Collection Highlights

Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass

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Doll: old oriental woman
1890-1920
The Comical Game of Snap
ca. 1910
American Stanhope
ca. 1960-1980
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Shovel blade excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Magnetic Jack Straws
1891
Medicine
1900-1930
Cup
1980-2000
United behind the President
Pin
1995-2000
Early American token: Peales Museum & Gallery of the Fine Arts 1825
1825
Ribbon
1888
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Stamps (2) in box
1860-1890
Footlocker
1860-1865
Button
1975
Pinback button
1956-1973
Cue stick
License plate
1942
Token
1913
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Darning egg: green
1900-1950
Poupards (4)
1900-1940
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
1852 or later
Cent coin
1906
Miniature mortar and pestle
1900-1930
Parade cap
1870-1900
Civil War token
1863
Hook
1890-1930
Badge
1890-1930
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1986
Norwalk Memorial Medal
1869
Container Cafe
ca. 1960-1980
WE ARE ALL P.O.W.
1980-1990
Cup
1875-1925
Jenny Lind Doll
1850-1880
Powder flask
1840-1870
Stirrups (pair)
1875-1925
The Darktown Fancy Ball Puzzle
1894
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Watch box
1980-2000
Button
1985
Civil War token
1863
Fragment from the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
ca. 1887
Cross section of branch from battle of Gettysburg
1863-1870
Halliday Medal
1850-1880
Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration Badge
1905
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Umbrella: blue w/carved horsehead handle
1850-1880
Pipe: long stem
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1910
Pinback button
1940-1960
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Canning jar
1880-1910
Historical memorabilia
1946
James A.Garfield Commemorative Medal
1881
Political button
Aerial camera
Apple parer
1800-1830
Wallpaper fragment from Mount Vernon
1780-1790
Shako
1930-1940
Fugio cent
1787
Box
1934
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medallion
1849
Tobacco jar and cover
1890-1900
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Button
Ambassador Grill
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Cake board
ca. 1790
Old Maid
ca. 1900
Cosmetic Bottle
1890-1920
Token
1880-1920
Parasol: black w/carved handle w/floral motif
1850-1880
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Button
1980-1990
Hair brush
ca. 1960
World's Columbian Exposition "Half Dollar"
1893
Krazy-Ikes Building Set
1930
Dr. Jekyll of Hyde Park
Centennial of the Battle of Fort Washington, No. 7 Medal
1876
Time capsule chest
1914
Miniature console table
1920-1940
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan/ invitation
1890
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tin advertising figure
1890-1920
Bodkin
ca. 1890
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Bottle w/label: Osgood's India Cholagogue New York
1840-1860
Apothecary jar with cover
1830-1890
Plaster medal casts
1851-1900
Pin-back button
2016
Military button samples
1826
Home ABC
ca. 1890
Medicine
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
I am a Willkie Democrat
Tobacco premium
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
ca. 1878
Cane
ca. 1883
Rabbit plane
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1785
ca. 1960
Eyeglasses
ca. 1930
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Political Asylum for Salvadorean Refugees/Stop Deportations Corpresal
1980-1995
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Whistle
1920-1940
Beer advertising sign
1920-1940
Pencil
1940-1960
Needle case
1790-1830
Machine gun stock grip
1945-1955
Joseph Hodges Choate Commemorative Medal
1922
Prince George Hotel
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Officer's coat
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
2 horse team on platform w/wheels
1850-1900
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
PAUL/ CURRAN/ FOR/ GOVERNOR
1982
Paper doll
1830-1860
Copperplate for House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Havell Plate no. 83, from John J. Audubon's series "Birds of America"
1830
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
Ribbon
1883
Cup excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1740-1783
Lotto
ca. 1890
Ashtray
1940
Shopping bag
1985
Bar Tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Game of Phoebe Snow
1909
Toy omnibus: Broadway 4th Avenue
ca. 1872
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Doll hat
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1897
Tape measure
1840-1880
The Improved Game: Peter Coddle And His Latest Trip to New York
1875-1900
Candle holder
1900-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Token: Williams Iowa Supply Iowa City IA 25c.
1900-1940
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1940-1980
FRANKIE and JOHNNIE'S Restaurant
Badge w/pin
Rotary knife cleaner
1854-1900
Mortar
ca. 1750-1850
Bottle opener
1920-1960
Token
1900-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
NBC Tenth Anniversary Medal
1936
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Pipe rack
1800-1850
Fire helmet: fireman 9?F?
1850-1880
The Saloon
ca. 1960-1980
Cookie cutter
1850-1900
Thread winder
1875-1900
Fireman's belt
1868-1900
Ribbons
1890
Ashtray
1940-1970
Salt and pepper shaker
1939
Tobacco shop figure
ca. 1880-1910
Novelty fan
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Medal
1840
Matchbook
1940-1945
Bayonet, early 19th C. U.S.
1800-1830
Stamp with display stand
1770-1820
Powder horn
1756
Figurine
1910-1940
Fan
1948
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Lock plate assembly and hammer for percussion rifle
1862
Carved horse
1850-1900
Jeton in envelope: Louis XV
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York Medal
1914
"1964-1965 New York World's Fair Daily Dime Bank"
1964-1965
Miniature candlesticks (pair)
1900-1925
Pigs in the Clover
ca. 1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Advertising tray
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Association V.D.
1854-1880
Travel
1989-1992
Match case
1890-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
The Palm Court
ca. 1960-1988
Thimble of Lydia Lewis
ca. 1860-1880
Miniature nutcracker
1890-1920
Cane
1840-1860
Miniature bottle
1875-1900
Ribbon
1844
Dissected Pucture Puzzle Series No. 2
ca. 1880
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1890-1910
Medicine
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civl War token
1863
Powder flask
1840-1870
Whale tooth
1910-1940
Souvenir: Prince of Wales, Victoria & Albert (w/ribbon)
ca. 1850
Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third-Class Transportation Token
1947
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Lath from General Varnum House
ca. 1770
Basket
1880-1940
Stop Nuclear Power!/Demonstrate at Shoreham June 3/SHAD Alliance
1979
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
Political button
July 10, 1976
Doll handbag
Coin: half dollar, Illinois State Centennial, 1918
Miniature plates (7)
1880-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Monopoly
copyright 1936
Goatscape
2001
Calendar
1938
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Pin-back button
1980
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
2 babies in carraige
1860-1900
Veterans for McGovern
1972
Shun Lee Palace
ca. 1960-1980
Shaving kit that belonged to John Pintard
ca. 1817
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
Printing roller
1780-1830
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Button hook
1890-1930
Plate
1900-1920
Civil War token
1863
Aero Club of America Medal
ca. 1908
Spoon
mid 20th Century
Necktie
1935-1945
Coll. of 7 tokens: Talbot, Allum & Lee, One Cent, 1794
Tea caddy
1820-1850
Collection box:...Victims of War, Debt to France
ca. 1914-1918
Paperweight
Jar/ Food
1950-1990
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Tin
1890-1920
Ruler
1910-1930
Hat
1942
Gasoline truck
1920-1940
1924 New York City National Democratic Convention Commemorative Medal
1924
Badge
Mason jar
Campaign hat
1898
Sestertius in envelope: Roman w/Hadrian on face
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Ell measure
1780-1820
Puzzle
1952
Personal item
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Advertising paperweight
1893
Die
1800-1838
Pull toy: locomotive
1900-1910
Knitting sheath
1775-1825
Scarf pin
1860-1865
Beer bottle
1890-1910
Cork
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Ruler
1948
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
ca. 1789 or later
Hammer lock
1846
Fulton National Bank Medal
1909
Golden Jubilee, Hotel Astor
Mortar and pestle
1750-1800
Holster
1860-1875
Paperweight
1890-1910
Tin/ Food
1906-1930
Horseshoes (2) excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: General Lafayette
1876
AFL-CIO COPE/FOR LBJ & HHH
1974
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
1850-1860
Miniature Furniture, "Butler's" Tray Table
ca. 1983
Windup toy: musician and dancer
1900-1930
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Shako with pompon
ca. 1865
The ABC of Feathers and Songs
ca. 1890
Clock part
1871
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Top
ca. 1875
Campaign button
1896
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Pair of doll gloves
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1892
Needle case
1800-1850
Stirrer
1950-1980
Jar
1884-1920
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Coin: Hugenot Half dollar, Founding of New Netherland 1924
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medal
1983
Pin-back button
1972
Medal: NY and Brooklyn ...
1883
Tête-à-tête
Token: One cent, Steam-Boat Company 1815
ca. 1815
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Dress coat
1912
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Transportation token
1970-1978
Pinback button
1896-1910
Toy: locomotive
1850-1900
Le Gai Violiniste
1897
Snuff box: portrait relief
1800-1850
Button
1928
Central Falls
ca. 1960-1980
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
George Washington Souvenir Medal
1876
Grapeshot (52) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Checker taxi cab
1982
Button
ca. 1975
Ribbon
1905-1910
Sewing supply
1910-1940
Advertising clock
1890-1900
Pinback button
1890-1920
Memorial Mass Program: Robert Kennedy
1970
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
ca. 1900
Matchbook
1940-1945
Eibar spanish cartridge pistol
Seal
1840-1850
Scoop
ca. 1775-1850
Pin tray
1890-1920
Bottle/ food
1962-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1930
Stereoscope
ca. 1858
Dollhouse furn.: bird in birdcage
1920-1940
Squeak toy (girl and nest with eggs)
1875-1900
Medal:Catskill Aqueduct begun 1905
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medal
1909
Miniature food mold
1900-1940
Percussion musket
1840-1860
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Cocktail shaker
1940-1960
Postcard
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
5 loose buttons
1920-1970
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Miniature carriage
1875-1910
Dollhouse furn: desk w/shell decoration inside
1920-1940
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Bottle/Liquor
1988
Postcard
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1881
Russian Tea Room
ca. 1927-2007
Eyeglasses worn by Harold Moroson when working on the Manhattan Project
ca. 1944
Doll bench
1920-1940
Walking-stick
19th century
Mourning badge on cardboard: Engine Co.5...
1856-1866
Brass fastener
1760-1783
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Collar
1900-1920
Perfume Sample
1992
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Collection of toy soldiers in box
1870-1910
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1900
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Child's dance clogs (pair)
1880-1893
Flint lock musket, 20 Model Brown Bess; field repair, original length
1765-1775
Hair Grooming
1970-2000
Lid/ Food
1947
Historical ephemera
1915-1920
Ribbon/ medal
1916
Pinback button
1997
Badge: 100% duty 1 year
1900-1948
Political button
1968
Doll handbag
Coin: Carol lll. D.G. HISP. ETIND. R. 1800
Spike from the U.S.S. Niagara on wooden mount w/label
ca. 1813
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1910
Apothecary jars with lids
1850-1900
Plaque
1880-1920
Hardware/ household
1900-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Miniature birdcage
1920-1940
Doll: woman in black dress w/velvet trim on stand
1860-1890
Badge case
Medallion in case in box w/docu: Medalic Art Co. 50th. Ann..
1950
Davidoff
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1922
Demijohn or carboy bottle fragment
1770-1810
Puzzle book in a box
1875-1925
India: An Oriental Game
1895
Pin-back button
ca. 2001
Spring lorgnette with chain
ca. 1920
Bank
1950-1980
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Rear doors of Rescue Company #2 rig
Civil War token
1863
Badge
20th century
Dexterity game
1930-1950
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
Wallet
1764
Hat
1942-1944
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Glass/ food
1900-1930
Plate
1909
Medallion w/ribbon: General U.S Grant
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Harry S. Truman Presidential Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1949
Medal with ribbon
ca. 1918
Viewfinder key chain
1968
Delftware tile fragment excavated at the Blue Bell Tavern
1750-1783
Coin: Silver Quarter, Washington, 1932
Button
ca. 1969
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Button
1980
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
The Transport of Memory
1999
Ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
1915-1940
Snuff box w/tag: fish-shaped; lid inscribed: 641
1800-1900
Walking-stick
1880-1910
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Victory La
Section of water pipe
1770-1805
Ice creepers (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Grandmama's Useful Knowledge
1887
Bottle
1890-1920
Brochure
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1906
Commemorative cup
1899
Clothing advertising token
1914
Projectile point
1500-1700
Match box
1880-1900
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1960
Marco Polo Club
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Doll's cradle and bedding
1850-1900
Jacket
1865-1870
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1919
Medicine
1900-1930
Cane
1910-1930
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
Save the Theatres
Coll. of 2 coins: Silver dollar, Liberty, 1799 & 1800
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Ashtray
1940-1960
Coat
1872-1902
The World Educator and Game
1919
Sewing Supplies
1920-1960
Powder box
1940-1970
Truck door of Rescue Company #2 rig
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Lady's costume: 1675
ca. 1966
Ribbon
1850-1870
Button
2003
Ship's bell from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Commemorative cane
2000
Calthrop
1760-1775
Sword belt
1860-1870
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930

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