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- Crystal Palace Souvenir Razor, 1851 -
- 1851
- Collections - Artifact
Crystal Palace Souvenir Razor, 1851
- Urn, circa 1790 -
- circa 1790
- Collections - Artifact
Urn, circa 1790
- Salver, 1780-1790 -
- 1780-1790
- Collections - Artifact
Salver, 1780-1790
- Grain Sickle, 1800-1840 - Sickles helped farmers harvest grain crops. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to gather and cut the stalks. The work also had to be done quickly before ripen grains were scattered by the wind or poor weather destroyed the crop. The invention of mechanized reapers did away with this laborious task on large acre farms.
- 1800-1840
- Collections - Artifact
Grain Sickle, 1800-1840
Sickles helped farmers harvest grain crops. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to gather and cut the stalks. The work also had to be done quickly before ripen grains were scattered by the wind or poor weather destroyed the crop. The invention of mechanized reapers did away with this laborious task on large acre farms.
- Sugar Bowl, 1785-1800 -
- 1785-1800
- Collections - Artifact
Sugar Bowl, 1785-1800
- Wilkinson Sheep Shears, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Wilkinson Sheep Shears, circa 1900
- Sickle, circa 1790 - Sickles helped farmers harvest grasses and grains. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to cut and gather the crops. The invention of mid-nineteenth-century mechanized equipment -- reapers and mowers -- made this handheld harvesting tool nearly obsolete. Still, the sickle remained useful on smaller farms or for work around the yard or garden.
- circa 1790
- Collections - Artifact
Sickle, circa 1790
Sickles helped farmers harvest grasses and grains. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to cut and gather the crops. The invention of mid-nineteenth-century mechanized equipment -- reapers and mowers -- made this handheld harvesting tool nearly obsolete. Still, the sickle remained useful on smaller farms or for work around the yard or garden.
- Candlesticks, 1770-1790 -
- 1770-1790
- Collections - Artifact
Candlesticks, 1770-1790
- Grain Sickle, circa 1790 -
- circa 1790
- Collections - Artifact
Grain Sickle, circa 1790
- Tea Urn, 1800-1810 - Despite political tensions leading up to the War of 1812, English manufacturers continued to create export goods for the American market. This elegant piece, which was part of a larger set, was designed to satisfy an American taste for classical motifs. To early nineteenth-century Americans, its "classic" shape symbolized the rebirth of democracy and representative government in the young republic.
- 1800-1810
- Collections - Artifact
Tea Urn, 1800-1810
Despite political tensions leading up to the War of 1812, English manufacturers continued to create export goods for the American market. This elegant piece, which was part of a larger set, was designed to satisfy an American taste for classical motifs. To early nineteenth-century Americans, its "classic" shape symbolized the rebirth of democracy and representative government in the young republic.