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Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass

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Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1913
Pin
1890-1910
Go 4th to Win the War
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
High-back chair w/ribbon
1920-1940
Doll w/white dress
1820-1860
Tub
1800-1830
Noggin
1850-1930
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for President 1864
1864
Rolling pin
ca. 1842
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Pin-back button
ca. 1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Seal w/tag: Argencia Commercial del Ymperio Mexicano
ca. 1867
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1834
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Dollhouse furn: bed w/spring
1920-1940
Snuff jar
1850-1900
Percussion cap pouch with belt fragment
1860-1865
Printer's Block
1901
Bookmark/ Food
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Ribbon/ medal
1889
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York City Tercentennial Medallion
1953
With Willkie We Won't Need Relief
Physician's saddlebag with medicine containers
1850-1870
Presidential two-headed campaign coin
1908
Keith Haring button
Box with four forms and packet of gold leaf
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with case
ca. 1899
New York Philharmonic Stagebill for April 17-20, 2002
2002
Fan
1920-1950
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Proudly We Hail
2001-2002
Dollhouse furn: toilet
1920-1940
Ribbon
ca. 1845
Pinback button
1896-1920
Bibliographical Society Medal
1928
Toons
ca. 1960-1980
Protractor
ca. 1900
Cane
1875-1925
John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal
After 1861
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
1854-1880
The Game of What D'ye Buy
ca. 1895
Box/ Collar
1869-1910
Stickers
1987-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button
ca. 1990
Civil War token
1863
Theodore Roosevelt Republican Campaign Badge
1904
Hall's Excelsior
1869
Walking-stick
1780-1820
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Mercedes SS 1928
1928
Straight pin
1850-1900
Puzzle
1850-1900
Pin-back campaign button
1948
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Collection
1910-1920
Sign
1890-1940
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Yes We Did
2009
Sugar Daddy tennis racket head cover
1973
John Stewart Military Medal
1780
Palette that belonged to John Ward Dunsmore
1900-1940
Dress helmet
1880-1900
Virginia half penny
1773
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Protection Sound Money
Brasserie
ca. 1960-1980
Dollhouse chair
1920-1940
Second Rhode Island Regiment of Infantry
ca. 1936
Button
1940
World War II student identification tag
ca. 1942
Edward Everett Bartlett Plaquette
1926
Seal impression in box
1853-1880
Shoulder patches
1941-1945
Paperweight/ medallion
1925
Tobacco tin
ca. 1912
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Glengarry (folding hat)
ca. 1861
Plate
1909
Hard Times token
1837
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Handkerchief set in box
ca. 1941 - 1945
Chester A. Arthur Presidential Medal
1883
$10 Eagle
1801
Purse
1850-1900
Trousers
1940-1945
Paperweight
1900-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Plate/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
ca. 1964
Coast Survey (Bache) Life Saving Medal
After 1861
Whale tooth
1910-1940
Apothecary bottle with cap
1880-1920
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Home Games for Little Girls
ca. 1870
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1940
Ribbon
1888
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
General Nathaniel Greene Military Medal
ca. 1890
Fugio cent
1787
Advertising cane
2000
Dollhouse furn: side board
1920-1940
Spectacles and case
1790-1800
Schuetzen rifle
1850-1865
Powder Box
1920-1940
Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Game
ca. 1985
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
Ribbon
ca. 1894
U.S. Civil War bayonet
1840-1875
Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria
Octant in case
1850-1870
Trousers
1941-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Condom tin
1931-1940
Hoop game
1850-1900
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1985-2000
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Seal press with New York Chamber of Commerce seal
ca. 1770, ca. 1850
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1867
Fragment of church bell melted in the Great Fire of 1835
1674
Goat pulling cart
1870-1890
Coin: half dollar, Panama-Pacific Expos. 1915
Pistol balls (7) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Ashtray
1901
Medicine tin
1880-1910
Pill box
1940-1960
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Autoperipatetikos
ca. 1862
Bust
Ribbon
1885
Commemorative cane
2005
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Cartridge Pouch
1830-1850
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
United States Centennial Commission Medal
1876
Bottle
1930-1960
Campaign token
1936-1940
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
The Rainbow Grill
Badge w/ribbon and pin
Sewing box
1860-1900
Merrill Carbine, Second Type
1863
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1930-1960
Coin/ periodical
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1997
Doll house furniture: toilet w/elevated tank
1920-1940
Doll: Oriental woman w/purple jacket
1930-1960
Fireman's belt: ocean hose
1850-1900
National Arts Club
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobbaco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Powder horn
1758
Gavel:...Edwd. H. Kent...
1881
The Commander of Our Forces: A Game for Old and Young
1863
Medicine
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
2 ribbons
Trade sign
1934-1940
Pinback button
1995-2000
VIETNAM PROTEST WASHINGTON EASTER 65 SPU
1965
Button
1899-1901
Belt plate
1760-1783
13th Regiment New Armory Fair Medal
1894
Sewing box
1840-1880
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1947
Pinback button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Bottle
1880-1905
Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable Commemorative Medal
1858
Parasol: black w/ crook handle
1870-1900
Wooden soldier
1875-1925
General Anthony Wayne Military Medal
ca. 1889
New York Sun
ca. 2000
Calipers
1850-1870
Dress coat
1891-1906
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Box/ Food
Token
1934
Badge on block in envelope: President...
1870-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1986
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Ristorante Arqua
1980-1990
A I
1980-2000
Miniature high chair
1915-1935
Doll in bridal dress in box w/pillow
1900-1920
Needle case
1825-1875
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (41) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1770-1783
Setto: Game of Syllables
1882
Mug/Shaving
1911
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1989
Bottle/ can opener
1901-1920
Hard Times token
1832-1835
Selters bottle (21)
1760-1783
Badge
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Medal
ca. 1873
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Parasol: black w/tassel
1880-1910
Ballard Carbine
1862-1865
Tammany Delegate Badge
1904
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Trade sample
1943-1950
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Commemorative token
1919
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Fragment of ship model
1900-1915
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Walrus tusk
1850-1880
Capitol Dominoes
1950-1970
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Thimble/ beverages
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General William Henry Harrison Military Medal
1824-1885
Generator flashlight
1914-1919
Miniature Furniture, Small corner Cabinet
ca. 1983
Demorcrats for Dwight D. Eisenhower
65 Irving Place
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Forks (4)
1740-1783
Needle case
1750-1780
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
1897
Perfume Bottle
1960-1990
Shopping bag
1998
Toy high chair
1900-1925
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1930-1950
Button
1993
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Plaquette
1909
Miraculum!
1920-1929
George Washington Presidential Medal
1861-1865
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Container: Spoon box
ca. 1723
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising sign
1880-1910
Political novelty
1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
ca. 1812
Pin-back button
2016
Dragoon helmet
1700-1800
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Medicine advertising sign
1890-1930
Commemorative token
1840-1880
Button
1936
Tobacco handbag
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
1890-1920
Cane
Squeak toy (hen)
1875-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1770
ca. 1964
Box
1775-1825
Fish pond
ca. 1890
Button
1988
Candy tin
1900-1930
Shoe horn
1920-1950
Pipe
1890-1930
Pen
1962-1970
Percussion rifle, belgian made, boys rifle
1845-1865
Bowl
1750-1825
Saint Nicholas Society Medal
1903
Mormando Restaurant
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
ca. 1774
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1930-1950
Ribbon
STANLEY SIMON/ THE BRONX
1984
NEW YORK'S FAMOUS IRISH RESTAURANTS
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Cutlass and Scabbard
1862
O'Grady's Goat: A Merry Game
ca. 1895
Ashtray
1931
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Store display/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Women For Clinton Gore Light The Way For Change
Pull toy: hill-climber duck
1900-1930
Ribbon Pin
1909
Doll bustle
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1884
Needle case
1750-1800
Medal: U.S. Coast Guard Baroque Eagle
2000
Ashtray/ coin plate
1953
Fan
1900-1930
Transportation Tokens: Rochester Lines School Fare
1927-1938
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Pin
1960-1975
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Manny Wolf's Chop House
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
1840-1860
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Corkscrew
1900-1940
Token
1878-1900
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1940-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Doll w/brown dress
1820-1860
Miniature doll
1870-1900
Fire bucket
ca. 1806
United Nations
ca. 1960-1980
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1817
Gavel made from deck of the U.S.S. Niagara
ca. 1813
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
Ashtray
1920-1960
Pen
1893
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Matchbook
1940-1945
Miniature pan
1900-1920
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Butter mold
ca. 1815-1875
Match Holder
1894
Fan
1920-1950
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898-1900
Clothing hanger
1940-1960
Doll house furniture: round table
1920-1940
Toy chest on stand
1840-1880
Coin: Hilus
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Puzzle
1960-1970
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Remington Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle
1862-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Fire helmet: Hopkinson Hose Co.
1850-1880
Shopping bag
1970-2000
Travel/ pencil
1940-1960
Tobacco
1910-1930
Zachary Taylor Presidential Medal
1850
Le Bernardin
ca. 1986-2007
Obama Presidential Playing Cards
2012
Carved animal
1850-1900
Doll: in red dress
1820-1850
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Ship's starboard lantern
1850-1900
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
ca. 1885
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1999
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens
1863
Collection of 4 sailors
1900-1935
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Medal fragment: #3
Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal
ca. 1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Window glass fragments (3) from St. Paul's Chapel
1766
The New Pretty Village Church Set
1897
Button
1970
Fan
1930-1950
Packet
1940-1960
Sign
1885
Utensil
1940-1960
Badge in case
1868-1930
Political button
1976
Doll robe
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Miniature glasses set and caddy
1900-1950
Forage cap
1893-1899
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
ca. 1968
Fan
1910-1930
Lapel pin
2002
Coin
1943
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
Dancing dolls (pair)
1800-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1840
ca. 1960
Button
1972
All Those in Favor Say Ike
1953-1961
Chin Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Johnson Humphrey Vote Democratic
1964
Native American pestle
1500-1700
Boot ornament
1875-1910
Aiguillettes
1945-1965
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Commemorative token
1932
Ice skates (pair)
1825-1875
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1880-1890
Hard Times token
ca. 1837
1878 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1878
Pinback button with ribbon
1983
Shoulder belt
1860-1870
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Male Iroquois Native American
Mid-19th century
Rifle
1750-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Matchholder
1900-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1940-1960
Ruler
1880-1900
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Coupe
1928-1934
National Guard Commemorative Medal
1826
Silver star badge
Shopping bag
2008
Campaign hat
1917-1918
Longshoreman's unloader's hook
ca. 1965
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Campaign button: Americanism Roosevelt
Toy
1978
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1890-1920
Flashlight in case
ca. 2000
Ribbon
ca. 1879
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Snuffbox and lid
1800-1825
Doll
1920-1930
Hatter's trade sign
1800-1850
The Game of Guess Again
ca. 1890
Beer bottle
1900-1930
Sugar Bowl
1890-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Clip
1950-1960
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848
Miniature Furniture; Open work Tray-Top Table
ca. 1984
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal
1927
King Cole Bar
Bell from the "Clermont"
1800-1807
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1920
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medallion
1849
FOR/WILLKIE/PRESIDENT
1940
Bottle
1850-1925
Copperplate for Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), plate no. 138 in John J. Audubon's "Birds of America"
19th century
Bell toy: goat
1890-1900
Button
Sword, scabbard and tassel
1852-1862
Dissected Outline Map of the United States of America
ca. 1900
Cap
1930-1950
Theater souvenir
1896
Tobacco
1900-1960
Insignia
1860-1890
Miniature armchair
1920-1940
Document: Grover Cleveland...Allan G. Thurman...
ca. 1885
Token
Doll handkerchief
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1904
Badminton set
1850-1900
Alphabetic Object Teacher
ca. 1875
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Token: Rockefeller Center N.Y.C.
1934-1936

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