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Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Beaded and shaped edge. Black transfer of 2 birds on a bush Impressed on base.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

A white dinner plate with a blue transfer design depicting an exotic scene, likely a Russian landscape featuring a reindeer, temple, and willow tree. The plate is attributed to Staffordshire.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Light blue transfer of English pastoral scene with people in foreground and six castles on rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry transfer. Washington Vase pattern.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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One pearlware plate with a floral transfer print and blue and red underglaze painting. Berlin pattern. The plate has a border printed with six panels with floral detailing and a small bouquet in the center of the plate.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transferred design in the "Persian" pattern. Lightly scalloped rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transferred design in the "Persian" pattern. Lightly scalloped rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transferred design in the "Persian" pattern. Lightly scalloped rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with an octagonal shape. The body is a grayish-white with only a very slight orange peel texture. The edges are ground and colored an orange-brown. Large maroon flowers, along with leaves and smaller flowers of different colors fill the center and create a border around the edge. A thin, scrolling line (now partially worn off) was painted to define the center from the outer border. The paint feels fairly thick to the touch, and the decoration was painted in maroon, orange, yellow, blue, purple, light green and dark green.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate. The body has a grayish white glaze and a very slightly orange peel texture. The edges of the round plate are an orange-brown color. The floral decoration of one large and two smaller center floral groups and a continuous outer border of flowers and leaves, are painted thickly with brightly colored paint (orange, dark blue, pink, maroon, yellow, black, white, light green and turquoise).

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate. The round body has a grayish white glaze and an orange peel texture. The decoration is painted with pink, lavender, green, rusty-orange, brown, and gold. The center has a delicate but large grouping of flowers. The outer border has scrolling vines and smaller flower sprigs. A thin border of rust defines the outer and inner areas of the plate.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Four scenic reserves on rim divided by foliated scrolls. Center has a Scottish huntsman in kilts with deer and another hunter in the background. "Caledonia" pattern.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

White dinner plate with molded blue edge in feather-like design. Blue shell edge.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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Dinner plate with molded blue edge in feather-like design, blue shell edge.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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Molded blue shell-edge in feather-like design wide rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Beaded and shaped edge. Black transfer of 2 birds on a bush.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Mulberry dinner plate in PELEW pattern. Oriental temple and bridge.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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Blue transferware dinner plate with Asian imagery.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Light blue transfer of romantic European pastoral scene with four people in foreground and six castles on rim. "Florentine".

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Light blue transfer of romantic European pastoral scene with four people in foreground and six castles on rim. "Florentine".

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

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Light blue transfer of romantic European pastoral scene with people in foreground and six castles on rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Feather edge pearlware plate. Ivory base color with blue edge.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transfer design of an urn with flowers in the foreground, a boat in the middle ground and buildings in the background. Lightly scalloped rim with a floral design.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transfer design of an urn with flowers in the foreground, a boat in the middle ground and buildings in the background. Lightly scalloped rim with a floral design.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Mulberry-type transfer printed plate with shaped rim and slight scalloped edge. Oriental temple and tree in center. Floral decoration along rim. Three imperfections on top surface from kiln stacking and three kiln marks on reverse.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

Dinner plate with lavender transferred design in the "Persian" pattern. Lightly scalloped rim.

Dinner Plate

Dinner Plate

Object/Artifact

White-bodied earthenware plate with a blue transfer printed decoration. Shows Chinese temple, mountains, bridge and figures. Scalloped rim decorated with oriental motif band.

Diploma, James V. R. Chapman

Diploma, James V. R. Chapman

Print

A diploma awarded by the New-York State Agricultural Society to James V. R. Chapman for "Best Specimens of Business Penmanship" at the Rochester meeting, 1864. Printed with handwritten components. Features a pastoral scene surrounded by sheaves of wheat, livestock, and images of farming life. State agricultural societies awarded a multitude of "diplomas" for a variety of categories from awards for livestock care and breeding, to improvements to tools and machinery, to in this case penmanship.

Display Case

Display Case

Object/Artifact

Store display case with four glass panels - one on each side and two in the front and door in back. Original red paint and hardware.

Dog Figurine

Dog Figurine

Object/Artifact

Molded earthenware spaniel with a collar and chain. Brown, running glaze spilling over the entire dog.

Dog Figurines

Dog Figurines

Object/Artifact

Staffordshire dogs, male and female spaniels. White with dark orange spots, gold chains and black noses

Dog Figurines

Dog Figurines

Object/Artifact

White poodles with detached front legs and feet and orange noses.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous corn husk doll. Doll is dressed in a brown dress, with a colorful beaded necklace in navy, white, red, and blue. The doll has long black hair that is worn in two braided sections on either side of her head. She has a natural color headband with the same red, white, and blue beads from the necklace. The face is drawn on.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Cloth doll, she wears a multi-colored printed skirt, tin belt, purple top with black or brown sleeves. She has a red, white, blue, and a navy neckalce. Her black hair is pulled back. A baby doll is connected to her side. She is attached to a base. Her face is drawn on

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous cork husk doll. No face. Doll has shoulder length black hair, wears a blue headband with red beads, red feathers come out from behind its head. Doll wears a blue tunie with white beads around the bottom hem and around the cuffs of the sleeve, a red belt with blue beads around it, and red bottoms with white beads around the outside.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous cork husk doll. Doll has dark hair with a middle part, braided on either side of the head. Headband with single red beads adorning it. The face is drawn on with black ink and red on the cheeks. The doll's top is orange with beads down the center and around the bottom. The skirt is black with red, white, and green beads around the hem. The doll has black and natural leggings with black and white beads.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous cork husk doll. The doll has short brown hair down to the shoulders. The headband goes around the forehead and the ties hang long behind the doll. The top and bottom are the same natural light brown color, it has a sash made of red, yellow and brown twisted yarn. There is a square of blue peeking out from underneath the top. There is no face.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous cork husk doll. Tall female doll with dark brown hair pulled back in a braid that is tied off with a red ribbon. The face is drawn in in black ink, red for the mouth. The top is a natural light-brown color with single green beads down the center and around the hem. The skirt underneath is black with a red hem and white single beads. She has brown shoes.

Doll

Doll

Object/Artifact

Indigenous cork husk doll. Doll has long black hair that is parted down the middle and is braided on either side. White headband around the forehead, with navy, red, and white beads there is a brown feather attached to the back of the headband. The doll has a top made of red fabric that is adorned with white beads down the center, around the bottom hem, and around the neck. The skirt is black with red hem and white, blue, navy, and red beads on it. The leggings underneath match the color of the skirt with white beads. The shoes have yellow and red beading.

Doll Chair

Doll Chair

Object/Artifact

Doll's Chair. Painted with two arched slats and turned rear stiles. Painted decoration of flowers and leaves on slats with natural rush seat and ladder back.

Doll Mirror

Doll Mirror

Object/Artifact

Toy hand mirror with a rosewood handle and frame. Oval mirror held by two bentwood (boxwood and ebony) strips.

Doll Table

Doll Table

Object/Artifact

Child's toy table. Mortise and tenon construction of base. Top has molded edges with squared corners. Visible saw kerf marks along edges. Legs are vase-turned, tapering to bottom. Sheraton type.

Domino Set

Domino Set

Object/Artifact

One set of 28 dominos with a tin box. The dominos are made of bone and ebonized wood held together with a brass tack.

Dominos with Case

Dominos with Case

Object/Artifact

One game of double-six dominoes in a wooden box. The box has mitred corners and a slide out top with a fingernail shaped notch to slide the top out with. The bottom of the box has some old ink notations. The game pieces are made from a thick ebony rectangle with a thin overlay of ivory that is riveted together with a brass pin.

Doorstop

Doorstop

Object/Artifact

A carpet covered brick used as a doorstop. Abstract patterns with blues, reds, greens, and browns. From a house in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Double Boiler

Double Boiler

Object/Artifact

Double boiler. Top section with a cover, 2 strap handles and pierced bottom. The steamer is designed to fit into top of another pan.

Double Broiler

Double Broiler

Object/Artifact

Double boiler. Top section with a cover, 2 strap handles and pierced bottom. The steamer is designed to fit into top of another pan.

Double-pointed Pick

Double-pointed Pick

Object/Artifact

One double pointed pick. Head reads: " B Co.?" or "Co. 2." on all sides. Handle is oval in cross section, marked by parallel lines which are apparently natural to the wood.

Dough Box

Dough Box

Object/Artifact

Dove tailed dough box with hand grips on cover.

Dough Crimper

Dough Crimper

Object/Artifact

Dough cutter/crimper with tin circle blade with crimper gear attached to a wooden handle.

Dough Scraper

Dough Scraper

Object/Artifact

Wrought iron scraper, attached with nails to hand hewn handle.

Dough Trough

Dough Trough

Object/Artifact

A dough trough carved from a hollowed-out log.

Dough Trough

Dough Trough

Object/Artifact

Red dough trough with four handles. Sides splay from the base. Cover has beaded edge and wooden handle. Stenciled on one side of box in white: "1816 S * S"

Dough Trough

Dough Trough

Object/Artifact

Half a log, hollowed out laterally, creating a long bowl. Exterior painted blue.

Dough Trough

Dough Trough

Object/Artifact

Trough, painted yellow-green, with splayed box with carved ear handles screwed to each side. Cover chamfered and beaded

Drafting Set

Drafting Set

Object/Artifact

Drafting set complete with rosewood veneered case with ivory scale, also included is an ivory pen handle and a brass protractor.

Drawing Tube

Drawing Tube

Object/Artifact

Cylindrical tube used for carrying rolled up materials. Has three raised rings every six inches. On oval brass label on side: "Drawing materials, Eugene Dietzgen Co., New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Toronto."

Drawing of Old Taylor Homestead

Drawing of Old Taylor Homestead

Archive

Drawing of Old Taylor Homestead. Note attached reads: "The Old Taylor Homestead /was located at corner of Plymouth Ave. S. and Strong St. (now Columbia Ave.) where I was born in 1858." Signed Clifford B. Taylor. Drawn by his mother Harriet O. Taylor about 1845.

Dressing Table

Dressing Table

Object/Artifact

Two-tiered dressing table with turned, tapering legs. One large drawer in base, two small drawers above and a scrolled back board. Painted. Ground color is yellow with amber graining and green outlined edges. Turned mahogany knobs.

Drinking Glass

Drinking Glass

Glassware

Canary yellow glass drinking glass. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has no design.

Drop-leaf Table

Drop-leaf Table

Object/Artifact

Queen Anne style drop-leaf table with four legs, two of which swing out to support the rounded leaves. The legs taper to slender ankles and double pad feet. A brand of some sort is on one end of the table, on the skirt.

Drum

Drum

Object/Artifact

Military drum with stars, eagle decoration over a shield with partial flag and rising sun.

Dry Sink

Dry Sink

Object/Artifact

Rectangular sink with drain.

Drying Rack

Drying Rack

Object/Artifact

Double-arm drying rack with three racks on each arm.

Drying Rack

Drying Rack

Object/Artifact

Folding, two-piece drying rack in red paint, with three hanging bars on each section. Interesting leather hinges.

Drying Rack

Drying Rack

Object/Artifact

Rack, drying Six-bar, folding rack of unfinished wood T&E FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE T&E

Dutch Oven

Dutch Oven

Object/Artifact

Dutch Oven. Three-leg, cast iron kettle with flaring sides and a wrought bail handle

Dye Stick

Dye Stick

Object/Artifact

One wooden dye stick that was originally a butter churn dasher. The handle is four-sided with an oblong cross-piece which is either painted or stained with red dye. The handle is darkened at one end.

Eating Fork

Eating Fork

Object/Artifact

An eating fork with two steel tines and a bone handle.

Eating Spoon

Eating Spoon

Object/Artifact

Tasting spoon with a groove running out toward the end of the handle so hot liquids could be cooled.

Eggcup

Eggcup

Object/Artifact

Footed eggcup with ring turning on stem and flaring sides.

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