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- Sugar Bowl, 1770-1790 -
- 1770-1790
- Collections - Artifact
Sugar Bowl, 1770-1790
- Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880 - Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- 1850-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880
Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- Bible Box Made for Sarah Smedley, 1737 - This box inlaid with the initials S.S. and 1737 were made for Sarah Smedley as part of her wedding furniture. It likely held Sarah's valuable items and sat on top of a chest of drawers. The distinctive diamond motif inlays and lettering filled with checkered patterns are associated with Chester County cabinet maker Thomas Thomas of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
- 1737
- Collections - Artifact
Bible Box Made for Sarah Smedley, 1737
This box inlaid with the initials S.S. and 1737 were made for Sarah Smedley as part of her wedding furniture. It likely held Sarah's valuable items and sat on top of a chest of drawers. The distinctive diamond motif inlays and lettering filled with checkered patterns are associated with Chester County cabinet maker Thomas Thomas of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
- Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880 - Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- 1850-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880
Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- Christian Van Nortwick Coverlet Woven for Andrew Miller, 1837 - A coverlet is a decorative bedcovering--usually made of cotton and wool--woven on a loom. This one was woven for Andrew Miller by Christian Van Nortwick, a weaver who worked in Asbury, New Jersey, in the 1830s and 1840s. It wasn't often that a man was named as the client for a coverlet--most coverlets were woven for women.
- 1837
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Van Nortwick Coverlet Woven for Andrew Miller, 1837
A coverlet is a decorative bedcovering--usually made of cotton and wool--woven on a loom. This one was woven for Andrew Miller by Christian Van Nortwick, a weaver who worked in Asbury, New Jersey, in the 1830s and 1840s. It wasn't often that a man was named as the client for a coverlet--most coverlets were woven for women.
- Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880 - Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- 1850-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880
Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880 - Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- 1850-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880
Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- Pocketbook, 1745-1795 -
- 1745-1795
- Collections - Artifact
Pocketbook, 1745-1795
- Coverlet Woven by John Lantz in 1839 -
- 1839
- Collections - Artifact
Coverlet Woven by John Lantz in 1839
- Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880 - Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.
- 1850-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Light, 1850-1880
Glass "Christmas lights," hung with wire from Christmas tree branches, were a popular alternative to Christmas candleholders in nineteenth-century America. This mold-blown example features a diamond pattern designed to reflect light from inside, where a wick burned in cork or wood floating atop oil or water.