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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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Independence Hall Tower
1870-1880
Fire helmet frontpiece: Morrisania, 1
1850-1900
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
1897
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hardware/ household
1980-2000
Store display
1890-1910
Ribbon
1916
Pair of lapel buttons
1892
Political button
1970
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Butter board
ca. 1758
Doll
1840-1880
Band wagon
1919-1926
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Sword belt (2)
1860-1865
Tray
1900-1940
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medallion: Fort Ticonderoga NY
1900-1990
Umeda Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Jeweled hair comb
ca. 1920
Lapel button: B. and L., 1884
1884
Coffee grinder
ca. 1850
Massachusetts Tercentary Commemorative Medal
1930
Coat
1915-1945
Anvils (6)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne)
ca. 1886
Button
1984
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1886-1900
Horses Tail Rest./950 8th Ave., NYC Stir spoon
1950-1980
Ribbon
1896
Blackout
ca. 1941-1945
Rocking horse
1800-1850
Bobbins
1800-1840
The Game of Auction
1893
Tobacco Tin
1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Can/ food
1950-1960
Badge/ pin
1910-1930
Souvenir spoon
1898-1900
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Pin-back button
2008
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Doll chest
1850-1900
Ell measure
ca. 1800-1850
Doll house furniture: chest on chest
1920-1940
World War I Medals
Parasol with detachable handle
1870-1900
Hat
1861-1865
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1921
Medicine
1995-2002
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
SLC [in red circle with diagonal slash]
2003
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Mortar
1800-1850
Clock
1860-1880
Sand toy
ca. 1850
Gavel: ...Pioneers of Alaska...
1900-1907
Blow Bill Blow
1992
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
Wood fragment from building in which the Declaration of Independence was signed
1750-1800
Pen
1980-2000
Children's Year Medal
1919
Bull and Bear
Gentleman's costume: 1855
ca. 1963
Phonograph record in box: "Much Obliged to You"
1904
The Great American Centennial Exhibition Puzzle Blocks
1875
Button
1984
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960-1968
Button
1966
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Rice Krispy Treat Elves Cut Outs
1955
Dollhouse furn: table
1920-1940
Coin: Hugenot Half dollar, Founding of New Netherland 1924
Spurs: pair
1900-1940
Storage bin
1850-1900
Mortar
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1912-1916
Medicine
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Pinback button
1896-1910
Harvard University Medal
1907
Ribbon pin
1892
Cane
2002
Ribbon
1888
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Shako
1918-1931
Soldier
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Pinback button
1940
Office supply
1962-1980
Holland Society Medal
1904
One fifth avenue
Coin: half dollar, Oregon Trail Memorial 1926
River Club
1981
Medal w/ribbon: Grant and Colfax
Lady's costume: 1660
ca. 1964
Needle case
19th Century
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
ca. 1875
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Trade sign
1890-1925
Pin
1920-1940
Willkie First Voter
Chevrolet Corvette sports coupe
ca. 1980's
Officer's dress
1942-1946
Miniature ewer
1900-1930
Medal:Catskill Aqueduct begun 1905
Zachary Taylor Rosette Badge
ca. 1848
Yoke
1750-1850
Trousers
1942
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Ashtray
1910-1950
Cup
1980-2000
Hunt's Lettering & Drawing Pens
1900-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL WOMEN
ca. 1970
Doll's dress: 3 piece pink silk ensemble
1870-1880
Campaign ane
ca. 1892
Funnel
1850-1900
Sword, Scabbard and Sash
1862
Peter Coddle
ca. 1900
Watch box
1996
Ashtray
1890-1930
Pinback button
1908
RAMSEY CLARK FOR U.S. SENATE
Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren
1948
Le Pavillon
Tiddledy Winks
1890
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Pill box
ca. 1863
Dollhouse chair w/painted flora and sticker: Tynie Toys
1920-1940
English history game
1850-1860
Pin-back button
1960-1970
Paperweight
1890-1920
Invitation
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Campaign button
Paul and Jimmy's
ca. 1950-2000
Doll
1870-1900
The Society of Medalists 12th Issue
1935
Powder horn
1780-1840
Vacuum cleaner
1880-1910
Hall stand
1920-1960
Cup
1920-1950
Optician's trade sign
1880-1920
Game
1930-1945
Printing
1928
Walking-stick
ca. 1876
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
McKinley Tariff Object Lesson No. 2
ca. 1893
Lincoln cents (4)
2008
Bowling set
1800-1900
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Uncle Sam's Family
1876
Fan
1896
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1880-1910
Mail advertisement
1990-2000
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Political button
1970
Coin: half dollar, California-Pacific Intl. Expo. 1935
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Buttons mounted on card
1860-1865
Spoon bowl
1760-1783
Watch Face
1880-1940
Toy
1990-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1935
Pastry jagger/crimper
19th century
Doll: on stand w/purple dress
ca. 1900
Purse
1800-1850
Thimbles
1760-1783
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
The Lightning Dart Wheel: The Pet Game of the Day
1874
Printer's Block
1907
Udall For President
1976
The Society of Medalists 6th Issue
1932
Taste of Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1905
Garrison cap
ca. 1943
Snuff box: portrait relief
1800-1850
Coll.of 3 coins:1-Vt. Res.Publica,1785; 2-Vermontensium,1786
Fireman's pick ax
Bits and drills (17)
1775-1795
Service cap
1918-1922
Carnegie Hall Stagebill for October 16-17, 2001
2001
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Certificate
1918
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Token
1863
Pair of doll stockings
1870-1880
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Horse pull toy
ca. 1868
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1915
Food spear
1940-1960
Commemorative coin
ca. 1850
Napkin
1957
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Top
1850-1900
Ribbon
1840
Die
1800-1838
Jenny Lind
1850-1875
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1873
Button
Paperweight
1895-1930
Doll
1910-1920
Thimble/ music
1900-1960
Badge
1890-1940
Wm. H. Taft for President
La piazzetta di Quisisana
ca. 1960-1980
Portrait doll
1941
Fire helmet
1854-1880
Snuffbox
1760-1800
Game pieces (104)
1850-1900
Embroidery frame
ca. 1790
Pine tree shilling
1652
Wallet
1958
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cartridge belt /w 4 metal cartridge holders & tag
1870-1880
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pencil
1950-1960
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Tin flag
After 1945
Gentleman's costume: 1720
ca. 1962
Stamp
1830-1880
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
Advertising pocket mirror
1890-1920
Tin/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1930
Sack
1860-1890
Responsible Leadership Humphrey-Muskie
1968
Pin-back campaign button
2004
As (Roman coin)
ca. 28-9 B.C.
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
ca. 1852
Piece of iron from the "Monitor"
ca. 1862
Percussion musket converted for civilian use: inscribed
1750-1770
Handle
1890-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Cow on Wheels
1875-1900
Campaign ribbon
1888
Pin-back campaign button
1884
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1913
Commemorative cane
ca. 1983
Cradle W/mattress
1920-1940
Dollhouse furn: umbrella
1920-1940
Service cap
1941-1947
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Fan
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Coin/ medallion
1954
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
THE FORUM OF THE TWELVE CAESARS
The New York Battleship Puzzle
ca. 1898
Aerial camera lens
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
Medallion
ca. 1876
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Perfume Box
1900-1930
Powder Box
1880-1910
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Advertisement
1892
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Token: 1/2 penny, Province of Canada, 1844
1844
Collection of buttons: New York State Governors
Grover Cleveland Presidential Medal
1885
Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto-Electric Machine
ca. 1854
Shirt
1941-1946
Identification badge for bomb-sniffing dog, Ajax Moser
2001
Button
ca. 1990
Tube
1930-1950
Tobacco
1926
Pin
1920-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Doll's dress: 2 piece brown silk bodice and skirt with red trim
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1933
Apothecary bottle
1906-1915
Fragment of fob seal excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Box/ Food
1948
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1928
Button
1972
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Mediterranee
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
Pin-back button
2016
Epaulet box
1850-1900
Miniature folding table
1920-1940
Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
1760-1783
Dinner knife
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Taft
1921-1950
Keewah Yen
ca. 1980-2000
Ribbon fragment
1800-1900
Copying machine
1850-1910
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
1854-1857
Bottle/Medicine
1900-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
ceremonial ribbon
Stationery case
1870-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
The Pentagon is Rising/October 21
1967
Tax token
1930-1945
William Russel Grace 100th Anniversary Commemorative Medal
1980
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
Medicine bottle
1880-1890
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Improved Historical Cards
1884
Bottle/ food
1930-1950
Cue stick
Badge/ tag
1900-1940
Award pendant
1929
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
NYC2012 Snowglobe
2005
Bootjack
1850-1900
Wind-up toy: horse-drawn buggy
ca. 1870
Pewter object excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
Tape measure
1860-1865
Hat Pin
1904
Trade sign
1920-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Box
1935
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
General George Washington Military Medal
1820
Greene Street
ca. 1960-1980
BRING PEACE TO VIETNAM, SUPPORT THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT
1960-1975
Apple parer
ca. 1830
State Department Life Saving Medal
1860-1873
Coin shaped Locket w/ photo ...1875
Miniature face powder canister
1900-1930
Foot warmer
1850-1918
Dress hat
ca. 1900
Civil War token
1863
Box
1855-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1950-1960
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
ca. 1910
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Pedlar doll
1820-1850
Lantern with portrait of Lincoln and Union Flag.
1864
Pinback button
1980-2000
Trade sign
1880-1910
Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate
1894
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1940-1950
James Jerome Hill Commemorative Medal
1916
Political button
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Doll
1750-1800
Miniature iron
1900-1925
"Roosevelt" Hide at Hyde!
Carved wooden horse
1875-1900
Framed fragment of flag flown during inauguaration of George Washington
1789
Pipes (pair)
1900-1942
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1910
We Are All A Part Of One Another
2001
Hardware Samples
1990-2000
I Survived Terror at the Towers
1993
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
New-York Historical Society Medal (150th Anniversary)
1954
Gaylord
ca. 1960-1980
Deception Dollar
2004
Bayonnet, model '42 U.S.
1820-1860
Pill box
1850-1875
Chapeau (bicorne)
1870-1885
Bottle opener
1900-1940
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Wood scrap
1850-1900
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Miniature Furniture; Provincial Chest
ca. 1983
Fugio cent
1787
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1948
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Tinkertoy
1930-1959
Gentleman's costume: 1892
ca. 1962
Princeton University Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1946
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
1892
Perfume Bottle
1940-1970
Watch face
1920-1940
Carton/ Food
1980-2000
Cap/ military
1943
Pencil
1990-2000
Stevenson for President
1960
Medal
1908
Framed set of bone buttons, button molds, and iron tool (33) excavated at Fort H
1779-1783
Ribbon: Waurecan encampment...season of 1897
1897
Child's plate
1818-1846
Waist belt
ca. 1840
Vote for The Hudson River Museum
ca. 1990
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Rocking Chair
Commemorative ribbon
1948
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Tool
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1920
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Honor Pupil
1913
Ribbon Badge Description Document
ca. 1930
Commemorative cane
2009
Plaque in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
early 20th Century
Card stand
ca. 1850
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Framed set of lead strips (46) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Pistol
1903-1910
Box/ Candy
1910-1940
Banner
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Transportation Token : United Traction Company Sustem, Albany
1899-1940
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Empress Chinese Cuisine
Doll dress
Toy: New York Central passenger railroad car
1895-1905
Framed set of lead pencils (15) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
Pinback button
1918-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Hook Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Button
1960-1975
Lantern slides
1890-1910
Coaster
1997
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
John McCain
2008
Toy side chair
1880-1920
Medal: 1876 Centennial
ca. 1876
Button
Adlai and Estes
Dispenser or serving urn
1888-1900
Trousers
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1836
Republican County Committee Badge
1904
Commemorative cane
2008
Apothecary jar with cover
1800-1825
Bowl excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1740-1783
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pin: 2 year
Lotto
1895
Sewing Supplies/ medallion
1890-1920
Counter top dispenser
1920-1950
Office supply
1880-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1882
Chandler's Restaurant
Snuff box in box
Folding knife
mid-twentieth century
Federal Hall Medalet
1889
Toy train
1900-1910
Tape measure
ca. 1830
Miniature mail box
1930-1940
Candle holder
1900-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Cigarette canister
1890-1920
Pinback button
1991
Pin-back button
ca. 1868
M.J. Knoud
ca. 1960-1980
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Wool wheel (bench and wheel)
1750-1850

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