Saucer
The saucer has a pink lustre rim and the "House pattern" in the center. The sides of the saucer curve up.
Saucer
Enamel over-glaze decorations of purple twigs, with blue flowers and green leaves. Sprigs of purple with green leaves and red berries.
Saucer
Enamel over-glaze decorations of purple twigs, with blue flowers and green leaves. Sprigs of purple with green leaves and red berries.
Saucer
Enamel over-glaze decorations of purple twigs, with blue flowers and green leaves. Sprigs of purple with green leaves and red berries.
Saucer
Enamel over-glaze decorations of purple twigs, with blue flowers and green leaves. Sprigs of purple with green leaves and red berries.
Saucer
Mulberry-type transfer printed plate. Oriental temple and tree in center. Floral decoration along rim.
Saucer
Pink luster saucer plate with a large pink band along rim. Pink flower with green leaves decorate the middle.
Saucer
Saucer. Mulberry ware. Ironstone with a transfer printed pattern called "CYPRUS" in a reddish brown.
Saucer
Pink luster saucer plate with large pink band along rim. Abstract squiggle design throughout. Single pink and yellow flower, green leaves, and accompanying purple beads and petals decorate the middle.
Sausage Stuffer
Sausage stuffer. The cylindrical carved and handled pine stuffer fits into the wide open end of the conical sheet iron gun.
Sausage Stuffer
Sausage stuffer. Tin receptacle with double strap handles and hanging hook. Wooden plunger.
Sawtooth Quilt
Crib sized indigo and white patchwork quilt with alternate blue and white triangular border. Quilt has a striped backing in a brown, pink and cream design. Sawtooth pattern.
Scale
A balance scale with two turned wooden pans suspended by green twine, with a marking located on the arm of the scale.
Scale Scoop
One sheet iron, tinplated scoop. Used for transferring bulk dry materials to and from a scale.
Scale Scoop
One tinplate scale scoop with tin stand and hanging ring at end of handle.
Scale Weight
One of set of two cast iron weights, each with hook for hanging. The first is numbered 2002.020.1.1 and the second is marked 2002.020.1.2.
Scarne
One scarne used to hold spools. When preparing a loom, a weaver sets multiple spools of yarn onto the scarne so they can spin freely. The weaver then pulls the threads off the scarne all at once and winds them onto the warping board to efficiently build the warp.
Scent Bottle
Emerald green mold blown glass scent bottle. Flattened circular form with a sunburst design on the side with a large bead in the center and edges that have heavy horizontal corrugation. Broken pontil.
Sconce
Sconce with arched and crimped crest with a hole for hanging and a molded-edge backplate which is bent at the base and extended out horizontally to hold a single candle socket.
Sconce
Reproduction. One replica tin single candle sconce, semi-circular, gallery style base with rounded, fluted top. Back is ribbed on either side. Style date c.1800-1850
Sconce
Sconce with a backplate the size of an ordinary ruler that is bent out at the bottom to accommodate the single candle socket and has a hole at the top for hanging. Soldered behind the candle socket is a strap of tin, 1 1/4" high, shaped and joined in a roughly semi-circular design.
Sconce
A sconce with a flat reflector back, featuring an indented, rounded, and fluted top. A single candle socket is set into the molded pan at the base.
Sconce
A sconce with a flat back, featuring an arched top and base and a hole for hanging. It includes a fluted cup with a single candle holder..
Sconce
A sconce made from a single piece of sheet metal, bent to form both the reflector and drip plate. It features a single candle holder with a punched design, a crimped drip plate, and an arched top edge with a zig-zag pattern. A hole at the top allows for hanging.
Sconce
A sconce with an arched, crimped top and a hole for hanging. It features a half-round drip plate with a single candle holder and a molded edge. A circular reflector is attached to the back plate.
Sconce
A sconce with an arched, crimped top and a hole for hanging. The back plate features three molded bands running down each side, and the half-round drip plate has a molded edge.
Sconce
Reproduction. Sconce Single candle cup on edged shelf with molded reflector back and round, fluted top.
Sconce
A tin "make-do" sconce made from a pie plate, a candle holder, and a small mirror.
Scrubber
Box for powdered pumice stone or sand mounted on a long backboard with a hole for hanging. Backboard is of scrubbed pine. The box is stained red.
Secretary
Ornate walnut Victorian desk featuring carved and scrolled trim. Lower section has multi sized shelves and opens into a desk. The interior of the desk also has scrolled woodworking. It has eight cubbies, two drawers, and a leather desk pad with gold tooling. The top portion of the desk attaches to the bottom with pegs. It has three wide shelves along with small side shelves for curios. Includes original key with working locking mechanism.
Secretary
Empire style secretary. The top has a large molded cornice and gothic arched glazed doors outlined with flame molding and above two drawers. The base has a fold-down writing surface above three drawers with wooden pulls, the top one of which is serpentine shape. Scalloped apron and bracket feet topped with flame molding.
Secretary
Secretary. Bookcase top: two drawers banded in boxwood with diamond shape maple inlaid keyholes and 2 paneled doors fronting ledger racks and a shelf. Cornice with inlaid banding. Desk: Flat fall front with sliding supports and 2 drawers banded in boxwood with maple inlaid keyholes. Satin-wood banded skirt. Original brasses.
Secretary
Molded walnut frame supporting: bookcase with 3 shelves, double panel doors and molded cornice, fall-front desk with compartments inside its well, 9 arched pigeon holes, 9 drawers (2 with pilaster fronts) 2 slide supports, original escutcheons, new brasses. Left hand drawer has writing on it. Hepplewhite.
Secretary
4 drawer, bracket-foot, cherry chest; top drawer is hinged to open. In its interior are 7 drawers, 6 arched compartments, and a central door fronting another small drawer and compartment. Drawers are beaded. Small brass knobs original. Shaped skirt with band of maple inlay. Drawer and the wood around hinges. Several brass bolts, handles and one plate (K) are replacements.
Secretary Desk
American empire style secretary desk with attached bookcase. Glass doors enclose two shelves, two drawers with one long rectangular cubby in between and nine pigeon holes underneath. Two drawers are under the glass doors with three larger drawers below those. The top drawer holds a removable "desk" platform that has green felt on one side and solid wood on the other. Drawers have round wooden knobs. Crotch mahogany veneer.
Seed Packet, Musk Melon
Paper Improved Canteloupe Musk Melon Seed Packet. Illustration of melon in green. From Hiram Sibley & Co.
Seed Packet, Pansy
One seeds packet for pansies produced and sold by the Joseph Harris Company of Rochester, NY. Stamped on the back, "This Seed Germinated 80% in test 1948" (possibly 1946). Still contains seeds.
Seed Sack
One sack used to hold seeds. Produced for the Joseph Harris Seed Company of Rochester, NY.
Serving Bowl
One white ironstone oval serving bowl. The sides are fairly steep, with a flattened rim.
Serving Bowl
Featheredge pearlware serving bowl. Ivory base color with a green edge.
Serving Dish
Serving Dish. Covered pink luster design of leaves and berries within pink bands. Eight green leaves. Four bunches of red/blue berries.
Serving Dish
One rectangular creamware serving dish with slightly curving edges. The body is very light and delicate feeling. The rim has a painted band of olive, and a molded ridge to hold a lid, which is no longer with the piece. The sides of the dish are short and have a yellow band with finely painted grape clusters, leaves, and vines painted in shades of olive. The bottom of the dish is flat, with no ridge to raise it off a table surface.
Serving Dish
One small, footed, hand-painted Chinese export porcelain dish. The body is a grayish-white with only a very slight orange peel texture. The decoration is blue and white Canton style. The body has a shallow bowl shape with a short, footed base. The inside of the dish has a small blue floral sprig in the center and several borders of blue hatch marks and scallops - typical of the style. The underside of the dish is painted with a landscape featuring a pergola, rocks, trees, water, a boat, etc.
Serving Dish
One small, footed, hand-painted Chinese export porcelain dish. The body is a grayish-white with only a very slight orange peel texture. The decoration is blue and white Canton style. The body has a shallow bowl shape with a short, footed base. The inside of the dish has a small blue floral sprig in the center and several borders of blue hatch marks and scallops - typical of the style. The underside of the dish is painted with a landscape featuring a pergola, rocks, trees, water, a boat, etc.
Serving Dish
One small, footed, hand-painted Chinese export porcelain dish. The body is a grayish-white with only a very slight orange peel texture. The decoration is blue and white Canton style. The body has a shallow bowl shape with a short, footed base. The inside of the dish has a small blue floral sprig in the center and several borders of blue hatch marks and scallops - typical of the style. The underside of the dish is painted with a landscape featuring a pergola, rocks, trees, water, a boat, etc.
Serving Dish
One white, oval ironstone serving dish. There is a slight angle to the sides and a small center depression.
Serving Dish
One white ironstone serving dish that is square with ribbed sides and scalloped edges. The corners are slightly thicker, creating small feet.
Serving Dish
Serving dish. Bottom dish is molded to resemble a basket and painted straw-color with a matte finish. Cover is topped by a hen.
Serving Dish
One bright blue and white Canton serving dish. The dish has a thin, flat lip, shallow sides, and an oval shape. The hand-painted pattern is a general river landscape, with a bridge, buildings, trees, ships, etc. The dish is cracked in half and repaired with staples. The very bottom is unglazed. "Make-do" dish.
Serving Ladle
One large wrought iron ladle. Long handle extends out from the rounded bowl, tapers for several inches, and then widens again for about 9-1/2 inches. Handle end is formed to a small hook shape for hanging.
Serving Ladle
One large, wrought iron pierced ladle. Long handle extends out from the rounded bowl, tapers for several inches, and then widens again for about 9-1/2 inches. Handle end is formed to a small hook shape for hanging.
Serving Plate
One creamware serving plate with over-glazed hand painted flower decoration. Plate has a cream background and a raised, scalloped rim. The rim and center have hand painted multi-colored floral and leaf designs. The bottom of the plate has an impressed mark shaped like an apple with unreadable words within the mark.
Serving Plate
Gray, tin-glazed with a red and yellow striped border and red, blue, purple and green berry designs. Nine line Dutch quotation in purple in center. Delft, tin glaze.
Serving Plate
Gray, tin-glazed plate with a red and yellow striped border and red, blue, purple and green berry designs. Nine line Dutch quotation in purple in center. Delft, tin glaze.
Serving Platter
One blue edged ironstone, octagonal platter. The edges are slightly sloped, forming a small recess in the center. The edges are feathered in both the body and the blue glaze.
Serving Platter
One white ironstone platter with an elongated octagonal shape. There is an octagonal depressed center and a molded pattern around the border.
Serving Platter
Serving platter. Shaped-corners, oval, with blue transfer. Willow ware with three fishermen, and two birds.
Serving Tray
Large tray with red and blue berries and green leaves between white lattice work on a gilt border. Two faint lines of striping around body.