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Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen

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Mechanical pen
1840-1880
Bandage roller
1800-1880
Gentleman's costume: 1673
ca. 1967
Spectacles
1770-1780
Roosevelt at San Juan
1899
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Handle/ Food
1910-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Card of buttons
1955-1985
The Sign of the Dove
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Campaign button: A. Lincoln for President 1864
ca. 1864
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
1770-1776
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1859
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Memorial card
Pinback button
1896-1910
INV.13710.4
Gramercy Tavern
ca. 1960-1980
Lion and Two Monkeys
ca. 1883
'Round the World Joe
ca. 1890
Miniature Furniture, Bentwood Rocker
ca. 1983
Sword belt
1880-1900
Shoe buckle fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
The Fortune Teller
1905
Medicine
1906-1920
Lotion bottle
1980-2000
Bottle
1890-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Rosette with streamers
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Token
ca. 1783
Poupards (3)
1900-1940
Toy slant-front desk
1825-1875
Medicine box
1820-1870
Powder horn
1776
Box
1862-1900
Pinback button
1940-1960
Paperweight
1949
Store display
1930-1950
Pin
1940
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Shopping Bag
2009
Medal w/ribbon: Cleveland Hendricks...March 4,1885
Ribbon
ca. 1881
Valley Forge Centennial Commemorative Medal
1878
Miniature coal bucket with lid
1875-1900
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1832
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Badge and case
1850-1917
Metropolis Cafe
ca. 1980-1999
Faux driver's license from Mitt Romney campaign
2012
Trellis
1870-1900
Jack-in-the box
1870-1900
Drumsticks
1860-1865
The North Atlantic Squadron Picture Puzzle
1898
Bottle
1910-1930
Pencil
1970-2000
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1913
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Box w/hinged lid: image of Madonna and child
1560-1570
Fire helmet
1880-1920
Topsy-Turvy Doll
1855-1880
Purse
1780-1785
Belt holster
1917
Hair Grooming
1860-1900
Pinback button
1941
Hardware/ household
1890
Tin
1920-1950
Clip
1930-1950
Medal: Kings County HS ...1911
1911
Political button
1948
Barbie doll
1961-1962
Coin: U.S.:One Cent, 1851
Dollhouse furn: bathtub
1920-1940
Squeak toy (chicken)
1875-1900
Dress hat
1895-1898
Civil War token
1863
Box/ Candy
1940-1970
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
War is not healthy for children and other living things
1972
Medallion:Sept.6,1881 Cent. of the Battle of Groton Heights
1881
Chefs Cuisiners Club
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising blotter paper
Fork
1875-1925
Miniature chairs (4)
1960-1980
Framed set of buttons and coin (75) excavated at West Point
1810-1830
Sliced Birds: A Companion of Sliced Animals
ca. 1885
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Food spear
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal (r)
2002
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Covered Wagon
1930-1950
Corkscrew
1800-1899
Second Premium NY Poultry & Pigeon Association Ribbon
ca. 1913
Shako with pompon
1870-1877
Die
1800-1838
Civilian Bag
1850-1900
Paperweight
1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Measuring scoop/ food
1950-1960
Advertising pocket mirror
1910-1920
Campaign handkerchief
1952
New England Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1871
Rudy Giuliani button
2008
Shopping bag
ca. 2001
Allen & Thurber Pocket-Sized Worcester Pepperbox Revolver
1847-1854
Miniature toilet seat
1920-1940
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
2000
Pin-back button
1970-1975
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1983
Jack Banning's Putt-Pins
ca. 1950-1960
Box of crayons
ca. 1933
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Miniature sofa and easy chairs (2)
1960-1980
Soldier
1840-1870
Campaign necktie
1940
The Whirlpool Game
ca. 1899
Bottle
1890-1920
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Pen
1980-2000
1844 Nimes Scientific Congress Medal
1844
Trader Vic's
Transportation Token : Long Beach Bus Co. Inc.
1900-1940
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Button
1928
Apothecary bottle
1870-1920
Shoulder knots (pair) in box
1855-1865
Paperweight
1880-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Button
1972-1973
Shopping bag
1997
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1841-1885
Envelope
1923
Forks
1790-1825
Drummer bear toy
20th century
Snuff box: shell-shaped w/figure reliefs
1800-1850
Snuffbox
ca. 1816
Clothespin
1750-1850
Medicine
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Box/ collar
1866-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Ribbon pin
ca. 1883
Commemorative cane
2003
Ribbon
1910
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
1892-1893
Scale
1800-1850
Flexy
1920-1930
Needle case
1830-1880
The Game of Dont's and Old Maid
1905
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Office supply
1950-1960
Winemaking Plaquette
1902
ORIGINAL BILL'S GAY NINETIES CAFE & RESTAURANT
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
F.D.R for Civil Service
Projectile points (3)
1500-1700
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
Woman's coat
1943-1946
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Andrew Johnson Indian Peace Medal
1866
Royal Bus Line keywind bus
ca. 1920's
Writing case with accessories
ca. 1862
Authors
ca. 1890
The Game of Lost Heir
ca. 1900
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Game of the Spider's Web
1898
Ashtray
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1921
Pair of gloves
1850-1900
Fly crop: bird's head handle
1875-1900
Miniature bench
1920-1940
Pincushion
1840-1870
American Eagle Educational Series: Geography
ca. 1890
Packet
1950-1980
Watch fob
1890-1910
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Plate
1917
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
La Toque Blanche
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Bust
Chile Internation Exposition prize medal
1875
Scale
1875-1910
Confederate single shot (Richmond) carbine
1860-1865
Paper Samples
1930-1950
Ruler
1890-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Expanded Metal Wastebasket
Early 1980s
Petrossian Paris
ca. 1984-1995
Scoop
ca. 1750-1850
Portable lockstitch sewing machine
ca. 1890
Hansom cab
1890-1900
Jew's harp
1760-1783
Model Building Blocks
1870
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Paperweight/ medallion
1893
Printing
1947-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Elect Perot President
c. 1992
Kittanning Destroyed medal
1759
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Ballot: Robert S. York for Second Vice President
Soldier
1840-1870
Sewing kit w/needles: Mrs Martha Husbands Smith...
1840-1880
Pieces of Peter Stuyvesant pear tree in envelope
1600-1850
Clock bank
1900-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Political button
20th c.
Doll shorts
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Chisels and scrapers (7)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne)
1881-1887
Z.3159
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
W Let's not elect him in 2004, either
2003
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Medal: Abraham Lincoln 1860
1860
The Noho Star
ca. 1960-1980
Box
ca. 1920-1930
Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1875-1900
Doll: girl in red plaid dress
1830-1860
Linch pin
1775-1783
The Mansion of Happiness
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Advertising token
1925-1950
Medicine
1900-1930
Pinback button
1942
Button
ca. 2000
Doll hat
1870-1880
Dexterity games
1930-1950
Fork
1790-1825
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature table
1915-1935
Bow
1895-1901
Worcester table knife
ca. 1751-1783
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Cup
1911
Ruler
1940-1960
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1962
Pin-back button
1960
Shopping bag
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Chess set
1875-1900
Forage cap
ca. 1863
Badge
Souvenir
1930-1950
Societe des Architectes Medal
ca. 1907
Pin-back button
1988
William J. printing plate
1954-1960
Erie Canal Celebration Medallion
1826
Wallis's Improved Dissected Map of Ireland
1840-1860
Model 1903 Springfield Rifle
1911
Badge
ca. 1870
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Coaster
1995-2000
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Choshi
ca. 1960-1980
Box of crayons
ca. 1937
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Plate
ca. 1850
Bayonet
1760-1783
Fork
1760-1775
Box with percussion caps
1855-1862
Tin
1900-1930
Medallion
1962
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Match tin
1900-1920
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Uncle Sam shoe polish
1945-1959
Token: 1939 Convention Am. Numismatic Ass. A. Kosoff
1939
We like Ike
Still bank
1870-1890
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
measuring device
1750-1850
Pin-back button
2000
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Token
1855
Pin-back button
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Pen
1973
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign Medalet
1888
Toy armchair
1875-1900
Walrus tusk
1860-1900
Pin-back button
1976
Ashtray
1920-1960
Souvenir coin
1853
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Insignia
1890-1910
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2007
Republican League Member Ribbon
ca. 1900
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
1874
Stereoscope
1873-1880
Walking-stick
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
1887
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1900-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Button
1966
Medal in box:...Peru...Elihu Root
1906
PAPA LOU'S
Coin:...16??
Railway and Steamship Sound Money Club Ribbon
1896
Lion and Two Monkeys
ca. 1883
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Soap
1950-1960
Tobacco
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Rotten eggs with Roosevelt Omlettes with Willkie
Bookmark
1893
Spoon
1700-1800
The Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Mechanical box: boy and girl on seesaw
ca. 1850
Miniature potted plants (4)
1910-1940
Shoe sole excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Nine Men Morris, Man in the Moon
ca. 1900
Pin
ca. 1990
Jigsaw Puzzle
1988
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Athletic medal
1951
Ribbon
1800-1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1790-1830
Flight bag
1950-1975
FF Kevin M. O'Rourke FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Token
1880-1900
Button
Doll's cape
1870-1880
Mario's Villa d'este
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Push toy
ca. 1900
Novelty Bank
ca. 1873
Dolls' house sofa table
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Button
1890-1910
Pin-back button
1936
Coffee mill
J. L, 3 years, December 15, 1922; J.L., Weight 29 lbs, February 15, 1923
December 15, 1922 ; February 15, 1923
Music box
1850-1900
Ship model: Waterline Recognition; USS Kongo
1944-1946
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Unit insignia
1775-1783
Miniature Furniture, Settee
ca. 1983
Spontoon blade
1760-1783
Bleeding bowl
1840-1860
Cascabel
1760-1783
Button
1970
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Cue stick
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
World's Fair Souvenir Plate
1960s
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
Society of Tammany or Columbian Order Ribbon
1887
Scale
ca. 1876
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1831
Pin-back button
1964-1976
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1950-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Barry Commemorative medal
ca. 1903
Il Cantinori
ca. 1960-1980
MNESTY FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OF SPAIN, AFLCIO LOCAL 64 UNION MADE
1975-1980
Katherine of Aragon
1950-1970
Bottle
1800-1830
Boots (pair)
1910-1919
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1889
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Button
ca. 1970
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
cannon
1775-1800
Chapeau bras
1850-1870
United States Military Academy Sesquicentennial
1952
Steam whistle
1877-1880
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
ca. 1825-1850
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1917
Box/ Bottle
1890-1930
Trade sign
1900-1930
Box
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medal: Penn's Treaty 1682 (in box)
ca. 1882
Political button
Bobby Riggs signature printing gel
1973
Collec. of 3 coins:2 Rosa Americana(Perry)1822-23; 1 twopens
1822-1823
Mechanical toy (chicken)
1825-1875
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Swipe card instructions
ca. 2001
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
The Orchid Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
WTC 2011 ID Badge of Louis DiGeronimo
2001
Coin: half dollar, Wisconsin Terr. Centennial, 1936
Dollhouse furn: victrola
ca.1924
Thimble
1825-1850
Cake board
1825-1835
Game of District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
1886
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1874-1900
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1951
Political novelty
1997
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Medal
1945
1943 Steel cents (70)
1943
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Button: Viva McGovern/Shriver
ca. 1972
Hall's Excelsior
1869
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Pastry sleeve
1800-1880
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1930-1950
Box
1963-1972
Knife
1880-1900

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