Collection Highlights

Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print

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Cake board
ca. 1790
Princeton University Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1946
Cake board
1780-1830
Needle case
1750-1780
Whale's tooth
1900-1945
Plate:George washington Bicentenaro Memorial Plate:George Washington Bicentenaro
1932
Plate
1932
Plate
1932
Plate
1932
Tumbler
1830-1880
Campaign necktie
1940
Seal impression in box
1815-1850
Die
1853-1883
Magnifying glass
1830-1880
Wall paper printing block (2)
1780-1830
Box
1850-1900
Printing roller
1770-1820
Platter: Highlands, Hudson River
1820-1840
Earthenware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Hair picture (in frame)
1862
Die
1830-1880
Printing roller
1780-1830
Printing roller
1780-1830
Teapot
1820-1840
Paper lantern with wire frame
ca. 1876
Textile fragment
1780-1850
Curtain tiebacks (pair)
1850-1880
Doll's gloves
1875-1925
Paper lantern with wire frame
ca. 1888
Mold: cookie board
1780-1830
Boot ornament
1875-1910
Memorial wreath: Floral Pattern
1825-1875
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Pressing iron
1750-1850
Plate
1750-1800
Toy rifle: inscribed N.Diaz
1925-1950
View in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York; verso: thumbnail sketch of the same
1916
Broadside
ca. 1813
Fish platter
1870-1890
Corkscrew excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Butter mold
1825-1875
Butter mold
1825-1875
Butter mold
1825-1875
Spatula or scoop
ca. 1700-1800
Bowl
ca. 1793
Platter
1785-1790
Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Seal stamp: Sanitary Commission
1861-1878
Key to Washington Arch in case
1895
Stamp
1840-1870
Sauceboat and tray
1870-1890
Puzzle book in a box
1875-1925
Child's whistle
1850-1950
Bottle: Buffalo Lithia water...
1860-1890
Pitcher
1800-1830
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Coin excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Stamp
1675-1724
Stamp
1700-1800
Framed set of buttons and coin (75) excavated at West Point
1810-1830
Puppet
1875-1925
Pair of Figurines
1850-1860
Pitcher depicting Jenny Lind
1850-1870
Butter mold
1800-1850
Mustard pot
1810-1830
Badge: ...Chief of Police
1845-1857
Camera and accessories
1885-1895
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Stereoscope
1860-1900
Stereoscope
1890-1910
Stamp
1775-1850
Bobbins
1800-1840
Handkerchief
1917-1925
Handkerchief
1917-1925
Handkerchief
1904
Handkerchief
1861-1900
Mrs. George F. Kreischer (ca. 1850-?)
ca.1900
Mrs. Thomas Van Zandt (1799-1876)
1894
Doorstop
1830-1860
Photoscope
1930-1940
Miniature spyglass in leather bag
1870-1900
Miniature spyglasses (2)
1870-1900
Framed set of ceramics (26)
1740-1800
Framed set of bale seals (18)
1775-1783
Linch pin
1775-1783
View of the Roman Coliseum at Sunset, Italy
1860-69
Plate: New York from Brooklyn Heights
1820-1829
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1845-50
View of Mount Vernon, Virginia, from the Northeast
1795
Tea service
1795-1797
Plaque: Vermont line (heart-shaped)
1850-1900
Mrs. Nathaniel Reynolds, Jr. (1777-1869)
n.d.
Cup plate
1824-1836
Delia Ann Moulthrop
ca.1790
Plate
1824-1836
Alfred S. Livingston (1813-1875)
1817
Mrs. Cornelius Harsen (1788-1843)
Ring
1820-1840
Mrs. Hevlyn Benson (Emeline J. Davis, 1808-1887)
ca. 1840-45
Gentleman of the Cornell Family
1808
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn. 23rd Ward
1870-1900
Mrs. Robert James Keeling (1830-1874)
1908
Fire helmet
1838-1842
Sugar bowl with lid
1812-1829
Cup and saucer
1825-1830
Teapot
ca. 1800
Coffee and tea service (5 pc.)
1859
Plate
1824-1836
Plate
1824-1836
probably Marie Louis of Austria, Duchess of Parma (1791-1847)
ca. 1810
John H. Sherrill
ca.1825
Plate
1824-1836
Teapot
1815-1829
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
1854-1880
Incense burner
ca. 1890-1940
Stole with paisley border
1820-1840
Plate
ca. 1829
Brooch (stick pin)
1840-1890
Cup and saucer
1812-1829
Caster
1824-1836
Israel Corse, Jr. (1819-1885)
ca. 1830
Cup and saucer
1830-1860
Mrs. William de Groot (1833-1926)
ca. 1865
Teapot with stand
ca. 1860
Coffeepot with tray
ca. 1860
Sugar bowl with lid
1859-1862
Plate
1815-1840
Plate
1825-1836
Plate
1825-1827
Plate
1825-1827
Plate
1828-1835
Plate: Table Rock, Niagara
1820-1840
Plate
1820-1840
Plate
1820-1840
Ring in box
1600-1712
Fire helmet: engineer A.C.
ca. 1864
Brooch: memorial
1750-1800
Woven tablecloth: 1841 united we stand...
1841
The Tomb of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) and His Wife, Eliza Schuyler (1757-1854), New York City
1872
Pitcher
1821-1836
Parure (necklace, earrings and brooch in case)
ca. 1864
Gravy tureen with cover and ladle
1820-1840
Cigar box
1890-1920
Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire
1855
Platter
1820-1840
Plate
1820-1840
Collection of draft cards (framed)
1863-1865
Fire helmet
1885-1900
Spur
1825-1875
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
1854-1880
Fire helmet
1854-1880
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
1854-1880
Fire helmet: patrol 140
1850-1900
Parure
1840-1880
Plate: Pass in the Catskill Mountains
1820-1840
Teapot and lid
1825-1840
Brooch (mourning)
ca.1795
Sugar bowl and cover
1825-1840
John Stoneacre Ellis (1828-1896)
1892
Compotier
1939
Plate
1820-1840
Plate
1825-1840
Plate
1820-1840
Plate
1825-1827
Plate
1819-1830
Mourning ring in box
1798-1843
Pitcher
1820-1840
Soup tureen and cover
1820-1840
Washbowl: View of the Entrance of the Erie Canal at Albany
1825-1840
Escape map
1942
Vegetable dish
1820-1840
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Plate
1835-1845
Desk
1760-1780
Alphabet sampler with photograph
1810-1840
Boots (pair)
1910-1919
Signet ring in box
1837-1900
Framed set of lead pencils (13) excavated at Revolutionary War sites in New York
1760-1783
Fire helmet
1868-1880
Framed set of American military buttons and sleeve-links (36) excavated at Fort
1775-1783
Fire helmet: chief engineer M.J.B.
ca. 1864
Whistle
1810-1850
Framed set of objects (36) excavated at Connecticut Village
1736-1810
Whistle
1810-1840
Fire helmet: Morrisania, W.B.
1830-1850
Gentleman of the Crane Family
ca. 1855-1860
Harness bit
1875-1950
Stirrups (pair)
1875-1925
Lantern with portrait of Lincoln and Union Flag.
1864
John Bogart Wright (1801-1858)
ca. 1823
Fire helmet
1840-1868
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (41) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1770-1783
Fire helmet: Excelsior 14 H.S.
1836-1850
Cup
1820-1840
Corkscrew fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Ox shoe excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Lantern
1870-1900
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
Shackles
1750-1850
Whistle
1810-1840
Fire bucket
1847
Fire bucket
1847
Fire bucket
1837
Coffeepot and cover
1790-1830
Bronx Concourse, New York
1899
Kerchiefs
ca. 1840-1860
Musket barrel fragment excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Painting
1800-1840
Mrs. Peter Augustus Schermerhorn (1818-1873)
1835
Mourning ring
1798
Lantern
1850-1900
Spurs and case
ca. 1900
Ribbon
1844
Whistle
1810-1850
Paper dolls (43)
1850-1860
Mrs. Norman de Whitehouse (Vera Boarman, 1875-1957)
ca. 1895
Jar
1800-1900
Pitcher
1790-1820
Inkwell
1800-1880
Saddle
1860-1865
Spur
ca. 1846
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1815
Window light (panes)
1825-1925
Ship's starboard lantern
1850-1900
Mourning ring
1795
Lantern
1750-1800
Plate
1835-1845
Teapot
ca. 1815
Tea service
ca. 1818
William Bleecker (1772-1818)
ca. 1800
Darning egg
1800-1850
Platter: New York from Weehawken, NJ
1820-1829
Platter: Castle Garden, Battery, New York
1824-1840
Platter: New York, Hudson River (View from Governor's Island)
1829-1836
Platter: Highlands, Hudson River
1820-1840
Brooch / pendant
1890-1910
Waste bowl
ca. 1815
Gentleman of the Remsen Family
1794
Thomas Ruggles Gold (1764-1827)
ca. 1800
Lantern
1750-1800
Spurs: pair
ca. 1898
Platter
1824-1830
Platter: New York from Heights Near Brooklyn
1820-1840
Plate
1812-1829
Plate
1812-1829
Plate
1812-1830
Plate
1815-1829
Teabowl and saucer
ca. 1800
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
n.d.
Sugar bowl with lid
1815-1820
Token
1800-1900
Mourning ring in box
1805
Lantern
1830-1870
Unidentified girl
ca. 1790
George IV (1762-1830)
Unidentified Boy & Girl
James Kelso (1776-1860)
1839
John Gillies (1789-1855)
ca. 1900
Mrs. Nicholas Brown Seabrook (1742-?)
ca. 1780
Smith's Longspur, Lesser Goldfinch, Black-headed Siskin, Western Tanager, Hoary Redpoll, Townsend's Bunting, Havell plate nos. 394 and 400
1821-1837
Mrs. William Stillwell (1772-1847)
ca.1900
View of a Seaport
ca. 1760
Brooch ("Tear" jewelry)
1800-1830
Plate
1816-1829
Plate
1816-1829
Brooch (mourning)
19th century
Creamer
1814-1819
The Enthralled Schoolmaster (Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel) from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
c. 1893
Chapeau bras
1829-1837
Samuel Woodworth (1785-1842)
Coffee and tea service (9 pc.)
1873-1874
Coffeepot
1896
Cashmere shawl
1840-1880
Park Theatre and Park Row, New York City: Study for Plate 6B of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
Hot milk pot
1896
Medical Satire: Zactirin
1959
Steamboat Wharf, Whitehall Street, New York City: Study for Plate 12B of "Bourne's Views of New York"
c. 1831
Fireman's belt
1854-1900
Waste bowl
1896
Beaker Vase
ca. 1795
Plate
ca. 1800
Cup (Tea bowl)
ca. 1800
Tea caddy with cover
ca. 1800
Fireman's belt: Exempt 23rd Wrd.
1854-1900
Coffee cup
ca. 1800
Fire helmet frontpiece: Americus
1836-1868
Cruets (6)
ca. 1790
Kettle
1874
Earrings
1830-1880
Teapot
1874
Coffeepot
1874
Brooch / pendant (mourning)
ca. 1857
Fireman's Belt: 1st Asst. Engineer
1850-1900
Tea caddy
1896
Fireman's belt fragment: exempt 1st Vice President Assn.
1850-1900
Dress hat
1858-1865
Mug
ca. 1800
Coffeepot
ca. 1850
Mug
1805-1815
Teapot
ca. 1850
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1850
Plate
ca. 1800
Cartridge-box badge
1777-1783
Coffee urn
1874
Pothook excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1776-1783
Coffee urn stand and burner
1874
Waste bowl
1874
Fireman's belt: ocean engine
1850-1900
Brass fastener
1760-1783
Paisley cashmere shawl
1820-1840
Statuette
late 19th century
Unidentified woman with cat
n.d.
Creamer
ca. 1850
Salver
1772-1773
Seal impression
1854
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
1839
Dish and cover
ca. 1790
Bear Hunt (K'nisteneux)
1866-68
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Trowel blade excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Salver
ca. 1835
Creamer
ca. 1860
Tea service
ca. 1810
Patch box
1800-1830
Teapot
ca. 1810
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1810
Lewis Johnston Costigan (ca. 1743-1822)
ca. 1790-1795
Tea tray
1895/96
Lemon and Orange Stand
1840-44
Coffee and tea service
ca. 1825
British military cap badge excavated at Fort George
1790-1800
Drumsticks
1860-1865
Model of hook and ladder carriage
1870-1900
Horse bit
1760-1783
Dinner forks (4)
ca. 1805
Tavern Sign
1810-1842
Coffee and tea service
1816-1818
Coffeepot
1816-1818
Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865)
1838
Creamer
1816-1818
Waste bowl
1816-1818
Confection bowl with lid and insert
1853-1870
Plate
ca. 1795
Teapot
ca. 1830
Coffeepot
ca. 1830
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1830
Waste bowl
ca. 1830
Tea service
ca. 1840
Tray
ca. 1912-1931
Necklace
1890-1900
Waste bowl
ca. 1830
Plate
1800-1840
Fire helmet frontpiece: engineer, C.F.
1820-1850
Teapot
ca. 1830
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1840
Coffeepot
ca. 1840
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1840
Creamer
ca. 1840
Teapot
ca. 1840
Creamer
ca. 1830
Model of hand engine
1840
Model of horse-drawn hose carriage
ca. 1885
Nightstick
1840-1860
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1912-1931
Picture Puzzle Steamship
1896
Creamer
ca. 1912-1931
Fire helmet frontpiece: Morrisania, 1
1850-1900
Coffeepot
ca. 1830
Fire helmet frontpiece: 20
1850-1900
Coffee and tea service (five pieces)
ca. 1820
Demitasse
ca. 1793
Creamer
ca. 1830
Model of steam fire engine
ca. 1900
Service cap
1918-1940
Bracelet in case
ca. 1870
Model of horse-drawn water tower
ca. 1886
Mrs. William Leete Stone, Sr. (1798-1852)
ca.1820
Model: hand-pulled Empire firehose reel
1843-1870
Creamer
1829-41
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Tea bowl and saucer
ca. 1793
bridle
1855-1863
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1830
Milk jug and cover
ca. 1793
Demitasse
ca. 1793
Teapot
1859-1860
Coffeepot
1859
Tea service
ca. 1835
Teapot
ca. 1835
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1835
Creamer
ca. 1835
Waste bowl
ca. 1840
Jew's harp
1760-1783
Cup and saucer
ca. 1790
Fire helmet frontpiece: protection
1850-1900
Sugar bowl with lid
1859-1860
Waste bowl
1859-1860
Model: hand-pulled Howard 34 manual fire pumper; Red Rover
ca. 1860
Sword shoulder-belt-plate found in Canada
1777-1783
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Coffee Cup
ca. 1795
Cup and saucer
ca. 1795
Bowl
ca. 1790
Mrs. Gerard De Peyster (1774-1815)
1798
Teapot
ca. 1845
Bracelet (Florentine mosaic) in case
mid-19th century
Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
1912
Coffeepot
1885
Token of friendship, with a woman, an anchor, and a ship
Teapot
ca. 1829
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1829
Creamer
ca. 1829
Beaker
1795-1797
Beaker
ca. 1800
Tea service (5 pc.)
ca. 1835
Fireman's belt: exempt trustee assn.
1850-1900
Vase
ca. 1900
Saucer
ca. 1800
Mrs. Archibald McVickar (1792-1854)
1815
Coffeepot
ca. 1845
Teacups
1815-1827
Teapot
1871
Model of hand engine
1870-1900
Sugar bowl with lid
1885
Teapot
ca. 1835
Creamer
ca. 1835
Fireman's belt: liberty hose
1850-1900
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Coat belt
1914-1918
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Soup plate
ca. 1790
Hot milk pot
ca. 1845
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1845
Creamer
ca. 1845
Cup and saucer
ca. 1790
Creamer
1871
Pickle dish
1758-1770
Coffeepot and lid
ca. 1795
Tea bowl
ca. 1795
Waste bowl
ca. 1835
Charles Alexander Clinton (1798-1861)
ca. 1840
Mrs. Charles Alexander Clinton and Her Daughter
1834
Clematis chandelier
ca. 1900-1906
Dessert forks (4)
ca. 1805
Waste bowl
1795-1797
Pair of vases
1640-1680
Coffee and tea service
1853
Teapot
1853
Waste bowl
ca. 1845
Partial tea service
ca. 1800
The Good Old Game of Corner Grocery
1887
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1800
Saucer
ca. 1795
Creamer
ca. 1800
Robert Lee Bullard (1861-1947)
1932
Set of six tea bowls from partial tea set
ca. 1800
Teapot
1795-1797
Tea service (4 pc.)
1795-1797
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Waste bowl
1853
Coffeepot
1853
Sugar bowl with lid
1853
Francis Steeg (b. 1840)
n.d.
Bottle: Morning Bitters inceptum 5869, triangular
1869-1880
Rolling pin
ca. 1842
Kettle on stand with burner
1896
Pitcher
ca. 1850
Souvenir spoon
ca. 1900
Teapot
ca. 1825
Fireman's belt: CH'R Exempt Trust Assn.
1850-1900
Gavel
1830-1840
Sugar bowl with lid
1795-1797
Creamer
1795-1797
Leech jar and cover
1850-1900
Fireman's belt: "exempt"
1850-1900
Coffee service
ca. 1912-1931
Creamer
1853
Urn with cover
1870-1900
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1770-1783
Sugar tongs
1895
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
Chocolate pot
1853-1870
Creamer
1896
Paisley shawl
1850-1880
Creamer
ca. 1825
James Family
Sugar bowl with lid
ca. 1825
Earrings
1830-1860
Earrings
1830-1860
Apothecary jar
1550-1650
Apothecary jar
1550-1650
Vase
1880-1900
Vase
1893
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
Key
ca. 1863
Teapot
1896
Smelling bottle with pouch
1780-1820

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