fire helmet
1885-1900
The Doctors and the Quack: A Game
ca. 1887
Reduce Crime! Jail the Nixon Team!
1972-1973
Tile
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Radiant Baby
1986
Civil War token
1863
Doll's necklace
1870-1880
Spoon
1800-1900
Fragment of flag from Monmouth; revolutionary,in envelope
1775-1865
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
after 1830
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Ship's clock
1860-1880
Gorget
1855-1870
Button
1992
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1890-1920
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1974
River Club
1981
Miniature warming pan
1900-1940
Sword, scabbard and belt in case: U.S.N., goes with "Ide" uniform
ca. 1940
Oak tree shilling
1652
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1940-1950
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1920-1950
Wm. McKinley
1900
Yama
ca. 1960-1980
Chicken coop
1850-1900
Soldiers (12)
1880-1920
Medal: Fort Sumter 1863
1863
"Dynatomic" radio
ca. 1946
Miniature fruit bowls (pair)
1875-1910
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Button
1992
Box
1890-1920
Tin/ food
1980-2000
Food spear
1940-1960
Gorget
1796-1825
Store display/ tobacco
1890-1930
foot warmer
1850-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1867
Matchbook
ca. 1941-1945
Chester A. Arthur Indian Peace Medal
1883-1885
Coin: Silver Quarter, Washington, 1932
Ballot box
ca. 1857
Palette knife
1850-1900
Lapel stud
1892
Watch Face
1880-1940
Trade sign
1880-1920
Bar Tray
1930-1950
vietnam moratorium
ca. 1969
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
Soldier on horse
1875-1915
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Tobacco box
1770-1790
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
Vase
1892
Puzzle
1880-1900
Travel
1940-1960
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin
1890-1920
39 paintsticks or tools
2002
Button
Souvenir cane
ca. 1989
Dollhouse furn: 2-drawer chest
1920-1940
Spectacles
1830-1840
The Cash Boy
ca. 1885
Tin
1898
Clothing hanger
1970-1990
Pen
1970-2000
Store display
1890-1930
Pencil
1900-1930
Buenos Aires Medal
1880
Ribbon
early 20th century
Spoon, scoop
ca. 1750-1850
Camelot
Surveyor's instruments in case
1867-1880
Tape loom
1750-1825
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Display cabinet
1890-1920
Fly crop
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1991
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1849
Bank
ca. 1930
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Medallion: Peace of Versailles
Doll
1830-1860
Coin: half dollar, Illinois State Centennial
Apothecaries' weight excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Badge: Arrangement Committee
1880-1920
Sewing Supplies
1876
Lotion tube/box
1912
Fire Engine, Lady Washington Engine Co. No.1 Morrisania, N.Y.
1851
Pinback button
1920-1930
Token
ca. 1863
Doll's shift
1870-1880
Toy cupboard
1860-1880
Bust
Campaign cane
ca. 1936
Set of plastic buildings and cast metal wrench
1920-1960
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1980-2000
Playing card
1940-1960
Hard Times Token: Coin: Van Boren Metalli currency.1837
1837
Advertising token
1958-1960
Ribbon
1900-1920
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Medal
1928
Alfredo
Miniature set of dishes (23)
1850-1900
Fork excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Mechanical pen/pencil
1860-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Fan
1910-1940
Box
1940-1960
Button
1980-1992
Pinback button
1896-1910
General Daniel Morgan Military Medal
1975
Top
ca. 1869

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