Collection Highlights

William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Badge case w/document
Crandall's Great Acrobats
ca. 1875
Picture Puzzle
ca. 1890
Shoulder straps (pair)
1861-1870
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Coin : half dollar, Stone Mountain Memorial 1925
Civil War token
1863
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Novelty
1980-2000
Pin
1995
Commemorative medalet
1876
Political button
1950s-1970s
Indian axe
17th century
Still bank
1880-1920
Doll panty hose
Miniature rake
1920-1940
Squeak toy (chicken)
1875-1900
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Garrison cap
ca. 1945
Snowglobe
2001
Box/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1991
General George Washington Military Medal
1843-1861
Daniel
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising calendar
1918
Edward O. Leech Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Walking-stick
ca. 1842
Coin excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Sectional Birds
ca. 1890
Button
1964
Cannon
ca. 1812
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Rose Bush
1930-1950
Ribbons
ca.1844
Major's Alphabet
ca. 1890
Needle wax
1840-1880
Grinder
1800-1850
Puzzle
1850-1900
Paperweight
1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ food
1989
Fan
1880-1910
Powder horn
1780
Food spear
1940-1960
Eisenhower Peace and Prosperity Medal
1960
Barack Obama button
2008
Pendant
1968
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Lady's costume: 1869
ca. 1965
Coin: Gold Dutch, 1739, Hollandia
Miniature framed picture
1910-1930
Fragments of delftware cup (2) excavated at a military hut near Fort Washington
1760-1783
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
Button
1989
Bed W/ mattress
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Salad plate
Souvenir doily
1876
Box of crayons
1920-1940
Joseph Francis Life Saving Medallion
1890
Toy soldiers, assorted
1870-1917
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Lotto
ca. 1885
Bottle Set
1920-1940
Picture Frame
1900-1940
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1906
Bowl
1900-1930
Match safe
1900-1920
New York State Chamber of Commerce Rapid Transit Commission Medal
1904
Eden Roc Club
Stud (button)
James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal
1859-1862
Blacking bottle
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1868
Paperweight
1870-1880
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
c. 1820-1850
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine
1920-1950
Button
1975-1985
Pinback button
1980-2000
Ribbon
ca. 1916
Gold Clam Shell
Play Family Sesame Street
1975-1978
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Plow
1800-1875
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Button
1972-1975
Pinback button
1980-2000
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1878
Standing Driver
c.1880
Milk carton
ca. 1937
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Snuffbox
1800-1815
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother
ca. 1888
Medicine
1930-1960
Tissues
1954
Pin-back button
1960-1970
Pinback button
1896-1910
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of ear pendants
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
2004
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1700-1800
Doll in original box
1920-1930
Needle case fragment
1720-1800
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge
ca. 1872
THE STOCK YARDS
Bootmaker's sign
1820-1850
Ribbon
1899
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton Presidential Campaign Medal
1888
Doll w/blue dress
1820-1860
Magic lantern
1880-1890
Waist belt
1861-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Wood Printer's Blocks
1880-1910
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Nixon/Lodge
Royal circus cage wagon
ca. 1910
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Bayonet
1760-1783
Romany: The New Fortune Telling Game
1899
Paperweight
1910-1930
Token: Jacob Elishewitz& Sons...Hats, New York
1900-1943
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Pestle
ca. 1850
Marble: "w/ incrusted squirrel"
1850-1920
Box with reticule and seashells
ca. 1870
Little Goldenlocks & the Three Bears: A Pleasing Game
1890
Powder Box
1880-1910
Hard Times token
ca. 1837
Sewing Supplies
1940-1960
Plate
1910-1930
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Le Madrigal
Walking-stick
1850-1930
Cornelius Vanderbilt Presentation Medal
1865-1874
Box with writing instruments
1800-1830
Box
1720-1790
Paperweight
1890-1930
Desk w/beaker, platter & notebook inside
1920-1940
Purse
1930-1940
Utensil
1940-1960
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Pin-back button
Kodama
ca. 1982-2007
Bobbin
1780-1820
Figurine
1825-1875
Model: hand-pulled Empire firehose reel
1843-1870
Goody Two Shoes Spelling Game
ca. 1880
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Paperweight
1901
Pin
2002
Coin:...1626
Hard Times token
1837
William McKinley Inauguration Souvenir Badge
1897
Badge with lanyard
2009
FDR
Walking-stick
1875-1900
Miter with case
1850-1900
Bale seal
1760-1783
Commemorative Plaque
1928
Ribbon fragment and envelope
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1900-1920
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1940s
Powder horn
1758
Doll bathing suit
Miniature urn
1910-1940
Ornament painted box
1875-1925
Calipers (3)
1775-1795
Axe
1700-1800; 20th century
Pin-back campaign button
1952-1956
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Button
2003
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: B'klyn Union League
1912
Il Cortile
ca. 1960-1980
Lady's shoehorn
ca. 1920
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Bottle
1770-1785
Framed set of ceramics (26)
1740-1800
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1880-1910
Medicine
1910-1930
Stop the Cruise Missile
1975-1985
Button
ca. 1995
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 3rd Issue
1911
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Ribbon
1800-1900
Miniature potted plant
1920-1950
Coach
ca. 1770
Pair of gloves
1880-1900
Coat
1917-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display jar
1890-1930
Coin
Souvenir
1917-1920
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1930
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Pin: Americna Legion Auxilary on card
Panorama
1784-1815
Card game
1850-1900
The Society of Medalists 1st Issue
1930
Miniature Furniture, Circular Table with Inlaid Top
ca. 1983
Hair Grooming
1907-1930
Swizzle stick
1940-1970
Thimble/ insurance
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
1849
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
$10 Eagle
1801
Miniature high chest
1960-1980
Campaign necktie
1952
The Game of Dr. Busby
1843
Button
1978
Blotter
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
5-4 is not a mandate
2003
Allied Relief Medal
After 1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Ribbon badge
1885-1897
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1880
Child's plate
1804-1830
Case
1896
George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Miniature Furniture, Dining Room Table
ca. 1983
Box/ Food
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Political novelty
1980-2000
Bryan and Silver
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Bell
probably 1960s
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Rocking horse toy
1875-1900
Shako with pompon
ca. 1914
Pin-back button
2000
Ashtray
1950-1980
Souvenir token
1939
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
2003
Doll
ca.1904
Commemorative cane
2005
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Gentleman's costume: 1875
ca. 1968
Dagger
1855-1870
Field mirror in case
1890-1910
Ashtray
1937
Fan
1890-1920
Coin purse
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
ca. 1969
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1856
BARBETTA
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Toy soldier
1880-1920
Dried flowers from the funeral car of Abraham Lincoln
1865
Hook and chain
1750-1840
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
The Life Saving Benevolent Association Of New York Inc. 1849
ca. 1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1863
Gas lighter
ca. 1910
Miniature condiment caddy
1920-1950
Framed set of objects (24) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Pike's Peak or Bust
1895
Button
ca. 1985
Game board
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
New York Chapter Knights of Columbus
1954
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1904
Badge:...Dayton Hose No.2, Herkimer, N.Y.
1880-1920
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1830-1870
Simple Simon and other Rhymes
1906
Inkwell
1900-1930
Telephone Directory/ Food
1940-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944
Button
World's Columbian Exposition Award Medal
1893
El Toro Marisqueria
Coin:...1621
The Home History Game
1909
Milestone
ca. 1822-23
Nightstick with holster belt
1850-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1900
Miniature fireplace stand and tools
1900-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1934
Pin
1890-1910
We Want F.D.R. Again
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Still bank
1875-1900
Gavel
1830-1840
The Newport Yacht Race
ca. 1891
RE-ELECT/BERNSTEIN/SENATOR
ca. 1975
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
William Pitt Medal
ca. 1766
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Campaign ribbon
1888
Buckle
1775-1783
Ribbon w/pin & photograph: of Grant
Sleigh
1920-1930
Still bank
1870-1880
Framed set of jewels and links (98)
1760-1783
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1935
Printer's Block
1901
Seal tag/ Food
1940-1970
Paperweight
1940-1990
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Clothes wringer
1870-1900
Keith Haring
Pan with lid
1880-1920
Marble pieces (2)
1775-1795
Toy cupboard with pewter dishes (14)
1850-1900
Button
1945
Handle/ tool
1880-1920
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1920
Campaign ribbon
1876
Zinno
ca. 1960-1980
Parallel rule
ca. 1900
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
Doll w/white dress
1820-1860
Escape map
1942
The Checkered Game of Life
ca. 1910
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Novelty
1994-1995
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1860
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Adolph Werner Plaquette
1907
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
No Franklin The First
Saviors of the Liberty of the World Medal
1919
Dollhouse furn: bed w/spring
1920-1940
Fan
1915-1930
U.S. Bolo (1912), machete and sheath
1912-1913
Win what? with Wilkie
1940
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Trade sign
1900-1920
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Commemorative medal
1947
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
Sugar Daddy printing gel
1973
The Game of the World's History
1894
Lady's costume: 1776
ca. 1966
With Willkie We Won't Need Relief
Physician's saddlebag with medicine containers
1850-1870
Dress hat
1895-1915
Snuff box w/tag: hat-shaped; inscribed: N
1800-1830
Pattern quarter
1792
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Smith for President
1928
Musical table lighter
1940s
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
Cane
1875-1925
Die in box
1850-1900
Button
1996
Bottle/Chemical
1890-1920
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1915
Tokens (3)
1852
Commodore Matthew C. Perry Presentation Medal
1856
Beehive Puzzle
1930-1950
Ribbon
1888
Hall's Excelsior
1869
Child's plate
1830-1880
Model 1863 Cavalry Bit
1863-1868
Tobacco shop figure
ca. 1877-1890
Paperweight
1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Coaster/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
ca. 1994
Cooper Union 50th Anniversary Medal
1909
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Bayonnet for Brown Bess
1750-1830
John Stewart Military Medal
1780
Palette that belonged to John Ward Dunsmore
1900-1940
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pipe: carved figures on bowl
1850-1925
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Shopping bag
1997
Tag/ clothes
1935
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin-back campaign button
1976
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1920's
Needlecase: hinged lid
1840-1880
Second Rhode Island Regiment of Infantry
ca. 1936
Rattle with bells and whistle
1750-1825
Peter Coddles Dinner Party
1890-1900
Button
1945
Cleaning supplies
1950-1970
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Tobacco canister
1930-1950
Ribbon
1908
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Ribbon
ca. 1900
THE PENTHOUSE RESTAURANT
Die
1880-1930
Marble game
1825-1875
Chester A. Arthur Presidential Medal
1883
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Sword belt w/slings
1861-1865
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1917-1918
Medicine
1930-1950
Promotional medallion
1954
Pinback button
1980-2000
Colonel George Croghan Military Medal
1837-1885
Peace sign candle
ca. 1965
Pastry sleeve
1800-1880
Apothecary bottle with cap
1880-1920
Thimble
1825-1875
The Three Bears and Life's Mishaps
1898
Medicine
1880-1910
Skin Cream Tin
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
1835
Washington Ribbon
1902
Commemorative cane
2005
Apple parer
1820-1830
Dollhouse furn: side board
1920-1940
Puzzle
1850-1900
The Game of City Life or the Boys of New York
1889
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Postcard
2001-2002
Collar Clip
1949-1953
P.T. Barnum Museum Medal
ca. 1855-1860
Luchow's
Pair of child's gloves
1800-1850
Ribbon
ca. 1894
Globe
1800-1850
Scoop
ca. 1700-1800
Soldier
1840-1870

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