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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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Bunker Hill medal
1875
Coin
Dinner plate
ca. 1952
John Adams Indian Peace Medal
1905
For President Thomas E. Dewey
Volunteer Dewey Warren I'm on the team
Button
Pin-back button
1952
Truman Barkley
Buttons
Button
Cosmocton, OH
Button
Smith for President
Pin-back campaign button
1928
Smith of President
Button
1928
Dig in for Willkie
Badge
Button
Willkie
Sunset, View on the Catskill
1833
INV.13710.2
INV.13710.3
INV.13710.4
Spanish coin (2 Reales)
1739
INV.13710.6
INV.13710.7
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
Treasury Department - First Class Life Saving Medal
1881
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Treasury Department - First Class Life Saving Medal (1877-1882)
1877-1882
Treasury Department - Second Class Life Saving Medal (1876)
1879
James Madison Indian Peace Medal
1814 or later
Pin-back button
2000-2002
Vote for President Richard Nixon
President Nixon
Nixon
Buttonhole ornament
1936
Nixon/Lodge
Nixon Agnew
Andrew Johnson Indian Peace Medal
1866
James A. Garfield Indian Peace Medal
1882
Willkie Second Million
Willkie First Voter
Button
My Day when I vote for Willkie
Button
Button
1940
Perhaps Roosevelt is all you deserve
All I Have Left Is A Vote for Willkie
Which Means Me Votee for Willkie Too
Third International Third Reich Third Term???
1940
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Rotten eggs with Roosevelt Omlettes with Willkie
Roosevelt would rather be Presidnent than right
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 11th Issue (New York Tercentenary Medal)
1914
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Cyrus Field Medallion
ca. 1868
World War I Medal
ca. 1910
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1840-1866
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1849
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
1818-1878
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Colonel George Croghan Military Medal
1837-1885
Medal: General Lafayette 1777-1824
1824
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1889
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Button
Worst Public Administration
Ribbon
1888-1892
Campaign ribbon
1888
Campaign ribbon
1888
Campaign ribbon
1888
Campaign ribbon
1880
Campaign ribbon
1888
Ribbon
Portrait Ribbon
Ribbon
Campaign ribbon
1888
Campaign ribbon
1888
Pin
Child's dress
1905
Baby shoe
ca. 1898
Ribbon
1906
Ribbon
2001
Ribbon
2003
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1850
Lieutenant-colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Medal: General Lafayette
1876
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1779-1863
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medallion
1849
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
1862
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1821
Captain James Biddle Naval Medal
1820-1885
Brigadier James Miller Military Medal
1824-1885
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Sketch of Nude Figure Holding a Scythe (The Personification of Death)
1846-79
Stevenson/Kefauver
Campaign pin
George Washington Military and Civil Career "Wright & Bale" Medal
1834
Theodore Roosevelt Ribbon
1900
Campaign ribbon
1908
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Medal
1871
Ribbon
ca. 1916
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1878
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry
1869-1885
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1841-1885
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Major General Peter B. Porter Military Medal
1824
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
After 1840
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1878
American Bar Association Medal
1930
Centennial Medal of the American Numismatic Society
1958
Medallion: American Public Health Ass'n ... Stephen Smith
1922
Horse comb
1800-1850
Aero Club of America Medal
1917
Campaign ribbon
1896
Campaign ribbon
1896
Campaign ribbon
1900
Bryan and Silver
Medal: Abr'm Lincoln, May the Union Flourish
1861 or later
16 to One
Pin-back button
Button
Win with Wilson
Pin-back campaign button
2004
Lapel stud
1888
Lapel button
Button
Campaign medal
ca. 1884-1892
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
Washington and Grant Presidential Medalet
ca. 1870
Lieutenant Edward R. McCall Naval Medal
1820-1885
Coast Survey (Bache) Life Saving Medal
After 1861
Japanese Embassy Commemorative Medal
After 1861
Sunday at the Whitney
1944
Cooper Union 50th Anniversary Medal
1909
Medallion: Avla Nass Ovica
1896
Medallion: Carnegie Hero Fund 1904
1900-1920
3 loose buttons
ca. 1940
Button
Button
Stevenson for President
1960
Pin-back button
Pin-back button
Quilt belonging to Hazel Wood Borst
ca. 1880
Medallion: ...Elihu Root...Architecture in America
1904-1914
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
American Numismatic Society "Washington Statue in Wall Street" Medal
1883
Medallion: Centennial of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
1925
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Typothetae of New York City Franklin Birthday Plaquette
1902
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal
1927
Sash w/badge & plaque: Grand Cross,Order of St. Gregory
1834-1930
Badge in case
1848-1870
Brooch
1964
Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign Medal
1928
The Brooklyn Improvement Company Medal
1966
Saucer
ca. 1816
Custard cup and cover
ca. 1816
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Eccleston Medal
1805
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Denim jacket
1968-1969
Tureen and cover
ca. 1816
1924 New York City National Democratic Convention Commemorative Medal
1924
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Underplate for tureen
ca. 1816
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Plate
ca. 1816
National Guard Commemorative Medal
1826
Isaac Pitman Commemorative Medal
1887
Visit of the Prince of Wales Medal
1919
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Henry Clay Commemorative Medal
After 1852
Grand Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Abraham Lincoln Reunion Medal
1909
Medal: Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York, 1783-1883
1883
Holland Society Medal
1904
Medallion: Kings County Hist. Soc. 1911
1911
Great Seal Centennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Harry S. Truman Presidential Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1949
Cup
ca. 1816
Horatio C. Burchard Mint and Treasury Medal
1879-1885
Scalloped edge bowl
ca. 1816
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
1945
Eisenhower Peace and Prosperity Medal
1960
Ulysses S. Grant Indian Peace Medal
1871-1879
Medallion: Andrew Jackson
1866
New England Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1871
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1854
American Institute Medal
ca. 1876
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Maxfield Parrish Medal
1915
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Medal in box: Armory Seventh Regt....
1877
Medal w/ribbon in box: Independence Hall 1776-1876
1876
Erie Canal Celebration Medallion
1826
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
United States Bicentennial Commemorative Medallion
1976-1977
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1962
Societe des Architectes Medal
ca. 1907
Bronze Columbus medallion
ca. 1892-1893
585
ca. 1900
Commemorative coin
ca. 1850
Pin-back button
1972
Button
1970-1973
Pack of Cigarettes
1952
Golf tees
1956
Golf tees
1956
Golf tees
1956
Sew it Up for Nixon-Lodge
1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
The Fugitive's Story
September 7, 1869
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Independence Day Commemorative Medal
1918
Medal: Penn's Treaty 1682 (in box)
ca. 1882
Washington Inaugural Centennial Commemorative Medal
1889
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
William Smith (1728-1793)
ca. 1785
James Jerome Hill Commemorative Medal
1916
Richard Nixon Official Inaugural Medal
1969
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medalet
1824-1844
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medalet
1844
Breckinridge campaign medal
c. 1856
James A.Garfield Commemorative Medal
1881
James A. Garfield Commemorative Medal
1881
Medallion in case: Cooper Union...1859
ca. 1899
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
World's Columbian Exposition Advertising Medal
1893
Metropolitan Life Insurance Exhibit Medal
1939
American Centennial Souvenir Medal
1876
Medallion in case: 50th Anniversary NY Public Library
1961
Up In The Bronx
2002
Columbia University Service Award Medal
ca. 1934
World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal
1890-1893
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
ca. 1870
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
1870
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
J. Sanford Saltus Medal
1923
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Badge in case
1868-1930
Barrett Wendell Medal
1905
American Institute Medal
ca. 1879
The Official Civil War Centennial Commission Commemorative Medallion
1961
Medal, 39th National Encampment, GAR
1905
Lapel button
1888
Pin-back button
Button
New York World's Fair Medal
1939
United States Centennial Commission Medal
1876
Pan-American Exposition Medal
1901
Chock full o' Nuts New York Decaf Coffee can
2001
Electric iron
1946-1954
Original box for electric iron
1946-1954
Badge: 100% duty 1 year
1900-1948
Press badge: Fire lines
1910-1940
New-York Historical Society Commemorative Medal
1857 or later
Commemorative medalet
1876
Medal: Lt.General T.J Stonewall Jackson 1821-1863
1863 or later
Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Medal: Kings County HS ...1911
1911
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
1892-1893
Charm
Pair of lapel buttons
1892
Lapel button
Lapel button
1888
Ribbon
1893
College of the City of New York Commemorative Medal
1947
College of the City of New York Commemorative Medal
1947
Prince Henry of Prussia commemorative medal
1902
Grant's Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897 or later
Medal: Rockefeller Center
ca. 1934
Medallion: Hudson-Fulton
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Monument to Prison Ship Martyrs Medal
1908
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
1920
Union Pacific "Lucky Piece" Souvenir Medal
1934
The Society of Medalists 4th Issue Commemorative Medal
1931
First Steam Coinage Mint & Treasury Medal
1836
Badge in case
1853-1930
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Medallion: N.Y...1853
1853
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1947 or later
New York City Tercentennial Medallion
1953
New York Commercial Tercentenary Plaquette
1914
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemorative Medal
1901
Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Commemorative Medal
1876
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial International Exposition Medal
1926
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Tercentenary of Connecticut Commemorative Medal
1935
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Dedication of Ulysses S. Grant Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1889
Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable Commemorative Medal
1858
General Ulysses S. Grant Centenary Commemorative Medal
1922
Elihu Root Commemorative Medal
1906
A. Loudon Snowden Mint and Treasury Medallion
1881-1910
Thomas A. Edison Centennial Commemorative Medal
1947
Myron T.Herrick Commemorative Medal
ca. 1929
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
Free Academy of the City of New York Award Medal
1853 or later
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York Medal
1914
Free Academy of the City of New York Award Medal
1853 or later
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemorative Medal
1901
International Live Stock Exposition Prize Medal
1924
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Medal
1904
Lindbergh Medal
1927
Badge
1917-1970
Pacific Railroad Commemorative Medal
1869
French Line "Normandie" Commemorative Medal
1935
Miniature Badge
1917-1970
Fort Ticonderoga Commemorative Medal
1955
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Association Commemorative Medal
1928
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Medal: St. John the Divine
1911
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Commander Duncan Ingraham Naval Medallion
1855
Tercentenary of Connecticut Commemorative Medal
1935
Ike
ca. 1956
Key Chain
ca. 1956
We want Willkie for President and Prosperity
ca. 1940
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Commemorative Medal
1915
Chicago Century of Progress Exposition Medal
1933
The International Industrial Exhibition Souvenir Medal
1851
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1941
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Card of buttons
1940-1980
Card of buttons
1945-1975
Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren
1948
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Tie clip
ca. 1956
Mirror
ca. 1888
Stick with Ike
1956
Match book
1956
We're Fore Ike and Dick
1956
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Croton Aqueduct commemorative medal
1842
Medallion in case: Holland Tunnel
1927
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
World's Columbian Exposition Award Medal
1893
Sesquicentennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1926
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Doll's cape
1870-1880
Doll's petticoat and split-crotch drawers
1870-1880
Doll's shift
1870-1880
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Vote for Jimmy
1925
Eternal Rest
2002
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Card of buttons
1960-1990
Card of buttons
1950-1990
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Medal
1928
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Medal: Armory Seventh Regt. N.Y.S.N.G....
1877
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
Townsend Harris Award Medal
1933
P.T. Barnum Museum Medal
ca. 1855-1860
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Badge
ca.1904
Badge: Delegate firemans Ass. NY 1907
ca.1907
Souvenir fireman's helmet
1900-1940
Medal: NY-B'klyn ...
1883 or later
Mad Max
2002
American Institute Medal
ca. 1882
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Card of buttons
1930-1980
4 loose buttons
ca. 1940
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal
1920
Card of buttons
1940-1980
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Medal: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
ca. 1900
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Medal
1904
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Campaign medal
1948
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Medal in box: St.John of Divine
1911
Queens subway system commemorative medal
1913
Medal: NY and Brooklyn ...
1883
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Pan-American Exposition Award Medal
1901
American Institute Medal
ca. 1881
Card of buttons
1960-1990
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Medal
1897
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Medallion in box: light, liberty and law...1866
1867
Medallion in box w/ docu: Belmont Park...1968
1968
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello and Carthagena" Commemorative Medal
1739
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
The Goddess of Liberty
ca. 1810
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1957
The New York Public Library Medal
1961
Greater New York Charter Day Medal
1898
James J. Walker Plaquette
1929
Badge
ca. 1872
George Washington Seasons Medal
1798
Winemaking Plaquette
1902
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Civic Forum Medallion
1927
Teacup
ca. 1805
Teacup
ca. 1805
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Holland Society Medal
1904
Holland Society Plaquette
1911
Self Portrait (Front Window)
2001
New York Central Park and City
1934
American Institute Medal
ca. 1890
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Tea bowl from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800
New York Athletic Club Medallion
1927
Fragments of wood from the keel of the "Clermont"
1807
Electric iron in original box
1946-1954
Plate
1820-1850
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saucer from partial tea set
ca. 1800

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