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Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze

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Printing press
ca. 1882
Bandage roller
1861-1865
Paperweight
1882-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ Food
1962-1990
Untitled
2001
Food spear
1950-1990
Horatio C. Burchard Mint and Treasury Medal
1879-1885
Medal
ca. 1911
Pen
1968
Campaign button: Image of Roosevelt F.D.R.
Token/coin: Lucky Penny Pocket Piece, Pan-Amer. Expo.1901
1936-1943
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Delftware tile fragments (2) excavated at the Blue Bell Tavern
1750-1783
Coin: California Gold, Octagonal
Button
2001
Hardware/ household
1949
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pincushion
1800-1900
Political ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
1910-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1775-1850
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Doll in brown velvet dress
1850-1910
Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Improved Fish Pond Game
1888
Bottle
1890-1920
Calendar/ thermometer
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Store display
1930-1950
Match safe
1913
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1860
The Rendez-vous of the Plaza
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Blacking bottle
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Paperweight
1890-1930
Pinback button
1918
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Sign
1950-1960
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
I am a friend of Cast Iron Architecture
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1935
Button
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1881
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Clothespin
1750-1850
ABC Cubes
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1940-1970
Tissues
1954
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of child's shoes
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
ca. 1855
Medal in envelope: America/France
Snuff box w/stickers
1800-1850
Sword cane
1780-1820
Comb
1780-1810
Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Sewing
1940-1960
Souvenir token
1836
Office supply
1920-1940
The New York Public Library Medal
1961
Zucca's
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Box
1800-1870
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1863-1866
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Clip/ food
1950-1970
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1990
President Nixon
Fonda La Paloma
Nutcracker
1800-1875
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Fire helmet
1900-1920
Horse pull toy with foal
1860-1890
Case
1850-1900
Ribbon badge:...No.3 Plattsburgh...Firemen's Assn...Aug. 20-23 1889
1889
Medicine
1930-1950
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1913
Pinback button
1896-1910
Athletic medal
1948
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
Coin:V USA 1883
1883
Lady's costume: 1806
ca. 1968
Jigsaw puzzle
1950-1960
Priming horn
1755-1825
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1894-1910
Sewing Supplies
1894
Plate
1840-1860
Clothing hanger
1910-1940
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Copain Restaurant
Kitchen tool: pot stand
ca. 1800-1860
Badge: NY Veteran Fireman's Assn...Oct. 3, 1888
1888
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Epaulet
1900-1930
Paperweight
1920-1940
Box/ watch
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1989
Pin
Nippon Club
ca. 1960-1989
Bobbin
1780-1820
Seal of English Republic: 1655; w/ label: Pell papers...1892
ca. 1892
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Grater
1875-1925
Model of steam fire engine
ca. 1900
Bradley's Toy Village Fire Deparment Set
1909
Lithograph Stone
1890-1920
Souvenir ash tray
1901
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Hard Times token
1837
Campaign ribbon
1876
Badge of the Veterans, Seventh Regiment New York National Guard
1899
Fugio cent
1787
Road roller
ca. 1927
Ribbon from Society of the Cincinnati badge
1785
Officer's cap
1870-1892
Plaque
1843-1900
Comic Book
1897
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medal: Rockefeller Center
ca. 1934
Political button
1966
Doll apron
Badge
Dollhouse furn: medicine cabinet
1920-1940
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Chapeau bras with case
ca. 1898
Civil War token
1863
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
The World Says No to War Feb 15 NYC
2003
Lady's costume: 1880
ca. 1959
Pinback button
1896-1910
George Washington "Letter to Hamilton" Medal
1864
One, if by Land Two, if by Sea
ca. 1960-1980
Glove stretcher
ca. 1900-1920
Walking-stick
ca. 1900
Soldiers (pair)
1880-1920
Lace pillow
1730-1780
Photoscope
1930-1940
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1920-1940
Medicine
1930-1960
Stand
1940-1960
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Bughouse
1930-1950
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Award Medal
1957
Doll: girl in white dress w/peach ribbons and hat
ca. 1894
Glove
ca. 1824
Coat
1940-1945
Button
1968
Button
ca. 1980
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1920
Souvenir
1920-1950
Medal in box: Armory Seventh Regt....
1877
Two Garden pins and box
Shopping bag
Collection of 2 pins: Firemen insignia
1894-1896
Ribbon fragment
After 1848
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Medallion: Bruce Crane
1902
1867 Silver Dollar box cover
1870-1900
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Medallion
1904-1930
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1944
Fugio cent
1787
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Box of crayons
1905-1940
Powder horn
1775-1850
Miniature jar
1910-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1690
ca. 1967
Phonograph record box
1902
The New Pretty Village Boathouse Set
1897
United Nations Outlaw Nuclear Weapons!
1975-1985
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1879
Commodore Matthew C. Perry Presentation Medal
1856
Hotel Pierre
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
1831
Medal: Maj. Gen. George McClellan
ca. 1870
Child's plate
1825-1875
Apple parer (knife-fragment)
1800-1830
Campaign pin
1864
Box/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
Button
ca. 1974
Aero Club of America Medal
1917
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
Campaign button w/pin and ribbon
ca. 1864
Pull toy (bird)
1850-1875
Pull toy (ram)
1850-1900
Snuffbox
1800-1840
Necktie
1972
Ashtray/Coin plate
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Transportation token
1995-2003
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2009
Rat trap
1875-1900
Snuffbox
1750-1825
Lady's costume: 1928
ca. 1962
Criss Cross Spelling Slips: Dog & Goose
ca. 1890
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1869
Ashtray
1940-1970
Fan
1876
Advertising cap
1980-2000
Pinback button
1940
VACUUM HOOVER
1928-1932
William Windom Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Ernie's
Swift: Expandable yarn tree w/stand
1840-1870
Canteen
1860-1861
Bell from the ferryboat "Elizabeth"
ca. 1904
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Printing
1868-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Third International Third Reich Third Term???
1940
Bookmark
1892
Clothespin
1750-1850
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
4 Ribbons
1865
Fireman's belt: asst. foreman
1850-1900
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Sword, scabbard and holster fragment
1862
Ribbon
1860-1920
Button
ca. 1985
Handkerchief
1893
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1881
Campaign cane
ca. 1898
Coin: USA 1860-lll
Miniature table
1915-1935
Needle case
1840-1880
Self-Winding Stock Ticker
1923
Paperweight
1890-1920
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Coin tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1930-1948
Button
Croton Aqueduct commemorative medal
1842
Le Bistro
Waffle iron with base
ca. 1895
Waist belt (2)
1860-1870
Pliers (4)
1775-1795
Dolls' house chest
1920-1960
Jug
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1878
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt ILGWU
Cadillac Bar
ca. 1986-1999
Pastry jagger
1840-1860
Badge
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
Framed set of bone buttons, button molds, and iron tool (33) excavated at Fort H
1779-1783
Table croquet q/box w/docu
1880-1910
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
ca. 1890
SAVE CUNY/STOP THE ENROLLMENT REDUCTION TEST (ALIAS-THE 2YR. TEST/WE MUST ORGANIZE
1975-1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back campaign button
1968
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Token: Stein-bloch Suits
1913-1914
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Hose carriage
1890-1900
Hook
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1880-1920
Token
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Sign
1930-1960
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1947 or later
Token
ca. 2000
Badge
Music box
1870-1890
Chisels and punches (36)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with box
1862-1869
February 6, 2002
2002
Mirror
1900-1940
Carton
1980-2000
Magnet
2001-2002
Gentleman's costume: Father of the Bride 1946
ca. 1964
Pinback button
1896-1920
Centenary of the Establishment of the Diocese of New York Medal
1908
The Black Sheep
ca. 1960-1980
iPod Shuffle
2005
Walking-stick
1875-1900
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Toy cannon
ca. 1900
Fire helmet
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Button
1981
Figurine
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Subway token
1995-2003
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1906
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1824
High wheel bicycle
1883
Ship's clock
1840-1860
Table game
ca. 1894
Willkie for president of commonwealth and southern
1940
Advertising sign
1907-1930
Tin
1920-1940
Sign
1890-1940
Food spear
1950-1990
Sew it Up for Nixon-Lodge
1960
I was There ,2009 Inauguration, Obama, Biden
2009
Manhattan Project pin
1945-1950
Wendell Will For Prosperity
Roosevelt, He's Good Enough for My Buck
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1858
Shako with plume
1880-1910
Connecticut copper
1787
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Lapel stud
Top of the Tower
ca. 1960-1980
Model of New York World's Fair, 1939
ca.1939
Portable electric sewing machine, model 128-23
ca. 1952
Powder flask
1879
Miniature potted holly bush
1920-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1775
ca. 1968
Which are You?
1875-1925
Shoulder patches
1940-1965
Sewing Needles
1940-1970
Beer Supply
1906-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1911
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
American Institute Medal
ca. 1856
Heart charms on chain
ca. 1941 - 1945
Collection of 25 early U.S. coins from Mrs. Gordon Whitman
Spoon
1800-1900
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
Canteen w/strap
1860-1865
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
1963
Lieutenant Edward R. McCall Naval Medal
1820-1885
New York World's Fair souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Pin: image of Harrison
Miniature warming pan
1900-1940
Service cap
1917-1918
Dominoes
1950-1970
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Sign
1880-1920
Travel
1930-1960
Pin
1890-1920
We The People Brown '92
1992
"A Greeting" Ribbon
1900-1920
Advertising cane
ca. 1939
Was Tower musket, not tower carbine: f
1815-1830
Chicken coop
1850-1900
Soldiers (12)
1880-1920
Lorgnette and case
ca. 1800
Box
1860-1865
Powder Box
1910-1930
Cleaning supplies
1980-2000
Pen
1980-2000
Beer tray
1885-1915
Ribbon
1901
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal
1920
The Town House Restaurant
Needle work tool
1790-1830
Chester A. Arthur Indian Peace Medal
1883-1885
Octant
ca. 1840
Model 1884 Experimental Trapdoor Rifle
1884
Clothes hanger
ca. 1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1890-1920
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1989
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Parking meter
ca. 1990
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1800-1850
1939 New York World's Fair Token
1939
Bust
Soldier on horse
1875-1915
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
Gold thread excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Badge: Westchester Exempt Firemen's Assn., 1901
1901
Medicine
1880-1920
Lotion tube/box
1906-1930
Tobacco
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Campaign cane
ca. 1952
Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game
1886-1888
Dollhouse furn: 2-drawer chest
1920-1940
Cannonball excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Primer box
1862
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1888-1900
Campaign token
1960-1968
Medal: Armory Seventh Regt. N.Y.S.N.G....
1877
Verdi
Fireman's belt fragment: Columbia
1850-1900
Ribbon
early 20th century
Sausage Grinder
1800-1850
Joslyn Model 1864 Carbine
1864-1865
Paperweight/Calendar
1892
Button
ca. 1965
Beer premium
1930-1950
Postcards/ periodical
1996
Pinback button
1896-1910
Stick pin
Redheads 50 Matches
ca. 1960-1980
Washboard
1930-1950
Ribbon
1800-1900
Sword, scabbard
ca. 1861
Medallion: Peace of Versailles
Doll
1830-1860
Gavel: The Gov;t Club
1923
English History
1894
Medicine
1906-1920
Cup
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Button
1968
Republican Convention Delegate Badge
1900
Bonnet badge
1760-1783
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Toy cupboard
1860-1880
Nail excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Souvenir token
1900-1920
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1889
Seal press
Badge on block in envelope: N.Y.F.D. 25
1839-1865
Miniature set of dishes (23)
1850-1900
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Officer's coat
1775-1785
Civil War token
1863
Tool
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Model for elevated railroad 1871
1871
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
SUPPORT/HR1300/NATIONAL/HEALTH CARE/FOR ALL/AMERICANS/NOW!
1980-1985
Voltaire Medal
1778
New Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
KING DAY JAN. 15TH
1968-1969
Coin:...1647
Top
ca. 1869
Doll: old oriental woman
1890-1920
Fire helmet
1840-1868
Badge: Cent. of Washingtons Inauguration
1889
Shaving Mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1930-1950

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