Digital Collections
Eggcup

Eggcup

Object/Artifact

Egg cup decorated with sprigs of grapes and grape leaves.

Eggcups

Eggcups

Object/Artifact

Pair of hand turned wooden egg cups.

Electro-Medical Device

Electro-Medical Device

Glassware

Electro-medical device originally part of a set made by the Bleadon-Dun Company. The Bleadon-Dun Company, based in Chicago, was a prominent marketer of electro-medical devices, especially popular in the 1910s-1920s, known for its "Violetta" violet ray machines that claimed to relieve pain and promote health, alongside other gadgets. They were considered the "world's largest exclusive manufacturers of portable, one-piece, high frequency generators" by the 1920s, selling various devices promising cures for numerous ailments until legal challenges debunked their medical claims.

Ember Tongs

Ember Tongs

Object/Artifact

Ember tongs with handles that resemble that of a simple pair of scissors.

Embroidery

Embroidery

Object/Artifact

Small embroidery "worked by Hope Maxwell in 1784". Features the fable of " The Fox and the Grapes", possibly combining it with "The Fox and the Crow", as there is a crow (or raven) sitting atop a house. The house is surrounded by grape vines with bunches of grapes hanging from them. The fox tries to jump up to reach them. Worked in shades of green, brown, white, purple, and black.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

Glasses with oval lenses and wire frames with thin curved bows.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

One pair of 19th century eyeglasses with ovoid lenses. Silver frames with clear glass lenses. Temples are of slide extension type with loops on ends for fastening laces or ribbons.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

Spectacle frame with oval frames and expandable looped bows.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

Eyeglasses with oval lenses and wire frames with thin curved bows.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

One pair of eyeglasses with clear oval lenses.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

Eyeglasses with rounded rectangular lens. Curved bows with long slits and holes in ends. Two-part brown pasteboard case with embossed geometric design.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Object/Artifact

Thin frames with hexagonal lenses. Keyhole shaped ends.

Fabric

Fabric

Textile

Green leaves on white ground.

Fat Ox, Pride of America

Fat Ox, Pride of America

Art

Lithographic print of the ox, "Pride of America," and man with stick standing in front of fence. The ox belonged to Ward and Fellows of Chili, NY.

Faucet

Faucet

Object/Artifact

Faucet. Impressed: Chas. A. Schmidt / Rochester N.Y. Charles Schmidt was listed as a "faucet maker" in an early Rochester City Directory.

Faucet

Faucet

Object/Artifact

Faucet. Impressed: Chas. A. Schmidt / Rochester N.Y. Charles Schmidt was listed as a "faucet maker" in an early Rochester City Directory.

Faucet

Faucet

Object/Artifact

Faucet."4" impressed on it.

Faucet

Faucet

Object/Artifact

Faucet."4" impressed on it.

Faucet

Faucet

Object/Artifact

Faucet. Impressed: Chas. A. Schmidt / Rochester N.Y.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Fender with brass top rail above wire woven in a rectangular pattern. Iron bottom rail.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Bowed-front fender with wire screening and swag decoration. Band of sheet brass covers the top.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Woven wire fender with a wrought iron frame and sheet brass band across the top.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Wire screen fender with band of molded brass at base, a top half round band of brass at top and round brass finials.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Bowed front fender with straight iron frame, and sheet brass top.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Fender with rounded corners, flat face, with scroll and swag designs, and sheet brass top rail.

Fender

Fender

Object/Artifact

Fender Curved wrought iron frame with wire screen. Rail is covered with sheet brass and has two brass finials. There is a molded strip of sheet brass on the bottom outside of the fender.

Festival Hall

Festival Hall

Photograph

Stereograph titled "Festival Hall" depicting a scene from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair.

Figurine

Figurine

Object/Artifact

Dark gray paper mache dog figurine with a red collar.

Figurine

Figurine

Object/Artifact

Figurine of a sailor greeting a woman. There is a box of dollars under his right foot and a yellow bag in his right hand. Colors primarily deep blue/orange/green.

Figurine

Figurine

Object/Artifact

Figurine of a woman on horseback. Sponge work decoration.

Fireboard

Fireboard

Object/Artifact

Fireboard. A trompe d'loeil scene of a dog and cat sitting within a brick hearth on either side of a vase of flowers. Deciduous and pine tree border. Reproduced by members of the Genesee Country Chapter of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration from Figure 76, page 74, by Nina F. Little.

Fireboard

Fireboard

Object/Artifact

Painted fireboard with flowers and foliage in a vase with stepped up base. Cream ground with a wide black and brown frame. Reproduced by members of the Genesee Country Chapter of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration. Reproduction of a c. 1810-20 fireboard.

Fireboard

Fireboard

Object/Artifact

Grisaille scene on wallpaper of 3 young, costumed girls one of whom is fishing. Locale may be Switzerland. Traces of running border in double tulip leaf design.

Fireplace Fender

Fireplace Fender

Object/Artifact

Fireplace fender with wrought iron frame with 11 uprights and a top covered with sheet brass. Wire screen is tied to 5 wire supports attached to the 11 uprights.

Fireplace Shovel

Fireplace Shovel

Object/Artifact

One cast iron shovel with a flared head and round handle which has a brass finial. The finial is a draped vase-like shape with the neck culminating in a flame-like shape. This piece is Colonial Revival and represents a period from 1780-1820.

Fireplace Tongs

Fireplace Tongs

Object/Artifact

Fire tongs made in two sections, and riveted together to make a scissor-like movement. Bases are shaped into flat, oval "hands" for picking up coals and moving logs. Ball finial on handle.

Fireplace Tongs

Fireplace Tongs

Object/Artifact

Brass fireplace tongs with handle and typical penny ends.

Fireplace Tray

Fireplace Tray

Object/Artifact

Wrought frame with two hooks for hanging over a fireplace fender. Sliding sheet iron tray is covered with sheet brass with solid brass handle held by copper rivet.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

One blue painted firkin with wooden cover and wooden bail handle.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

One wooden firkin, tapered toward the top, with vertical staves and three wooden bands. One band is at the top, and two are at the bottom. The base is a single piece of wood. The wooden bail handle is attached through holes in the side, and secured by pegs. One of these pegs is missing. It is painted a dark red.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

Pail Tall wooden firkin. Handle created by extending one side board. Painted red. Four bent wood hoops hold it together.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

Firkin painted green with a swinging bent wood handle. Three wooden hoops hold the pail together.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

Covered firkin with three bentwood hoops and swinging bentwood handle that is secured with turned knobs. Cover secured with copper, iron and brass tacks.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

Covered firkin in original blue paint with 7 fingered hoops.

Firkin

Firkin

Object/Artifact

Round covered firkin with bale handle.

Fish Bitters Bottle

Fish Bitters Bottle

Glassware

Amber molded bitters bottle in the shape of a fish. Both sides have embossed text under the eye. Top is finished with applied rolled lip. Blank and smooth base for label.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Flask made of 5 pieces of tin.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Flask with lateral sides with slightly sloping shoulder and flaring neck rolled over at its edge.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

An amber half-pint flask with a tooled neck and broad collar terminating in a beveled ring. One side features an embossed sheaf of rye on a rack with a pitchfork, and the other side bears a five-pointed star.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Aquamarine, pint sized flask with sheared mouth and pontil scar. Eagle and shield on one side and flag on the other. In semicircle below flag, "For Our Country".

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Washington and Jackson mold blown flask. Dark olive-green bottle with a broken pontil. Pint size. Plain lip. On one side is Washington's profile facing left. "Washington" in semicircle above bust. On the other side, Jackson's profile facing left. "Jackson" in semicircle above bust.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Amethyst historical/pictorial blown glass flask. Pint size, heavy vertical ribbing on the edges. One side features Zachary Taylor's profile facing left with the words "Rough and Ready". On the opposite side Samuel Ringgold's, profile facing left with the words "Major Ringgold".

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

Aquamarine, mold-blown flask, pint size, plain lip, broad sloping collar. Graphite pontil. One side shows a profile of Washington, and "Albany Glass Works" in semi-circle around bust. Below bust in two lines, "Albany, N.Y." Other side features a full-rigged ship sailing to the right.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

A glass flask type bottle. Clear with an aqua hue.

Flask

Flask

Object/Artifact

"Seeing Eye" Amber Masonic whiskey flask. On one side an eye within a six-sided star. On other, arm bent at elbow inside six-sided star. One side letters "GRJA" On other, letters "AD".

Flask

Flask

Glassware

Mold-blown glass aquamarine violin/scroll one quart flask with a plain lip. Obverse has a large heart shaped frame containing elaborate scrolls and at the top a large six-pointed star. In the space above frame where outer and edge ribs terminate there is a similar large six-pointed star. Broken pontil on bottom. Edges are have a heavy vertical medial rib.

Flask

Flask

Glassware

Washington and Jackson mold-blown flask. Dark olive-green pint size bottle with a plain lip. Broken pontil. Obverse has Washington's profile facing left with long queue and in uniform. "Washington" in semicircle above bust. Reverse is Jackson's profile facing left, in uniform. "Jackson" in semicircle above bust.

Flatware Knife

Flatware Knife

Object/Artifact

One bone handled knife. The knife blade is slightly curved and rounded at the end.

Flatware Knife

Flatware Knife

Object/Artifact

One bone handled knife. The knife blade is slightly curved and rounded at the end.

Flatware Knife

Flatware Knife

Object/Artifact

One curved iron blade with a fluted bone handle and silver collar.

Flatware Knife

Flatware Knife

Object/Artifact

Knife with Wooden handle held on by two metal rivets.

Flatware Knife

Flatware Knife

Object/Artifact

Steel knife with wooden handle with a hanging circle. Handle held on by two metal rivets.

Flatware Tray

Flatware Tray

Object/Artifact

Open wooden box consisting of a bottom that is wider than the sides by half an inch. Sides are wooden boards that are nailed at each corner with two handmade nails. Handles have been created at each end by cutting holes that are oval with a point at the bottom and these sides are taller than the others with a decorative curved shape to them. The interior is divided into two spaces by a board that repeats the decorative features of the end sides, including the cut-out handle space. This center board is pegged to the sides with two wooden dowels per side.

Flatware Tray

Flatware Tray

Object/Artifact

A flatware tray with divided compartments and a green painted interior.

Flatware Tray

Flatware Tray

Object/Artifact

Flatware tray with splayed sides, a rectangular shape, and a central partition. Decorated with two bands of red paint and a central band of unpainted wood over which are black brush strokes.

Flatware Tray

Flatware Tray

Object/Artifact

One rough wooden box with a central divider that has a cut-out in the center to act as a handle. The box is rectangular and the tops of the side pieces are rounded. The flatware or cutlery tray has white and pink paint remnants on all surfaces, even the bottom. Two pieces of homespun have been roughly cut to line the bottom of each side.

Flatware Tray

Flatware Tray

Object/Artifact

Flatware tray painted yellow green, in two sections, with a central handle. One side consists of a pegged drawer with three sections. The other side has a knife cleaning board.

Flax Breaker

Flax Breaker

Object/Artifact

Three intermeshing wooden blades. Carved and mortised and tenoned. Impressed on brake: "EP"

Flip Cup with Lid

Flip Cup with Lid

Glassware

Flip glass, fluted and etched with geometric lines and dots. Lid with teardrop finial, similar etched wavy lines.

Flip Glass

Flip Glass

Object/Artifact

Tumbler flip glass in a quilted and fluted design. Rough pontil scar. Thought to be a product of a New England Glass house.

Flip Glass

Flip Glass

Object/Artifact

Light blue blown tumbler with pontil scar.

Flip Glass

Flip Glass

Glassware

Flip glass, fluted and etched with geometric lines and dots.

Floor Lamp

Floor Lamp

Object/Artifact

Central shaft on three arched legs supports a bar with both a candle cup and an opening for a large candle or piece of candlewood.

Floorcloth

Floorcloth

Object/Artifact

Painted floorcloth. Blue and black squares painted on canvas cut to match contours of the room. Copied by Richard Barons, 1972, from an early 19th century painted carpet pictured in the silhouette in this parlor.

Flute

Flute

Object/Artifact

Hardwood flute with German silver keys in a wooden, cloth lined presentation box. Flute can be taken apart and stored in the box.

Fluted Ladle

Fluted Ladle

Object/Artifact

Copper plated large fluted ladle with a wooden handle. Handle is attached to pot with a brass collar and copper rivets. Possibly used to pour chocolate or candy into molds.

Fluting Iron

Fluting Iron

Object/Artifact

A fluting iron with a cast head, wire stem, and wooden handle. The iron fits into a long tubular base supported by three arched legs that terminate in pointed-toe feet.

Fly Catcher

Fly Catcher

Object/Artifact

Mottled glass bottle with three legs and an open bottom. Has a wire hanger and wood cork. Decorated with three fly designs on the glass.

Fly Catcher

Fly Catcher

Object/Artifact

Clear glass bottle with three legs and an open bottom. Has a wire hanger and wood cork. Decorated with three fly designs on the glass.

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