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Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Sheraton style chair with refinished wood with unpainted bamboo turnings.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Fancy Sheraton style chair painted and grained with yellow striping on the bamboo turning.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Chair painted black with yellow striping. Stenciling on back slats and double rose stencil on crest slat. Double stretchers on front and sides.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted and grained red and black chair with free-hand decoration of red and yellow grapes on step-down type crest rail. Seven spindles. Bamboo-turned legs, stretchers, stiles and spindles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Chair with four spindle back. Rabbit ear stiles.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

High wagon chair with 4 curved slats on back and stretcher base - double stretchers on front. Arms covered in leather secured by brass studs. Third slat from top retains 3/4 of its leather front. Lower slat appears to have had leather front too - in a triangular pattern. Splint seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Slat back chair with rush seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted Hitchcock style chair with pillow back and two slats, the top one of which is wider and decorated. Turned legs and rush seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Chair with yoke crest, 4 molded splats and turned finials, scrolled arms, turned legs. Varnish finish with traces of red paint. Rush seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Four-spindle back chair with splint seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Four-spindle back chair with splint seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Four-spindle back chair with splint seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Painted Hitchcock style chair with black crown back, crown top, and rush seat. Original stenciled decoration.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Chair painted/grained in dark brown. Wide crest. Five-spindle back. Plank seat, turnings of bamboo.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Four-spindle back chair with splint seat.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

A "great chair" with four graduated, bent and arched slats, turned stiles with tall finials, arms with mushroom finials, well turned front legs. Sausage-turning on stretchers.

Chair

Chair

Object/Artifact

Two slat chair with arms that has been converted into a high back four slat chair. Rush seat.

Chair Table

Chair Table

Object/Artifact

A table with a round two-board top, chamfered legs joined by low stretchers, and a wooden seat beneath the top. Wooden dowels would have allowed the tabletop to swing backwards to form the seat back. Painted red.

Chair-Table

Chair-Table

Object/Artifact

Chair table. Round top with pair of braces. Base is a box with square legs and hinged top. Legs extend to form supports for side arms.

Chair-Table

Chair-Table

Object/Artifact

Chair table with oval top. Plank seat, scroll arms, and shoe feet. Painted red.

Chamber Pot

Chamber Pot

Object/Artifact

Deep pink chamber pot with a background decorated with bands of Roman hunters in togas, dogs and deer. Egg and dart borders with gilt striping.

Chamber Pot

Chamber Pot

Object/Artifact

China chamber pot with lid. Floral motif of "moss rose" design on pot and lid. Embossed "rope" trails off handle on lid and pot.

Chamber Pot

Chamber Pot

Object/Artifact

Blue transfer chamber pot with quail, partridge, flora and fauna. Elysium pattern.

Chamber Pot

Chamber Pot

Object/Artifact

White ceramic chamber pot with gold and blue design and gold gilding around the rim. A lid with a handle and design embossed around edge. Additional gold and blue decoration on both pieces.

Chamber Pot

Chamber Pot

Object/Artifact

White chamber pot with strap handle, bulbous form, and wide over-hanging lip.

Chandelier

Chandelier

Object/Artifact

Yellow-green chandelier with six arms with shaped candle cups.

Chandelier

Chandelier

Object/Artifact

Turned wooden chandelier with central support with wrought iron hook and six arms painted gray/green.

Chandelier

Chandelier

Object/Artifact

Chandelier with seven hollow arms with shaped cups. Painted flat black.

Chandelier

Chandelier

Object/Artifact

Four-arm tin hanging candle chandelier. Each arm has one candle cup and a crimped wax catcher. Punched decoration. Chain of 3 rings. Reproduction.

Charger

Charger

Object/Artifact

Large round metal charger. Fairly indistinct marks in 2 places on back. A crown over an X over the word London and an animal to the left. A shield. On opposite side: 3 marks too indistinct.

Cheese Box

Cheese Box

Object/Artifact

Cheese box made of bent wood secured with nails. Interior still partially covered with wallpaper with bright blue leaves.

Cheese Grater

Cheese Grater

Object/Artifact

Cheese Grater. Wooden box covered with a roughly pierced sheet iron grater and a drawer behind the grater. Short handle with hole for hanging.

Cheese Mold

Cheese Mold

Object/Artifact

Glazed ironstone cheese mold with cross in the center and straight double columns with a pointed top. Various holes through the mold. “No. 5” engraved on the bottom.

Cheese Press

Cheese Press

Object/Artifact

A cheese press featuring a rope and pulley mechanism, with faint traces of red paint remaining on the surface.

Cheese Press

Cheese Press

Object/Artifact

Cheese press with turned legs and a double screw press arrangement. Cherry, 8-sided tray has drain channel and a drain spout.

Cheese Press

Cheese Press

Object/Artifact

Cheese press. Barrel shape with revolving base. Interior is concave in order to form cheese into a ball. Cover (a) is missing.

Chest

Chest

Object/Artifact

Chest with grained and dovetailed corners with original lock and key, the box stands on 4 small tapered feet.

Chest

Chest

Object/Artifact

Chest, dovetailed, old pale blue paint, iron bail handles. Stenciled on front: "TITLE DEEDS". Supposed to have come originally from Canandaigua, NY.

Chest

Chest

Object/Artifact

Small chest with a hinged lift lid, the front of which is molded. Painted red with black graining. Lined with illustrations of "Aviary and Menagerie".

Chest Of Drawers

Chest Of Drawers

Object/Artifact

Four drawers with small square tapered legs and shaped back board. Drawers with maple fronts and poplar secondary wood, wooden knobs and inset brass escutcheons.

Chest of Drawers

Chest of Drawers

Object/Artifact

Chest of drawers. Half-round molded top with scrolled backboard. Faced with tiger maple with top and sides cherry. Ends paneled. The large overhanging top drawer is supported by turned columns with turned legs. Mahogany pulls. Empire Style.

Chest of Drawers

Chest of Drawers

Object/Artifact

Chest of drawers. Two-part chest with molded cornice and fan or sunburst carving on small drawer in center at top. Bat-wing brasses. All drawers have molded edges. The secondary wood is pine. Chippendale. Top: Three small drawers above four larger. Base: Four graduated drawers over O-Gee bracket feet.

Chewing Gum Box

Chewing Gum Box

Object/Artifact

Chewing gum box with orange paper labels on sides and ends. Drawing of Carleton Laboratory on end labels. Label on sides: "Empire Chewing Gum, Made by Carleton & Co. Brunswick, Me." Label on ends: "Chewing Gum Two Hundred Stocks".

Child's Chair

Child's Chair

Object/Artifact

Child's chair with two arched and curved slats, a rush seat and mushroom finials on the arms.

Child's Cup

Child's Cup

Object/Artifact

A child’s ceramic mug decorated with a purple transfer design featuring eagles and a commemoration of George Washington, with the inscription “To Washington the Deliverer” and purple stripes accenting the rim and scrolled handle.

Child's Plate

Child's Plate

Object/Artifact

One transferware child's plate with hand painted border. Soft paste pottery. Green transfer in center pictures a family standing outside their house with a horse and cart. It reads "I never saw an oft removed tree, Nor yet an oft remov'd family, That throve so well as those that settled be." Hand painted border has flowers of pink, blue, and yellow3, with green leaves. Pink painted along rim.

Child's Toy Wheelbarrow

Child's Toy Wheelbarrow

Object/Artifact

Toy wheelbarrow. Child sized replica of a wheelbarrow with two handles, two legs to rest on, and a wheel. Wheel spokes and axel are made out of wood. Wheel hub and rib are made of iron. Three wooden slats make the bottom of the bucket. Painted green with red and cream detailing, and a Native American pictured on the sides.

Children's Sled

Children's Sled

Object/Artifact

19th century children's sled made of a plank seat with a scalloped front and curved back. The seat has a hand painted design of yellow roses and daisies with a black border of geometric and vine designs. Three arched wooden supports with brass brackets attach the runners to the seat.

Chimney

Chimney

Object/Artifact

Chimney thimble. Hand thrown with lateral sides and an over-hanging lip.

Chinese Puzzle Game

Chinese Puzzle Game

Object/Artifact

Small Chinese puzzle game. Box is highly carved with people, trees, flowers, and buildings. Puzzle pieces form two rectangles.

Chopping Block

Chopping Block

Object/Artifact

A large round meat chopping block set on three hewn, crudely turned legs. Traces of red and blue paint are visible but faded.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament in the shape of a bird. Ornament has a metal clip on the bottom to attach to a branch.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Glass Christmas ornament in an oval shaped with tapered ends. Painted gold with flowers in shades of pink, with green leaves, are hand painted onto the front.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Bell shaped ornament made of pink painted stiffened cotton batting. Fabric leaf is attached to top.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament. The top has a pattern of leaves around it while the bottom design looks like pinecone scales.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is in the shape of a basket and is made of mercury glass painted pink and gold. It has small green feathers coming out of the top. It is surrounded by two types of wire tinsel, one of which forms the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is in the shape of an upside down balloon and made of mercury glass. It has a small white fabric flower at the top. It is surrounded by two types of wire tinsel, one of which forms the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is in the shape of an upside down balloon and made of mercury glass painted pink. It has a round finial at the bottom. It is surrounded by two types of wire tinsel, one of which form the hanger. Three metal flowers with red glass bead centers dangle from the tinsel.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Balloon shaped ornament made of blue painted stiffened cotton batting and wrapped with tinsel.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament formed into a rectangular shape with two circular indentations on the front, a triangle on the second side, horizontal stripes on the third side, and vertical stripes on the forth. It has a bumpy pattern throughout.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament in the shape of a Christmas tree. Ornament is a pale gold with white "snow" painted on the branches. Metal clip on the bottom allows the ornament to be attached to a branch.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is made of twisted tinsel with a fabric flower in the center.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is made of mercury glass painted orange with a red flower on each side. It is surround by a circle of tinsel which forms the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament in the shape of a pipe. Design is called "Dublin Pipe".

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Mercury glass ornament in the shape of Santa Claus. Tiny glass beads form "snow" on the tree he is holding and his eyes, mustache, and mouth are hand painted.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Pear shaped ornament made of pink and white painted stiffened cotton batting.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is made of mercury glass with a painted pink flower with gold leaves on each side. It is surround by a circle of tinsel which forms the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is made of mercury glass with a ball shape at the top painted pink which tapers down to a stem. The stem is suurounded with tinsel.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is in the shape of a parasol and made of mercury glass painted pink. It is surround three types of wire tinsel, one of which form the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is made of silver and red tinsel twisted to form a candy cane.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Ornament is in the shape of a bass and made of mercury glass. It has a small white fabric flower in the . It is surrounded by two types of wire tinsel, one of which forms the hanger.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Object/Artifact

Pear shaped ornament made of pink and white painted stiffened cotton batting.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Pale yellow glass Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has a starburst center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Clear glass Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has a starburst center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Clear glass Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has a starburst center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Clear glass with light blue coloring Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has a starburst center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Blue glass Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has no design in the center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament

Glassware

Amber glass Christmas ornament. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom has a starburst center with small flutes coming up onto the body. Originally would have had a wire that wrapped around the rim for hanging on the tree.

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