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Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory

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Oyster shucking knife
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1910
Collec. of 2 token, North American Token, Commerce,1781
Miniature armchair
1960-1980
Fire helmet frontpiece: Liberty Hose
1850-1900
Trade sign
1800-1850
Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge
1901
Tea Caddy
1920-1960
Napkin
1980-2000
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
Token
1889-1950
Marquis de Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1934
Blue Angel Supper Club
Sword case
ca. 1816
Model 1898 Krag Rifle
1898-1903
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Jumper
1942
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Box
1780-1820
Medicine
1980-2000
Store display
1900-1940
Pinback button
1940-1990
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
AL/BLUMENTHAL/FOR/MAYOR
1973
Miniature Jar
1825-1875
Snuffbox made from wood of the U.S. Constitution
1845-1847
Hotel key
1890-1910
Miniature andirons (pair)
1930-1950
Dress helmet with plume
1867-1882
Picture blocks
ca. 1900
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Spoon
1930-1950
Letter opener
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Ribbon
ca. 1907
Commemorative cane
ca. 1861
Gentleman's costume: 1939
ca. 1962
Belt clasp excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
The Merry Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Button
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1880-1910
Swizzle stick
ca. 1980
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Louise Jr.
Powderhorn: etched w/map of NY State
1770-1780
Flax brake
1800-1850
Richter's Comet Blocks
ca. 1902
Trousers
1985-1898
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Ribbon
1890-1925
Pinback button
1980-2000
Treasury Department - First Class Life Saving Medal
1881
Barnum & Bailey poster "Cleopatra, Egypt’s Beautiful Queen," 1912
1912
Memo holder
1890-1920
Bottle: Dr's S.S. Fitch & Son ...The Queen's Toilet
1830-1870
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Game of Baseball
1886
Medicine
1920-1950
Case w/candles and matches
ca. 1867
Perfume bottle
1950-1990
Badge/ medal
1927
Pin
1920-1930
Hard Times tokens (4)
1841
Cushion
1800-1850
Commemorative cane
ca. 1800
Lady's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
For President Dewey
Needle wax
1840-1880
Pair of glow-in-the-dark "2000"
1999
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Shoe Cleaner
1940-1960
Iron
1880-1920
Tie clip
1952-1956
Key Chain
ca. 1956
L'Aiglon
New Haven Tercentenary Commemorative Medal
1938
Miniature table
1875-1900
Dolls' house
1920-1960
Paperweight
1890-1920
Paperweight
1890-1920
Squeak toy (robins)
1875-1900
Coaster
1940-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1970-1990
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Cadillac Bar
ca. 1986-1999
New York, New York! The Ultimate Big Apple Trivia Game
ca. 1984-1994
Coin: USA, 1858 1 cent
1858
Jolly Sailor Coin Bank
ca. 1957
Portable chain stitch sewing machine
ca. 1883
Fire helmet frontpiece: engineer, C.F.
1820-1850
Game of Words and Sentences
ca. 1885
Mug/Shaving
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1990-2000
U.S. Merchant tokens (2)
ca. 1860
Envelope
ca. 1955
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Doll: in pink and white striped dress
ca. 1880
Ostrich feather ornament
1880-1920
Box
1900-1940
Hair Grooming
1911-1930
Ribbon
1850-1900
Pinback button
1940-1950
Hardware/ household
1910-1940
Tin
1980-2000
"Citibank Believes in the Bronx"
1970s
Lapel button
Political button
1960s
Doll body suit
Gaiters (pair)
1915-1945
Service bell in the form of a pig
ca. 1900
Savonarola Chair
1800-1806
Shovel
1800-1900
Civil War token
1863
Letter Opener/ Candy
1940-1960
Hardware/ household
1950-1970
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Scrimshaw whale tooth depicting the clipper ship "Cosmos"
1910-1940
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
ca. 1880
The Kitano
ca. 1960-1980
Celluloid necklace
ca. 1910-1920
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1930
Doll, bride
1880-1900
Camera and accessories
1885-1895
Game of Snap
ca. 1890
Booklet
1890-1930
Sleigh
late 19th Century
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1888-1900
Towers Hotel - Brooklyn, N.Y. Swizzle stick
1950-1980
Token
Horseshoe Puzzle
1930-1950
Coin : half dollar, Stone Mountain Memorial 1925
Winchester Model 1886 Rifle
1886-1898
Inkstand
1800-1860
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Trousers
1901
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1880-1910
Badge/ medal
1900-1930
Historical souvenir
1898-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Identification Token
Shopping bag
Hat
1942
Toy cupboard
1875-1900
Teapot (6) excavated at a Colonial house
1760-1783
Edward W. Parsons & Mary F. Taber Marriage Medal
1876
Doll house furniture: sofa
1920-1940
Medicine
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1996
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
2004
Am I Not a Man & a Brother
ca. 1800
Canteen w/docu: gift of John Wood Dunsmore 1941
1856
Box of crayons
ca. 1930
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Gentleman's costume: 1799
ca. 1968
Fire helmet: chief engineer
1824-1828
Razor blades (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Game of Nations
ca. 1898
Button
1970-1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
Pen
1980-2000
One Hundred Years of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States Medal
1915
The Four Seasons
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
James Monroe Indian Peace Medal
After 1817
Sternboard from the "Portsmouth"
ca. 1843
Sock dryers (2)
1870-1880
Paperweight
1876
Coat
1942
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Button
ca. 1968
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
After 1840
Rice Krispy Treat Elves Cut Outs
Tote bag
2016
Indian axe
17th century
Dollhouse furn: table w/mirror
1920-1940
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Whale's tooth
1840-1900
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1650-1750
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon pin
1891
Cane
2000
Carnegie Art Insitute medal
ca. 1900
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
Moustache comb
1878-1898
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Club pin
1878
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing cards
1901
Pinback button
1940
Sewing kit
2003
Holland Society Plaquette
1911
Promenade Cafe
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Inauguration Medal
1934
Apple parer
1800-1830
Souvenir draft capsule from World War I in box
ca. 1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Ruler
1920-1940
Poultry tag
1905-1930
Button
Bookmark
1863
Stamp
1825-1875
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Ring bolt from the U.S.S. Maine
1890-1898
Ashtray
1910-1950
Booklet
1940
Bar tray
1898-1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
TEACH PEACE
ca. 1982
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1840
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Miniature table
1920-1940
No Fourth Term Either
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
1824
Footlocker with belongings
1860-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
Watch brochure
1997
Ashtray
1920-1940
Pinback button
1908
Button
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Versailles
Key
ca. 1775
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Collection of domestic & wild animals
1870-1910
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Vote for Ike
Sette MoMA
ca. 1993-2002
Powder horn
1800-1825
Burnishing tools (2)
1775-1795
Bass drum
1836
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Whale tooth
1910-1940
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1970-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Ike in '56
Le Périgord Park
ca. 1980-1987
Spoon
1750-1850
Coin: collection of 2 steel pennies; 1943
1943
Bridle rosettes (4 prs.)
1885-1920
Doll's coverlet
1875-1950
Fireman's belt: exempt trustee assn.
1850-1900
Choice Thoughts from Longfellow
1890
Button
1970-1975
Toy
1930-1950
Printing/ medallion
1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
ca. 1965
General George Washington Military Medal
1863-1885
Lapel pin
1945
Doll: girl in sable brown velvet gown on stand
ca. 1900
Purse
1790-1840
Set of 4 bouillon cups with covers and saucers
1890-1908
Printer's block
1860-1880
Ribbon
1800-1900
Fan
1890-1920
Optical
1940-1960
Sign
1900-1930
Music/ pencil
1930-1960
Union Pacific "Lucky Piece" Souvenir Medal
1934
Pin-back button
2009
Microscope
1960
4 Badges
1865
Miniature drawknife
1890-1920
Service cap
1943-1945
Civil War token
1863-1865
Fan
1911
Leg brace
ca. 1940
Music cylinder
1905-1912
Fragment of church bell melted in the Great Fire of 1835
1674
Forks
1790-1825
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
The Society of Medalists 38th Issue
1948
Shoei
ca. 1960-1980
Evening bag
1910-1920
Coin in envelope: Colonial Roman w/Africa on face
Collection of 5 wooden dolls
1900-1940
Incense burner
ca. 1890-1940
The American Yacht: A Marine Sectional Puzzle
ca. 1895
Spoon
ca. 1910
Sewing Souvenir
1980-2000
Puzzle
1880-1900
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Civil War token
1863
Doll blanket in carrying strap
1870-1880
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Pin
ca. 1900
Chapeau (bicorne)
ca. 1840
Gloves
1850-1863
Plate (11)
1760-1783
Paperweight puzzle
ca. 1880-1910
Pro Union/Pro Choice
1980-1985
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Food spear
1940-1960
Pin-back button
1972
Barack Obama
2008
The Saint
ca. 1980-1988
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration "Federal Hall" Medalet
1889
Baluster
1889
Dress hat
1946-1947
Pine tree shilling
1652
Doll house furniture: toilet w/elevated tank
1920-1940
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Doll
1890-1920
Travel
1940-1946
Commemorative token
1919
Pin-back button
1921-1950
Taro
ca. 1960-1980
Authors
ca. 1890
American Institute medal
1847
Society of Cincinnati commmemorative medal
1897
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Doll w/red bandana
1920-1960
Framed set of objects (36) excavated at West Point
1744-1788
Improved Game of Tiddledy Winks
1890
Box with Tin
1910-1940
Calendar
1908-1919
Food spear
1940-1960
Musical recording
1910-1920
Medallion
1931
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Flag cigar
After 1945
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Tercentenary of Portsmouth, R.I. Commemorative Medal
1938
Paper dolls and costumes (44 pieces)
1890-1900
Harness bells (5)
ca. 1808-1848
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Food container
1900-1920
Trade Sign
1871
Punch bowl
1910-1930
Button
1968
Lapel stud
1888
Medal
1813
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Powder horn
1758
Clockwork toy
1874-1900
Tobacco box
1700-1800
Rocking horse
1793
Bottle
1890-1910
Souvenir token
1904
Token
1940-1960
Miniature high chair
1915-1935
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1915
Commemorative cane
ca. 1900
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Walking-stick
ca. 1897
Spectacles and case
1830-1840
Farrago
1882
Badge in case
Powder Box
1880-1910
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Medallion
1942
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
Stockholm Restaurant
Yoke
ca. 1825-1850
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Coat
1940-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Tin/ Candy
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Cyrus Field Medallion
ca. 1868
Bookmark
1963
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1930
Darning egg
1800-1850
Framed set of American military buttons (61)
1775-1783
An Amusing Game of Horse Show
ca. 1890
Generator flashlight
1914-1919
Button
ca. 1980
Box
1890-1920
Cigarette pack
1952
Pinback button
1910-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Doll's chemise
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1932
Lady's costume: 1905
ca. 1965
Magnifying glass and case
1800-1830
American Fire Department: A Sectional Picture Toy
1882
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Utensil
1980-2000
Carry on with Roosevelt
Medallion
1920-1940
Pin
1944-1948
Vote for Jimmy
1925
Sardi's
Sword, scabbard and belt
1820-1850
Washtub
1700-1800
Dolls' house table lamp
1920-1960
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Pencil/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Barkley
Terrace
ca. 1975-2007
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Paris-New York Flight Commemorative Medal
1930
Peddler Woman Doll
1800-1850
Nightstick
1860-1913
Historical Puzzle Box
ca. 1900
Medicine
1890-1900
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Squeak toy (hen)
1875-1900
Pinback button
1995
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Stephan A.Douglas Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
Walking-stick
1860-1918
Handkerchief box
1840-1880
Marbles (86)
1850-1920
Button w/photo: photo of McKinley and Roosevelt
Box
1943
Bottle/ food
1930-1950
Cue stick
Button
1980-1990
Box
1890-1920
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
NYC2012 Candidate City/100 Days Until the Decision/July 6, 2005
2005
Ribbon
1892
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Sand caster
ca. 1848
Button
1968
Tool
1885
Trade sign
1880-1910
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
Holster
1860-1870
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1875
Batons
ca. 1960-1980
GO DRUG FREE
1975-1985
George Bailey Hopson Commemorative Plaquette
1913
Cottages (6 pieces)
1875-1925
Fire helmet: chief engineer M.J.B.
ca. 1864
Toy armoire
Cigar box
ca. 1750
Collar
1866-1910
Pen/ pencil
1930-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Civil War Token
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Coin: half dollar, California-Pacific Intl. Expo. 1935
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Hat
1865-1880
Fanny Gray
1854
Purse
1780-1805
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1992-1996
Tin/ food
1950-1960

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