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Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays

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Camera and accessories
1885-1895
Game of Snap
ca. 1890
Booklet
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1888-1900
Towers Hotel - Brooklyn, N.Y. Swizzle stick
1950-1980
Token
Horseshoe Puzzle
1930-1950
Advertising/Landauer paperweight
1885-1890
Holster
1860-1875
Railroad and Steamship Sound Money Club Badge
1900
Winchester Model 1886 Rifle
1886-1898
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Trousers
1901
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1880-1910
Badge/ medal
1900-1930
Historical souvenir
1898-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Identification Token
Shopping bag
Hat
1942
Toy cupboard
1875-1900
Teapot (6) excavated at a Colonial house
1760-1783
Edward W. Parsons & Mary F. Taber Marriage Medal
1876
Medicine
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1996
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
2004
Am I Not a Man & a Brother
ca. 1800
Box of crayons
ca. 1930
Ribbon badge
1888
Miniature chambersticks (3)
1930-1950
Gentleman's costume: 1799
ca. 1968
Razor blades (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Game of Nations
ca. 1898
Button
1970-1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
Pen
1980-2000
One Hundred Years of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States Medal
1915
The Four Seasons
Medal in Box: Battle of Bennington...1777-1927
1927
Ike One good term deserves another
James Monroe Indian Peace Medal
After 1817
Sternboard from the "Portsmouth"
ca. 1843
Sock dryers (2)
1870-1880
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Button
ca. 1968
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
After 1840
Rice Krispy Treat Elves Cut Outs
Tote bag
2016
100th Anniversary of American Independence Medal
1876
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Whale's tooth
1840-1900
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1650-1750
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon pin
1891
Cane
2000
Button
Cart
1860-1890
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
Moustache comb
1878-1898
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing cards
1901
Pinback button
1940
Sewing kit
2003
Holland Society Plaquette
1911
Promenade Cafe
Pilgrim Fathers Medal
1920
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Inauguration Medal
1934
Apple parer
1800-1830
Souvenir draft capsule from World War I in box
ca. 1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Ruler
1920-1940
Poultry tag
1905-1930
Button
Bookmark
1863
Stamp
1825-1875
Coin: Vermont Auctori, Immune Columbia, 1785
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Ashtray
1910-1950
Booklet
1940
Bar tray
1898-1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
TEACH PEACE
ca. 1982
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1840
Medal: Church of St. John the Divine N.Y.
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Clock
1920-1940
Coin scale in case
1700-1800
Miniature table
1920-1940
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
1824
Footlocker with belongings
1860-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
Watch brochure
1997
Ashtray
1920-1940
Pinback button
1908
Button
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Versailles
Halliday Medal
1850-1880
Key
ca. 1775
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Vote for Ike
Sette MoMA
ca. 1993-2002
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Sewing book
1850-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Optical
1880-1920
Toy
1930-1950
Printing
1928
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Rbbon
1892
Brooch
1941-1945
Buttons (3) excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Tailcoat
1900-1920
Sand caster
1770-1800
Walking-stick
1888-1912
Set of surgical instruments in case
ca. 1776
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Fan
1894
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1900-1920
Guitar pick
1920-1940
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
1920
Political button
1980s
Erector set
1958
Centennial of the Battle of Fort Washington, No. 7 Medal
1876
Ribbon badge
ca.1893
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Chapeau bras
1866-1875
Pin-back button
1972
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
Udall For President
1976
The Society of Medalists 6th Issue
1932
Taste of Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1905
We Women Want Willkie
Toy tilt-top table
1850-1900
Flask or case bottle
1700-1800
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
1854-1880
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Certificate
1918
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Token
1863
Pair of doll stockings
1870-1880
Gentleman's costume: 1750
ca. 1961
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Modeling tool
1850-1900
Badge w/button: R.H.&L. Co. no.1 corfu, NY...Aug.19-24, 1901
1901
Buttons
1860-1865
Navel bayonet and scabbard
1862
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1915
Food spear
1940-1960
Commemorative coin
ca. 1850
Napkin
1957
The Eagle
ca. 1970-1980
Badge: Volunteer Firemen's Assn., City of New York
1885-1895
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Dress hat
1930-1945
Pine tree shilling
1652
Paperweight
1895-1930
Doll
1910-1920
Thimble/ music
1900-1960
Badge
1890-1940
Wm. H. Taft for President
La piazzetta di Quisisana
ca. 1960-1980
Portrait doll
1941
Badge w/ribbon & pin
Vaporizer in original box
1905-1915
Soldiers (12)
1840-1870
Phonograph record in box
1904
The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
1871
Bottle
1898-1900
Wallet
1958
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pencil
1950-1960
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Tin flag
After 1945
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Token: Borden's Econo-way Service 1 1/2 cent
1938-1939
Ike likes Me
Rum Bottle
1760-1785
Artist's Paint Box
1870-1890
Canteen w/strap attachment
1890-1918
Pin-back button
Tin/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1930
Sack
1860-1890
Responsible Leadership Humphrey-Muskie
1968
Pin-back campaign button
2004
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Pull toy (cow)
1880-1920
Mechanical toy (Punch and Judy)
ca. 1890
Shako
ca. 1860
Pin-back button
1984
Handle
1890-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1913
Commemorative cane
ca. 1983
Chicken w/moveable parts
1850-1900
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Milestone
1822-23
Mixed Pickles
ca. 1890
String Holder
1880-1910
Fan
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Coin/ medallion
1954
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
THE FORUM OF THE TWELVE CAESARS
Coin:...1642
Dog Tags
1943-1945
Microscope in case
1875-1900
Spanish cartridge box
1880-1895
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Perfume Box
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Advertisement
1892
Bootjack
1800-1900
Doll w/hood
ca. 1910
Scientific toy in box: Demuth's Patent Pulsating Bottle Imp and Blood Tester
1875-1900
Fragment of spigot excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool
ca. 1880
Button
ca. 1990
Tube
1930-1950
Tobacco
1926
Pin
1920-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Doll's dress: 2 piece brown silk bodice and skirt with red trim
1870-1880
Coin: half dollar, York County...Maine 1636-1936
Campaign cane
ca. 1933
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Thimble
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1724
ca. 1967
Needlecase
1845-1855
The Exciting Laughable New Game, Pillow-Dex
1896
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1928
Button
1972
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Mediterranee
Souvenir: Prince of Wales, Victoria & Albert (w/ribbon)
ca. 1850
Palette and (3) paintbrushes that belonged to Augustus Toedteberg
1840-1860
Trick Pony
ca. 1885
Dolls' house candelabra
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Taft
1921-1950
Medal: marksman 3, sharpshooter 2, expert 2...
Sword, scabbard and belt
1820-1850
Washtub
1700-1800
Dolls' house table lamp
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Pencil/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Barkley
Terrace
ca. 1975-2007
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Doll: pilgrim girl
1930-1940
Peddler Woman Doll
1800-1850
Nightstick
1860-1913
Historical Puzzle Box
ca. 1900
Medicine
1890-1900
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1995
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Stephan A.Douglas Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
William Starling Powder Horn
1760
Walking stick
1760-1780
Scoop
ca. 1830-1870
Walking-stick
1860-1918
Handkerchief box
1840-1880
Marbles (86)
1850-1920
Box
1943
Bottle/ food
1930-1950
Cue stick
Button
1980-1990
Box
1890-1920
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
NYC2012 Candidate City/100 Days Until the Decision/July 6, 2005
2005
Medal in Case: F.Habeneck Foudatour 1828
ca. 1881
Ribbon
1892
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Sand caster
ca. 1848
Button
1968
Tool
1885
Trade sign
1880-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1875
Batons
ca. 1960-1980
GO DRUG FREE
1975-1985
Woodcarving (horse)
1850-1900
Cottages (6 pieces)
1875-1925
Fire helmet: chief engineer M.J.B.
ca. 1864
Toy armoire
Collar
1866-1910
Pen/ pencil
1930-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Civil War Token
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Gentleman's costume: 1806
ca. 1966
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Stereoscope
1870-1880
Hat
1865-1880
Fanny Gray
1854
Purse
1780-1805
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1992-1996
Tin/ food
1950-1960
Button
1986
Historical novelty
1950-1970
Richard Nixon Official Inaugural Medal
1969
Political button
School slate
1870
Box
1750-1780
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1850-1860
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Ribbon
1904
Pin-back button
1990
Hardware Sign
c. 1900
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dr. Frederick Rose Personal Medal
1861
East
ca. 1960-1980
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1806
Snuff grinder with stopper
1775-1825
Paper doll
1830-1860
Die and (2) impressions in box
1850-1900
The Brownie Blocks
1891
Paperweight/Ruler
1963
Medallion
1924
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1936-1944
Lusitania Medal
After 1915
Map of New York State
ca. 1900
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1910
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Badge in case
Helmet
1918
Child's plate
1825-1875
Trousers
ca. 1862
Button
ca. 1965
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tapestry
1927
Pen
1990-2000
Pin-back button
State Department Lifesaving Medal
ca. 1861
Ashtray
mid-twentieth century
Toy: water well with buckets
1860-1890
Handle to engraving tool
1850-1900
Tobacco box
ca. 1760
Linen A * B * C Book: First Steps
1899
Button
ca. 1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Personal item
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1920
PS 118/22
1922
Centennial ribbon
ca. 1876
Commemorative cane
ca. 1920's
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1848
Collection of trees, buildings & scenery
1870-1910
Hansom Cab
ca. 1895-1902
Flint projectile points (2) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
1600-1783
St. Nicholas Series Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Button
1975-1990
Box/ Candy
1910-1940
Ashtray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Token: Union Pacific Lucky Piece 1940...Challengers
1940
50th Anniversary, Belmont Park
James Pollock Mint and Treasury Medal
1880-1892
Hat cover
1940-1945
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
19th century
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Button
Wilson/Caso
1974
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Dress helmet
1888
Spin It
ca. 1926
Medicine
1930-1960
Pin-back button
ca. 2001
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2004
Buttons
Still bank
1840-1880
Dollhouse furn.: french bed w/ pillow & mattress
1920-1940
Skein of linen thread
1750-1825
Game of Uncle Sam's Mail
1893
Bell
1900-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Match box
1890-1920
Tin
1890-1930
Office supply
1860-1890
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Hickory House
Coin: lll
Sword Belt
1860-1865
Bandbox
1775-1810
Trousers
1860-1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Vote Conservative/GOV. Wilson/Row "C"
1985-1990
Campaign pin
Hotel Algonquin
ca. 1960-1980
Plate
1825-1850
Pair of flintlock dueling pistols with case and accessories (57)
1780-1800
Miniature console table
1920-1940
Nightstick
1870-1885
The News Boy Game
1895
Optician advertisement
1880-1920
Salt shaker
1893
Badge/ medal
1910-1911
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
After 1840
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Fire helmet frontpiece: assistant engineer
1868-1900
Bayonet
1760-1783
Ship models (2)
1900-1915
Box
1790-1815
Packet
1910-1940
Comic book
1897
Ash tray/ tip tray
1900-1930
Plate
1910
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Bassinet
1940
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796

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