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Corner Shelf
Corner shelf with four shelves with molded edges. Three have short, arched galleries. Lower door with three arched panels.
Cosmetic Jar
Cosmetic jar. Footed, flint glass pressed in the "saw tooth" pattern. Rayed base.
Covered Egg Cup
A dark green covered egg cup with a finial on the lid. The cup is footed and supported by a knob-turned stem.
Coverlet
One blue and white woven coverlet commissioned by Hannah Bissell Backus (1779-1868) of Bethany, New York. Corner square reads "H. Backus / Bethany. Genesee. County N. Y. 1837". Coverlet has a border made of diamond shapes and features motifs of weeping willows, eagles, and floral designs. The museum also has a daguerreotype of Hannah Backus in its collection (2026.06.002).
Coverlet
Blue and white coverlet woven in a simple geometric pattern. Most likely created by a GCV&M weaver.
Coverlet
Bedspread Red / Indigo / white. Reproduced by the GCM weavers. Woven in one long width, cut and sewn together with linen thread. Basic Dog Track pattern.
Coverlet
Jacquard-woven coverlet. Indigo wool and natural cotton. Double weave known as Block coverlet. .
Coverlet
Red and white Jacquard style coverlet made in Bethany, New York for A.C. Dixon. Rose bouquets with birds surrounded by stars.
Coverlet
This beautiful coverlet in indigo and white includes flower elements, weeping willow trees, eagle motifs, and geometric patterns. One side has patterns in blue on a white ground while the other side is reversed, white patterns on a blue ground. Text woven into the coverlet says "The Property of Samuel Salsbury Orleans County N.Y. 1840". This was most likely Samuel P. Salsbury (1813-1887), farmer and minister who lived in Murray, Orleans County, New York.
Coverlet
Red and white coverlet, one panel with no center seam. Panels in each corner are inscribed "D. Conger Manufacturer. / Walcott - NY. / 1856".
Coverlet
Red, blue, green and white. Single width, with no center seam. Embroidered initials "E.H."
Coverlet
Red and white coverlet with in a single panel, no center seam. Bottom edge is fringed. Cross-stitched onto the coverlet is "H. H." and "1853".
Coverlet
Red and white coverlet made of two panels with a center seam. Eagle corner blocks with tree and fence borders. Field with flower sprays and snowflakes. Inscribed "Clarissa Gray / Jefferson Co. NY. / 1845"
Coverlet
Red, white and blue coverlet with floral and geometric patterns. Single panel coverlet, no seam.
Cradle
Painted red. Sides arch toward head with finger grips on sides and arched rockers.
Cradle Scythe
Scythe with wooden spindle arrangement to catch grain stalks as they are cut. Made of wood with iron hardware. Blade is painted red. Restored. Maker's label is reproduction.
Cream Pitcher
Cream Pitcher. White porcelain with double narrow gold band on edge. Melon finial on handle of pitcher.
Cream Pitcher
Silver luster over brown clay in a fluted design with a small handle on the back.
Cream Pitcher
Cream pitcher with octagon form and twisted handles of Rococo style. White with sprig-like enamel decorations in green, red and purple.
Cream Pitcher
A cream pitcher with a double twisted handle and polychrome enamel decoration in red, green, pink, black, orange, and gold.
Cream Pitcher
Footed cream pitcher with a scroll handle and blue band around center. Three polychrome bouquets molded on blue band.
Cream Pitcher
One porcelain creamer in a grape pattern with pink lustre details. The paints were applied by hand, and include a blue-purple color, as well as light green, yellow, rusty-orange, pink, and pink lustre.
Cream Pitcher
Cream pitcher with yellow, gold, and red cornucopias and gold borders and designs.
Creamer
One small, pearlware cream pitcher with a plain handle and pointed spout. Has handpainted blue chinoiserie design with a grey/blue glaze. The blue design borders the neck and the pictures on the body are of buildings and trees, with a blue dot pattern scattered at random.
Creamer
Creamer decorated with pink luster flowers and green leaves, featuring a tall strap handle marked “36”, and presumed to be of the New Hall type of ceramic.
Creamer
Rectangular shaped Chinoiserie creamer with shaped handle. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Creamer
White earthenware cream pitcher with blue sprigged floral design. Chelsea sprig decoration.
Creamer Pitcher
Pitcher with 1 3/4" yellow band and vague house pattern in pink luster.
Crescent Star Quilt
Applique quilt in indigo and white with an indigo and white scalloped border. Crescent Star pattern.
Cresset
Twisted ventral rods divide into 4 rods at the top; all joined by a circular iron ring, thus forming a cup. The stake end is bent at the opposite end to go into a wall to hold a torch.
Cribbage Set
Cribbage board. Folding mahogany board, top of which slides. Inlaid with rosewood, walnut and maple.
Crock
One ceramic yellow ware covered crock, decorated with two white lines inside two mocha lines. The lid is decorated in the same pattern as the crock. The lid has a flat button knob, set down in a depression.
Crock
Gray stoneware with Cobalt blue flower. Blue on areas where the two handles are applied.
Crock
One small salt-glazed stoneware jar with Albany slip interior and ear-like handles. The piece is unmarked and undecorated.
Crock
A free-thrown crock glazed only on the interior with a tan lead glaze, the bottom edge is impressed with a mark that appears upside-down.
Crock
A crock with a light green glaze that appears almost transparent in areas, featuring brown spots and crackling throughout. The piece has ear-like handles on either side.
Crock
One ovoid redware crock with a round opening and a flared, wide lip. The outside is unglazed except for drips from the inside, orange-red glaze.
Crock
One ovoid redware crock with an oval opening and a wide, flat lip. The outside is unglazed and has a thin line cut into the surface near the rim. The inside is glazed in a dark brown.
Crock
Salt glazed crock with double handles, number 2 and foliate spray in cobalt blue.
Crock
Straight sided, eared handled, salt-glazed stoneware crock with the number 2 in cobalt blue.
Crock
Bulbous crock with a handle and a drawn-in neck with a flange for a cover. Made of red clay, formed on the wheel, and glazed on interior only with a brown colored lead glaze.
Crock
A two gallon salt glazed semi-ovoid stoneware crock. The exterior is glazed with a gray beige salt glaze, and the interior glazed in brown Albany slip. The rim is flattened, unglazed and rolled to the exterior, and undercut by a finger applied band. The lug handles are laid on in a C curve, one on each side attached along the length in a cupped crescent shape with blue cobalt petal shapes at each attachment. A double incised line goes under the handles. The body of the crock is painted on one side with two flowers, stems and leaves flanked by two numeral "2"s.
Crock
A thrown brown Albany slip glazed stoneware crock manufactured by an unknown manufacturer. Both the exterior, rim and the interior have a dark brown Albany slip glaze.The rim is flattened and progresses inward to the bottom well. The rim rolls to the exterior with a double bead. The lug handles are formed of cupped semi-rounds attached along the length, one at each side of the crock with an incised line underneath. The sides progress in a shouldered curve to the base which has a bead around, flamed glaze loss at six spots, thence to the bottom which is unglazed and flat. The bottom shows marks of a twisted wire release from the clay block.
Crookes Tube
Glass Crookes Tube or Cathode Ray Tube. Top is cobalt colored glass on the top side is a knob that ends in a point. The glass tube that makes up the body of the object is cylindrical. Inside, a chunk of a white mineral is held in place by four glass arms. Closer to the bottom of the body is a knob with a wire attached on the inside. The knob is made of cobalt blue glass. The tube stands on a turned wooden base.
Crookes Tube
Glass Geissler Tube. Inside the glass tube is a uranium glass bust of a man with a smoking pipe. The tube is standing on a circular turned wooden base.
Crown Hook
Meat hook with 4 arms, each terminating in 4 hooks, hanging from an outside ring and one arm with 4 hooks hanging in the center. Used with #72.256.1
Cruet
One blown-in-the-mold clear glass cruet. Has a flat lip and collared neck. Shoulders of the cruet have parallel, depressed molding. Below that, the moldings double and are rounded outward.
Cruet
One blown-in-the-mold clear glass cruet. Has a flat lip and parallel excurvate folds which descend from the lip to the base, increasing as they descend. The neck has two rounded "collars."
Cup
Cobalt blue mold-blown cup. Conical glass with 8 pressed panels around the sides. Bottom marked in red pain "1087" Pattern of the panels is a mixture of arches on the bottom and thumbprint on the top.
Cup
Cobalt blue mold-blown cup. Conical glass with 8 pressed panels around the sides. Pattern of the panels is comprised of arches. Pontil mark on bottom.
Cup
Dutch handleless cup with pink lustre rim on interior top. A 6 or 9 incised on the base and a 4 painted on the base.
Cup
Cup with a black transfer of two young boys trying to reach a parrot in a cage that is hanging from the ceiling. Reads "TRYING TO REACH THE PARROT". Reproduction.
Cup Plate
Clear glass cup plate with abstract floral outer band, stylized eagle in center, and marked with "1776".
Cup Plate
Clear glass cup plate with abstract floral outer band, stylized eagle in center and marked with "1776".
Cup Plate
Pressed glass cup plate with scalloped edges and scrolls on rim with square pattern in center.
Cup Plate
Cup plate with four scenic reserves on rim separated by foliated scrolls. Center is a Scottish huntsman in kilts in front of mountains and a deer on the left. "Caledonia" pattern.
Cup Plate
One clear pressed glass lacy cup plate in the Crossed Swords pattern. The inside is smooth and the underside has a textured, patterned surface. The center has a Maltese cross with two swords crossing through it. The border has leafy scrolls with hearts and stars. The rim is scalloped.
Cup Plate
Round glass reproduction cup plate in pale lavender. Center has two hearts each pierced with an arrow and surrounded by flowers and leaves. Outermost band of plate has 4 lyres each flanked with leaves, the edge is bordered in scallops of varying height and size.
Cup Plate
Round glass cup plate in pale lavender. A masted ship with flags and the name "Benjamin Franklin" arched over the top. Outside band has stars, anchor with rope, eagle with shield, arrows and olive branch.
Cup Plate
Round glass reproduction cup plate in pale lavender. Features a butterfly with a stippled background. Outside band has eight daisy-like flowers on a stem. Scalloped edge.
Cup Plate
Round glass, reproduction cup plate in pale lavender. Center has two busts facing each other surrounded by lettering. Outer band has flowing flowers & leaves. Edge is scalloped with 1 variegated lobe. Around the central figures: "The Wedding Day" and "Three Days After".
Cup and Saucer
Cup and saucer with lavender transfer design. Handless cup. In the Persian pattern.
Cup and Saucer
Cup and saucer with lavender transfer design in the "Persian" pattern. Plate features and urn of flowers with buildings in the background and a floral border. Handless cup has buildings and and willows around the outside, an image of a boat on the inside along with a floral border around the interior.
Cup and Saucer
Cup and saucer with lavender transfer design. Handless cup. In the Persian pattern.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Cup and saucer set with over-glaze enamel painted flowers in green, yellow, dark and light purple.
Cup and Saucer
Chinoiserie cup and saucer. White ground with a brownish transfer with Chinese imagery with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration.
Cup and Saucer
Cup and saucer with lavender transfer design. Handless cup. In the Persian pattern.
Cup and Saucer
Blue transferware cup and saucer. Floral elements on edges, town scenes in center.
Cupboard
An open step-back cupboard with molded edges. Base, with double plank doors, has extra plank on top for storage space and 2 drawers added circa 1890. Painted red.
Cupboard
Red single door cupboard with cut-out legs. Molded cornice is heavy. The two front corners of the case are chamfered. Brass knob and iron hinges are original. Painted.
Cupboard
Cupboard with two doors made of solid pine planks. A rounded edge top which extends beyond the case and cut out feet. Original brass spring latches. Painted brown.
Cupboard
Married cupboard. Top - 2 plank doors, once red, then green Base - 2 doors with molded edge panels. Late green paint. Openings around doors are molded.
Cutting Board
Cutting board consists of one center board with two narrow boards attached at each end with square cut nails.