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Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver

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Pin-back button
1972-1973
Toy
1930-1950
Printing/ sign
1898
Campaign pin
1896
Doll's dress
1890-1930
For President Will-[hanging key]
1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
SEND FEDERAL REGISTRARS TO SUN FLOWER MISSISSIPPI NOW M.F.D.P.
ca. 1970
Medal: Merrit, Haviland, Smith
1926
Lapel tab
1941-1945
Jumping jack
1800-1820
American Cities
1893
Medal: Good Luck
ceremonial ribbon: S.S. Levy
ca. 1943
Fan
1882-1920
Optical
1940-1960
Sign
1900-1930
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
The Society of Medalists 4th Issue Commemorative Medal
1931
political/cultural button
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1930
Epaulet
1900-1930
Fabric Samples
1930-1950
Toy airplane
1920s
Cup
1875-1925
Fan
1890-1920
Jigsaw puzzle
1990-2000
United We Stand
2001-2002
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Stern light from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
The Society of Medalists 8th Issue
1933
La Boheme
ca. 1960-1980
Toy baseball players (2)
ca. 1930s
Child's plate
1825-1875
Ashtray w/removable basin
ca. 1930
bridle
1855-1863
Birdie Blocks
1898
Sewing Souvenir
1890-1920
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952
Civil War tokens (2)
ca. 1863
Pair of doll gloves
1870-1880
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Miniature bathroom set (5 pieces)
1960-1980
Coin: half dollar, Missouri Centennial 1821-1921
Comb
1760-1783
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Collection of 2 tokens: N.Y.C.R.R.EX. Train...
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Button
1983
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1916
Food spear
1940-1960
Button
1970-1973
Barack Obama
2008
Flamingo
Tobacco jar and cover
1890-1900
Spectacles
ca. 1840
Model 1766 French Infantry Musket
1766-1770
Civil War token
1863
Coin in box: half dollar: New Rochelle 250th Birthday, 1938
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Travel
1940-1960
Barnum's Museum token
1862
The Safets
Espace
ca. 1960-1980
shuttle loom
ca. 1800-1850
Spectacles
1825-1830
G.L. handerchief
1935-1945
Framed set of bale seals (18)
1775-1783
Mansion of Happiness
1894
The Reward of Virtue
1850
Safe
1750-1775
Packet
1920-1950
Pin
1990-2000
Food spear
1940-1960
Caissons (2) and wagon
1870-1910
Musical recording
1910-1920
Medallion
1881
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
ca. 1910
Flag fan
ca. 1945
Bottle w/label: Osgood's India Cholagogue New York
1840-1860
Sword belt
1850-1870
Paperweight
1890-1920
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Lantern
1880-1910
Trust Humphrey
1968
Lapel button
Forage cap
1860-1865
Medal: Nature Study Exhibition July 1902
1902
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Rabbit plane
1850-1900
Automatic pen/pencil
1740-1795
Cup
1900-1940
Medal
1905
Token
1940-1960
Welcome Home 27th New York Division Ribbon
1850-1910
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Insignia
1890-1900
Printing plate
Badge
ca. 1927
Commemorative cane
ca. 1949
Le Petit Architecte Parisien
1860-1900
Fork
1790-1825
Campaign necktie
1952
Game of Dr. Busby
ca. 1890
Hard Times token: Specie Payments suspended, May 10, 1837
1837
Powder Box
1880-1910
Tin/ cleaning supplies
1920-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Medallion
1930-1950
John Horn Life Saving Medal
1875
Jim Crow
1850-1900
Jigsaw puzzles (2)
1825-1875
Campaign pin
1864
INN OF THE CLOCK
Copperplate for House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Havell Plate no. 83, from John J. Audubon's series "Birds of America"
1830
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Tin/ Candy
1940-1960
Transportation token
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
World War I Medal
ca. 1910
Bookmarks (2)
1976
Ell measure
1780-1820
Snuff jar
1850-1900
Bell crown cap with plume
1820-1840
Pin-back button
1976
TRUMP
ca. 1990
Inkwell
1894
Cigarette pack
1952
Pinback button
1900-1920
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WORLD POPULATION
ca. 1970
Doll's drawers
1870-1880
Pin on card: Ike
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
The Myriopticon Rebellion: A Historical Panorama
ca. 1875
Mansion of Happiness
1864
Campaign cane
ca. 1976
Lady's costume: 1620
ca. 1958
Box with four forms and packet of gold leaf
1775-1795
Coin: Josephus lD.G...1775
Box
1930-1970
Box/ Food
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Miniature side chair
1920-1940
Medallion
1913
Badge/ medal
1935
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Sardi's East
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Calipers
1750-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Pencil/ periodical
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
ca. 1914
Republican League Member Ribbon
ca. 1900
Framed set of musket and pistol balls (35) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
The Lively Game of Scramble
1896
Cafe Seiyoken
ca. 1982-1987
Butter ladle/paddle
ca. 1700-1800
Straight pin
1850-1900
Medicine
1890-1940
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Ribbon fragment
Miniature garden set (3 pieces)
1920-1940
Button
1967
Hard Times Token: Col.of 2 coin/token: Exec. Expermt.1837; Mag.Gen. H. 1841
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Tassel
1775-1783
Fragment of Washington's coffin
1799
Elevated railway sign
1900-1950
The Railroad ABC and Picture Blocks
1903
Medal: marksman 3, sharpshooter 2, expert 2...
Miniature fruit bowls (pair)
1875-1910
Box
1935
Bottle/ food
1960-1990
Cue stick
Store display
1910-1940
Purse
1890-1920
1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial International Exposition Medal
1926
Walking-stick
1840-1850
Dolls' house candlestand
1920-1960
Paperweight
1887
Mike Farrell Presents THE BROADWAY GAME
1981
Miniature nutcracker
1890-1920
Key
1890-1930
Token
1920-1950
Needle case
1780-1825
Collection of toy soldiers in box
1870-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
"Washington the Father of Our Country" Commemorative Medal
1800-1900
Mitali
ca. 1960-1980
JOHN MARSHALL JHS 1941
1941
Purse
1850-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Fireman's belt: "exempt"
1850-1900
Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy
ca. 1890
Collar
1900-1920
Pen/ pencil
1930-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Button
1964
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Club badge
ca. 1900
Die
1800-1838
Child's trunk w/ collection of ribbons and jewelry
ca. 1867
Coin: Carol lll. D.G. HISP. ETIND. R. 1800
Combs (2)
1760-1783
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Baluster fragment from Dutch church
1700-1800
Medal in Case: F.Habeneck Foudatour 1828
ca. 1881
Paperweight
ca. 1910-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Food tin
1890-1920
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1950-1970
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medalet
1824-1844
Political button
Aerial camera with magazine
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Spectacles and case
1790-1800
George Washington commemorative coat button
1811-32
Button
1968
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Box
1920-1940
Hardware Sign
1900-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Major General Peter B. Porter Military Medal
1824
Park Drag (or Private Coach)
1903
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal
1895
Uzies
ca. 1960-1980
Flag
2011
Octant in case
1850-1870
Hagstrom Five Borough, New York City Street Atlas, 4th Edition
1996
Token
1840-1890
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1940-1960
General Pershing Medal
1915-1920
Alphabet learning game with movable letters and slate
1917
Hat
1942
Walking-stick
1884
Puzzle
ca. 1939
Button
ca. 1975-1980
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Calendar
1897
Pen
1990-2000
Pin-back button
Forage cap
1899-1909
Medal
ca. 1850
Bottle stopper
1960s-1970s
Die
1800-1838
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Pin-back button
ca. 1990
Button
1996
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Fire helmet frontpiece: Pocohantas
1850-1900
Clothing advertising token
1914
Peso coin: Medal, Maximiliano Emporador...1866
Personal item
1890-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Button
ca. 1930
Ribbon
1939
Cane
ca. 1916
Sewing box
1860-1900
cannon
1775-1800
French coin excavated at West Point
1773
Badge
1899
Button
1975-1985
Box/ Candy
1906-1920
Tiptray/coin tray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1950-1960
Tokens
1937-1942
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Sewing box
1850-1900
Joseph Pancoast Medal
1870
Al Schacht Restaurant
ca. 1960
Miniature Furniture, "Butler's" Tray Table
ca. 1983
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Worst Public Administration
Kennedy/Cope
1960
Clothespin
1750-1850
Sewing box
1840-1880
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Coin: half dollar, State Of Alabama Centennial, 1919
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Daily Mirror N.Y. City/Dept of Parks/Olympic Sports Festival/Track
1951
J'aime Ike
Miniature bottles (2)
1920-1940
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1862
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
1882
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2008
Powder flask
1840-1870
Calipers
1850-1870
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
James Pollock Mint and Treasury Medal
1880-1892
Tea Strainer
1910-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Sewing Supplies
1900-1940
Measuring cup
1890-1930
Pencil box
1860-1880
Card of buttons
1930-1980
Scoop
Toy: locomotive
1850-1900
Baby doll
1880-1890
Coat
1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pencil
1940-1960
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Campaign pin
Hub cap
1850-1900
Two Eleven
ca. 1960-1980
Noggin
ca. 1750-1850
Parasol: black w/tassel
1880-1910
Game of the Diamond Heart
1902
Optical
1930-1960
Tape measure
1901
Wm. H. Taft
1908
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Badge/ medal
1895
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Society of Tammany Ribbon
1887
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Jack-in-the-box
1850-1900
Tick Tack
ca. 1800
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
1883-1900
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Coin: lll
Packet
1910-1940
Figurine
1897
Tip tray/ coin plate
1900-1930
Plate
1915
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Cane
1860-1918
Bootjack
1870-1900
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
"Harry's New York Bar"
Miniature carriage
1875-1910
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1994
"leaf" fork w/3 tines
18 or 19th century
Doll
1920-1940
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Button
1985
Button
1941
Cité
ca. 1992-2007
Flat graver
ca. 1900
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Medal
1896
National Academy of Design award medal
1830-1870
Familiar Quotations
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Trade sign
1880-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Bottle stopper
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1964
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Medicine bottle
1830-1860
Badge
Marbles (16)
1850-1920
Ribbon
1898
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Ribbon: Alliance of Neptune and Pan Union of Erie Canal...
ca. 1825
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
Leather Samples
1950-1960
Support Medical Aid/The War is Over/To Vietnam
1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
ca. 1870
Political button
1964
Barbie doll
1961-1962
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Box
1775-1825
Badge
1914-1918
Service cap
ca. 1919
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Coin: half dollar, Monroe Doctrine Centennial, 1923
Button
1980-1990
Napkin
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1889
Nixonettes
ca. 1968
Scoop
ca. 1830-1870
Medal: Syracuse New York May 17-18 1899
1899
Ox shoe excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Lum Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Emergency signaling mirror
1943-1945
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Walking-stick
1888
Anagrams: A Prize game
ca. 1900
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pin
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Medal
1917
Knife
ca. 1970
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1881
Walking-stick
ca. 1854
Spinning top
ca.1875
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Button
ca. 1961
Box
1920-1940
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Letter opener
1890-1930
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
American flag
Mason jar
1923-1933
Snuff box w/stickers
1800-1850
Needle case
1750-1800
Mortar and pestle
ca. 1850
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Toy
1951
Stereoscope
1870-1880
Powder horn
1709-1759
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
After 1878
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Centennial ribbon
1876
"Big Parade" wind-up toy
ca. 1928
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
1840-1860
The Game of Domino
ca. 1895
Seal impression in box
1815-1850
The Improved Game of Star Authors
1886
Box
1920-1950
Box
1860-1920
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Medallion
1907
Ida Ann (Doll)
ca. 1850
J. Fenimore Cooper Award Medal
1840
"21"
Fire helmet
1900-1920
Spoon
1861
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
2003
FOUNDED IN 1847/CUNY/DESTROYED IN 197??/FREE TUITION/OPEN ADMISSIONS
1974
Badge
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Snuffbox and lid
1800-1850
Snuffbox with lid
ca. 1815-1824
Group of four clock parts
1871
Souvenir token
1933
Tobacco
1996
Insignia
1890-1920
Badge in case
Miniature plate
1880-1920
Billfold
1940-1945
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1876
Miniature bottle
1875-1900
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Komikal Konversation Kards
ca. 1890
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Box
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Advertising token
1926
Pin-back button
1974
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
King Henri IV
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Dollhouse table w/sticker: Tynie Toy
1920-1940
Wool card
ca. 1820-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Tobacco tin with two pieces of tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000

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