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Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal

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Bowery Theatre, New York City: Study for Plate 7A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
Coffee and tea service
1896-1897
Sugar bowl with cover
ca. 1795
Pitcher
1821-1833
Hat box
1820-1840
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Dinner plate
1930-1938
Theodore Allen (1800-1850)
ca. 1836
Creamer
1930-1938
Sugar bowl and cover
ca. 1760-1790
Sugar bowl with lid
1785-1787
Porringer
ca. 1800
Lead pencils (3) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Napkin ring
1850-1900
Creamer
ca. 1800
Gavel made from wood from the Battleship New York
1865-1880
Coffeepot
1795-1797
Coffee and tea service
1795-1800
Nightstick
1860-1913
Aymé Children
1872
Confection plates
1850-1870
Teapot
ca. 1790-1800
Bracelet
1850-1890
Naval officer's sword and scabbard
1861-1887
Bracelet (mourning)
1850
Milk pot
ca. 1795-1810
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1790-1810
Platter
1930-1938
Pair of Candlesticks
ca. 1765
Watch chain
1775-1825
Ramrod excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Pencil in box
1840-1880
Shovel blade excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Gavel: The Gov;t Club
1923
Gavel:...Edwd. H. Kent...
1881
Gavel:...St. Paul's Lounge
1890-1920
Teapot
1910 - 1920
Teapot
ca. 1787
Creamer
ca. 1787
Teacup
1840-1853
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1800
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1790
Token
1855-1867
National Academy of Design award medal
1830-1870
Doll's belt
1800-1900
Waste bowl
ca. 1840
Teapot
1907-1925
General and Mrs. George Washington
19th century
Teapot
ca. 1790
Creamer
1840-1853
Tea service
ca. 1787
Plate
1840-1853
Plate
1840-1853
Brooch
1820-1880
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1830
Pitcher
1850-1900
Mustache cup and saucer
1880-1900
Pitchers (pair)
1850-1900
Bracelet
1830-1860
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1800-1820
Pothook excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1776-1783
Creamer
1874
Pair of vases
1850-1900
Platter
1829-1836
Mrs. Henry Remsen (1787-1826)
ca.1820
Nightstick
1830-1840
Teapot
ca. 1900
John Lincklaen (1768-1822)
ca.1800
Teapot
1850-1900
Plate
1840-1853
Plate
1840-1853
Sword, scabbard, leather cover and tassel
1917-1919
Creamer
ca. 1795
Plate
1840-1853
Milk pot
ca. 1740
Cup and saucer
1820-1850
Framed set of British military coat buttons (11) excavated at a British Revoluti
1770-1783
Tea infuser
ca. 1897 - 1903
Milk jug
1903/04
Nightstick
1870-1885
Nightstick: carved torch top
1835-1842
Teapot
1850-1900
Teapot
ca. 1830
Nightstick
1835-1850
Coffeepot
ca. 1770
Coffeepot
ca. 1810
Sugar bowl with lid
1789-1796
Creamer
1789-1796
Sword and scabbard
1780-1790
Watch chain
1840-1880
Watch fob
1800-1880
William M. S. Doyle (1769-1828)
1803
Milk pot
1755-1765
Cup and saucer
1850-1900
Milk pot
ca. 1765
Footed serving dish
1874
Fireman's belt
1868-1900
Teapot
ca. 1695
John French Ellis (1775-1853)
ca.1800-1810
Pitcher and cover
ca. 1790
Chestnut bowl and cover
ca. 1790
Serving dish
ca. 1790
Serving dish
ca. 1790
Creamer
ca. 1796
Plate
1840-1853
Saucer
1840-1853
Plate
1840-1853
Coffepot with lid
1840-1853
Plate
1840-1853
Saucer
1840-1853
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1819 - 1828
Sword and scabbard
1850-1870
Creamer
1793-1795
Pendant (mourning)
1821-1825
Teapot
ca. 1830
Plate
ca. 1820
Waist belt
1860-1875
Sugar bowl and creamer
1815-1822
Gavel made from deck of the U.S.S. Niagara
ca. 1813
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1810
Sugar tongs
1800-1825
Creamer
ca. 1810
Milk pot
1766-1769
Milk pot
ca. 1791
Musket and pistol balls (9) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Teapot
ca. 1785-1789
Covered urn
1870-1889
Bowl
1840-1880
Coffee pot
ca. 1720
Teapot with lid
ca. 1800
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1800
Tea infuser
1915-1931
Oval dish
1785-1795
Betsy Tuttle (born c. 1816-7)
1836
Creamer
1797-1798
Marble excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Fragments of cocked hat (14) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Creamer
ca. 1800
Creamer
ca. 1820
Teapot
ca. 1790-1800
Teapot
ca. 1791
Mrs. Philip Schyuler (Grace Hunter 1790-1855)
ca. 1811-1815
Platter
1805
Landscape with Waterfalls, Folio 10 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
1827
Pitcher
1833
Basket
ca. 1820-1830
Nightstick: carved torch top
1840-1860
Mrs. Henry Clews (1852-1945)
ca. 1895
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1810
Allegory of Simplicity
c. 1850-70
Creamer
ca. 1810
Creamer
ca. 1830
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Teapot
ca. 1800
Mrs. Tom Lord
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Teapot
ca. 1830
Plate
ca. 1790
Toddy kettle
1862
Teakettle-on-stand
ca. 1865
Kettle
1850-1890
Sugar bowl
ca. 1815
Creamer
ca. 1815
Bowl
1790-1820
Confection plate
1850-1870
Sugar tongs
1835-1851
Sugar tongs
ca. 1828
Creamer
ca. 1815
Esther Tuttle (1815-?)
1836
Creamer
1848-1853
Brass object excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Teapot
1873-1874
Plate
ca. 1790
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Burner
1907-1925
Shipwreck Scene (Allegory of Fortune/Hope), Folio 11 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
1828
Teakettle
1907-1925
Spout strainer
ca. 1900
Kast
1675-1690
Bracelet (mourning)
1850-1880
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1820
Pitcher
1790-1830
U.S. "Monitor" Riding out a Gale During the Blockade off Charleston, South Carolina
Buckle excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Hot water pot
1850-1900
Creamer
1880-1900
Creamer
1901
Bible carved from wood from the Dutch Reformed Church
1650-1750
Teapot
ca. 1878
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Tea plate
ca. 1790
Creamer
ca. 1878
Tea plate
ca. 1790
Tea plate
ca. 1790
Abraham B. De Peyster (1763-1801)
ca. 1798
Miniature lamp base
1875-1925
Brunswick Sword
ca. 1777
Creamer
ca. 1820
Bracelet
1850-1880
Sugar bowl with lid
1820 - 1830
Hot water urn
ca. 1840
Belt buckle excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Knee-breech buckles (4) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1870
Grapeshot (52) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Creamer
ca. 1870
Waste bowl
ca. 1810
Tea plate
ca. 1790
Dish
ca. 1790
Teapot
ca. 1910
Dish
ca. 1790
Dish
ca. 1790
Toddy pot
ca. 1810-1830
Plate
ca. 1945
Creamer
ca. 1870
United States Hotel, Pearl Street, New York City
Spikes (11) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Hurricane lamp
1894-1896
Cup with cover
ca. 1790
Cup with cover
ca. 1790
Bowl
ca. 1790
Bowl
ca. 1790
Platter
ca. 1790
Platter
ca. 1790
Serving dish
ca. 1790
Coffeepot
ca. 1750 - 1760
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Brooch and earrings in case (demi-parure)
1840-1870
Plate
ca. 1790
Locket (mourning)
ca. 1865
Stoneware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Pearlware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Pearlware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Serving dish
ca. 1790
Serving dish
ca. 1790
Teapot
ca. 1850
Tea infuser spoon
ca. 1892
Coffeepot
ca. 1846
Infuser spoon
ca. 1884
Cannon worm
1760-1783
Sugar bowl
1755-1765
Shoe buckle fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Sugar bowl and cover
1750-1770
Creamware fragments (2) excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Sugar bowl with lid
1830-1838
Creamer
1830-1838
Teacup
1840-1853
Sugar bowl
ca. 1800
Gavel made from tree planted by Alexander Hamilton
1908
Plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Sauceboat
ca. 1790
Sauceboat
ca. 1790
Platters
ca. 1790
Platter
ca. 1790
Serving plate
ca. 1790
Sword w/scabbard
1800-1826
Bowl
1746-1763
Mug
ca. 1700
Mug
ca. 1830
Tankard
ca. 1765
Dessert dishes
1770-1780
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1800-1820
Mrs. James B. Martin: Silhouette
1879
Tankard
ca. 1700
Tea bowl and saucer
1780-1795
Serving plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Bowl
ca. 1790
Saltcellar
1875-1900
Saltcellar
1875-1900
Custard cup and cover
ca. 1790
Custard cup and cover
ca. 1790
Baptismal bowl
ca. 1809
Brooch (mourning)
ca. 1859
Bowl
1941
Mug
1824-1829
Mug
1830-1850
Shoe buckles in case
ca. 1768
Child's cup
ca. 1830-1845
Self-Portrait (1796-1886); verso: sketch of a palette with brushes
c. 1819
Mug
1830-1840
Bowl
1765-1785
Tankard
ca. 1732
Tankard
ca. 1730 - 1750
William Evans Burton (1804-1860)
ca. 1850-1855
Old Mill in Winter
1861
Urn and cover
ca. 1800
Urn and cover
ca. 1800
Tea bowl and saucer
1730-1770
Self-Portrait (1764-1813)
c. 1790-95
Serving dish
1889
Sword w/scabbard: U.S.N.
1852-1863
Brooch (mourning)
1832
Mug
ca. 1841
Shoe buckles in case
1730-1760
Mug
ca. 1847
Tankard
ca. 1745-1760
Tankard
ca. 1746-1760
Tureen and cover
ca. 1790
Tablespoon
1784/85
Tureen and cover
ca. 1790
Pair of napkin rings and two thimbles
Thimbles, 1810-1850; Napkin rings, 1870-1900
Saltcellar
ca. 1790
Archibald McVickar (1789-1851)
1815
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (89) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Chatelaine
ca. 1880
Watch fob
1775-1825
Tankard
ca. 1712
Child's cup and saucer
ca. 1852
The Lincoln Family
ca. 1865
Tankard
ca. 1760
Beaker
ca. 1805
Urns (pair) with covers
ca. 1800
Tankard
1754-1769
Tankard
ca. 1793
Plate
ca. 1800
Glove buttons in box
1900-1930
Condiment shaker
ca. 1871
Salts shaker
1901
Caster
ca. 1870
Caster
ca. 1730
Framed set of objects (35) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Watch fob
1775-1850
Case
1850-1900
Mourning bracelet with case
ca. 1854
Child's mug
1865
Child's mug
1825-1850
Gambling wheel
1900-1920
Beer stein
1904
Caster
ca. 1790-1800
Caster
ca. 1850
Caster
1875-1900
Tea caddy
1780-1800
Tea caddy
ca. 1900
Watch fob
ca. 1827
Pitcher
1765-1790
Coffeepot and lid
1770-1780
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
Pepper shaker
ca. 1900
Pipe lighter
ca. 1851
Papboat
ca. 1845
Papboat
ca. 1840
Tea caddy
ca. 1790
Tea caddy
1880
View of Puentes Grandes with the Villa Diago, Near Havana, Cuba
1849
Tea caddy
1884-1885
Buckle
1675-1775
Mug
1873-1891
Cup
1884
Covered mug
ca. 1890
Tureen, cover, and stand
1770-1785
Framed set of buttons (43) excavated at Fort Haldimand
1770-1792
Two Tree Studies, Santa Cruz Road, Catskill Clove, New York
1865
Cluster of Five Slender Trees
Mrs. Benjamin Welles (ca. 1866-1911)
1892
Wine taster
ca. 1800
Drinking bowl
ca. 1730
Mandan Village
1866-68
Bayonet
1760-1783
Cann
ca. 1750-1765
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pear shaped bottle
1770-1785
Framed set of buttons (43) excavated at Fort Haldimand
1770-1802
Cann
ca. 1750
Cann
ca. 1750
Cann(s)
ca. 1750
Goblet
1865-1898
Standing cup
ca. 1856
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
"Bell Lamp and Lotus Shade" desk lamp
ca. 1900-1906
"Elizabethan" shade on library base
ca.1910-1913
"Empire Jewel" shade
ca. 1913-1915
Goblet
ca. 1853
Cruet stand
ca. 1850
Key
1760-1783
Desk lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Bowl
1770-1780
Sword, scabbard and belt
1833-1840
Chestnut basket, cover, and stand
1770-1775
Bowl
1782-1790
Bowl
1765-1778
Cann
ca. 1760
Child's mug
ca. 1834
Pin (mourning)
1831
Etui
1825-1875
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
Saucer: Floral Motif w/gold border
ca. 1780-1800
Tea bowl
ca. 1780-1800
Saucer
ca. 1780-1800
Bayonet excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Horseshoe excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Hanging shade
ca. 1900-1910
Nasturtium table lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pickle dish
1770-1775
Cann
ca. 1750
Framed set of buttons (30)
1770-1783
Study of a Fallen Tree Trunk, Catskill Mountains, New York
1857
Porringer
ca. 1719
Cruet service
ca. 1790-1800
Covered pitcher
ca. 1805
Bracelet
1800-1900
Sauceboat
1750-1763
Chain
1760-1783
Chandelier
ca. 1895
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: serving dish
1770-1780
Bull's Ferry, New Jersey, on the Palisades of the Hudson River
1856
Sugar bowl
1775-1785
Tea bowl and saucer
1752-1765
Sleeve buttons (2) in case
1870-1905
Porringer
ca. 1769-1788
Dr. Vannevar Bush (b. 1890)
c. 1940-45
Tree Study, Catskill Mountains, New York
1857
Porringer
1805-1807
Porringer and cover
ca. 1820
Cruet stand
ca. 1850
Coffee cup
ca. 1787
Sauceboat
ca. 1750
Earrings (pair)
1800-1900
Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, (1839-1911)
1892
Sword, Scabbard and Sash
1862
Basket stand: china trade, monogramed "JG"
ca. 1800
Framed set of American military buttons (24) excavated at Fort George
1810-1814
Tea bowl and saucer
1753-1760
Sword, scabbard and holster fragment
1862
Figurine: girl with fruit
ca. 1760
Pair of Figurines
ca. 1814-1860
Porringer
ca. 1850
Whistle
1875-1925
Coffee cup
ca. 1787
Sauceboat
1791 - 1793
Sauceboat
ca. 1791
Sauceboats (pair)
1791-1793
Chatelaine in case
1625-1675
Bowl
ca. 1890
Set of seven saucers from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Set of three saucers from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Set of two tea bowls from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Saltcellar
ca. 1810
Figural Group: autumn and winter
1700-1800
Figurine
ca. 1760
Salt spoon
ca. 1810
Bowl
ca. 1787
Bowl
ca. 1787
Bowl
ca. 1787
Somerindyke House, New York City
c. 1868
Pitcher
ca. 1844
Brooch and earrings set
1825-1875
Framed set of buckles (13) excavated at Fort Haldimand
1760-1783
Framed set of objects (24) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Figurines
ca. 1900-1910
Plate
ca. 1787
Tea bowl
ca. 1787
Plate
ca. 1755-1770
Pineapple lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Lily lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Belt buckle
1800-1850
Mug
1794
Pitcher
ca. 1945
Teacup and saucer
1780-1810
Framed set of musket and pistol balls (35) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
Figural group
ca. 1860-1900
Figurine: Columbia holding shield
ca. 1900
Figurine of a woman
ca. 1904
Study of Tree Trunks; verso: sketch of leaves and tree branches
1823
Marquis de Lafayette, (1757-1834)
ca. 1780-1800
Bowl
ca. 1732
Sesquicentennial medal (mounted replica)
1954
Vase
ca. 1886
Urns (pair) with lids
ca. 1800
Beaker
1589
Cann
ca. 1775
Dishes (12)
1770-1780
Cann
ca. 1760
Dishes
1765-1780
Shell dishes
1768-1770
Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
ca. 1820
Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
ca. 1790
Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
ca. 1800
Plate
ca. 1790
Plate
ca. 1790
Salt
ca. 1770
Plate
ca. 1790
Salt
ca. 1770
Giovanni da Verrazzano (?)
ca. 1880-1920
Colonial lamp
ca. 1910-1913
Flower Basket hanging shade
ca. 1900-1910
Vine Ornament, Plain Squares lampshade
ca. 1900-1906
Sword: P.S. Justice, Philadelphia
1860-1885
Turtleback chandelier
ca. 1905

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