RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Pitcher, "George Washington"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
date made: 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 26.9875 cm x 23.495 cm x 15.875 cm
Credit line: Robert H. McCauley
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Politics
McCauley Liverpool Pottery
Furnishings
Description: This large creamware pitcher features a transfer-print commemorating George Washington. One side of the pitcher features a memorial obelisk to Washington, with an image of a spread-winged eagle on the other. The obelisk is capped with an urn and features a profile image of Washington in his military regalia in the center of the obelisk. At the base of the monument is a female figure weeping and an eagle with its head down and wings extended. Banners around the print read “WASHINGTON IN GLORY / AMERICA IN TEARS.” Below the spout is a transfer print of a medallion with the phrase, “A MAN / without example / A PATRIOT / without reproach.” Below the handle is a print of the Great seal of the United States. The eagle on the opposite side of the jug is flanked by two allegorical figures representing Plenty and Peace with the phrase “PEACE, PLENTY, and INDEPENDENCE” in a cartouche.
George Washington is the most common figure depicted on English creamware pitchers of this period. His death in 1799 led to an outpouring of commemorative products celebrating his life and mourning his death. The transfer-print on this pitcher is based on an engraving by Philadelphians James Akin and William Harrison Jr. titled “America lamenting her loss at the Tomb of GENERAL WASHINGTON.” The phrase, “A MAN / without example / A PATRIOT / without reproach” is drawn from Thomas Paine’s “An Eulogy on the Life of General George Washington” delivered on January 2, 1800. This particular Thomas Paine was not the man who wrote Common Sense, but was the son of Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Robert H. McCauley purchased this pitcher from A.T. Goodyear of Baltimore, MD for $55.00 on August 4, 1938.
This pitcher is part of the McCauley collection of American themed transfer print pottery. There is no mark on the pitcher to tell us who made it, but it is characteristic of wares made in large volume for the American market in both Staffordshire and Liverpool between 1790 and 1820. Pitchers of this shape, with a cream colored glaze over a pale earthenware clay, known as Liverpool type, were the most common vessels to feature transfer prints with subjects commemorating events and significant figures in the early decades of United States’ history. Notwithstanding the tense relationship between Britain and America, Liverpool and Staffordshire printers and potters seized the commercial opportunity offered them in the production of transfer printed earthenwares celebrating the heroes, the military victories, and the virtues of the young republic, and frequently all of these things at once.
sticker
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sticker
Associated Date: February 10-12 2011
user: Tea Party Patriots Inc.
Conservative Party
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
yellow (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 2 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 10.795 cm
Topics: Bumper Stickers
Political Action Committees
Politics
Flags
Political parties
Stoneware jar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
date made: 1791-ca 1831
maker: Remmey III, John
place made: United States: New York, Manhattan Island
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 40.3 cm; 15 7/8 in
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
New York Stoneware
Furnishings
Food
Description: Floral, bird, and animal motifs were commonly used to decorate 19th century stoneware in the United States. This jar, made by John Remmey III, features an incised and cobalt decorated fish.
Remmey pottery is often marked “Manhattan-Wells” referring to the firm’s location near the municipal water supply.
Footed Paperweight
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: paperweight
paperweight, footed
date made: 1800s
maker: unknown
place made: Czech Republic: Bohemia
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/16 in x 2 13/16 in; 10.287 cm x 7.112 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Florence E. Bushee
Topics: Art
Paperweights
Furnishings
Description (Brief): In the 1700s, paperweights made from textured stone or bronze were part of the writer’s tool kit, which also included a quill pen and stand, inkpot, and blotter. By the mid-1800s, decorative paperweights produced by glassmakers in Europe and the United States became highly desired collectibles.
Decorative glass paperweights reflected the 19th-century taste for intricate, over-the-top designs. Until the spread of textiles colorized with synthetic dyes, ceramics and glass were among the few objects that added brilliant color to a 19th-century Victorian interior. The popularity of these paperweights in the 1800s testifies to the sustained cultural interest in hand craftsmanship during an age of rapid industrialization.
This glass footed paperweight features silhouette canes and stands on a star-cut base with thirty two rays, and was likely made in Bohemia.
There may have been as many as 600 active glassworks in Bohemia, the area now known primarily as the Czech Republic, by 1835. The earliest evidence of paperweights made in the area dates to 1886. Bohemian paperweights are known for their bright colors.
Sundial
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sundial
sundial
date made: 1779
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Bucks
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: France
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: Germany: Lower Saxony, Brunswick
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: Germany
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: Religion
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: South Carolina
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Pennsylvania
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
United States: New York
United States: Virginia
Canada
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Pennsylvania
United States: Massachusetts
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Pennsylvania
United States: New York
United States: Maryland
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: North Carolina
United States: South Carolina
United States: Georgia
United States: New Hampshire
United States: Massachusetts
United States: Rhode Island
United States: Connecticut
United States: New York
United States: New Jersey
United States: Pennsylvania
United States: Delaware
United States: Maryland
United States: Virginia
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Maryland
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Connecticut
United States: Virginia
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Maryland
United States: South Carolina
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United States: Maryland
United States: New Hampshire
United States: Massachusetts
United States: Rhode Island
United States: Connecticut
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Watercolor sketches of Revolutionary War uniforms
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
maker: Sentz, Norwood Lykes
Associated Place: United Kingdom: Galles
Physical Description: art board (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 19 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.165 cm
Credit line: Captain Charles Carey
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
1793 Policy, Schooner Fly
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Insurance Policy, Fly
date made: 1793
Credit line: Gift of P. H. Colgan, New York, New York
comb
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: comb
date made: 1810
used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Measurements: overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 15.875 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
veil
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: veil
date made: 1790-1810
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 42 in x 31 in; 106.68 cm x 78.74 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
chemise
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chemise
date made: 1800
used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: linen (overall material)
Credit line: Gift of John B. Copp
Topics: Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
chemise
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chemise
date made: 1790-1810
used: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: linen (overall material)
Credit line: Gift of John B. Copp
Topics: Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
branding iron
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: branding iron
iron, branding
date made: 18th century
used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 28 in x 4 3/4 in; 71.12 cm x 12.065 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Kler
Mark Mason Medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date made: c 1789
user: Anthon, George Christian
maker: Maverick, Peter Rushton
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 4.1275 cm
Topics: Freemasons
Description: A Masonic mark medal belonging to George Christian Anthon (1734-1815). The medal is a double-sided circular silver medal with a pierced ribbon design at the top. The medal is engraved with designs on both sides. The obverse depicts a coat of arms consisting of a top bar with a crescent flanked by two five-pointed stars and below this, a greyhound and branching tree. In a circular band surrounding this design are the letters "HTWSSTKS" in an elegant script, each letter separated with a five-pointed star (the letters are a mnemonic acronym associated with the themes of the degree). The reverse depicts a looping banner that tapers into a foliate motif branching out from both ends and meeting at the center in a flower. The banner reads "HOLLAND LODGE." and above it is the maker's signature "Br. Maverick / Sct." Below the banner is an ornate monogram consisting of the letters "G A". Both sides are bordered in a toothed design.
pay order
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pay order
date made: 09-24-1784
Associated Date: Septemer 24, 1784
place made: United States: Connecticut
referenced: United States: Connecticut
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 5 in x 6 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 17.145 cm
Topics: Revolution and the New Nation
Taxes
American Revolution (1775-1783)
History
pay order
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pay order
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 9 in; 17.145 cm x 22.86 cm
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Military
Mill Gear and Machine Wheel Scale Signed W. Wright
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: scale rule
scale
date made: 18th century
maker: Wright, W.
place made: United Kingdom: England, Glossop
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
mahogany (box material)
Measurements: overall: 4.5 cm x 7.6 cm x 40 cm; 1 25/32 in x 3 in x 15 3/4 in
box: 6.35 cm x 8.9 cm x 43.8 cm; 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 17 1/4 in
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Scale Rules
Science
Mathematics
Description: This brass measuring instrument resembles a sector, with a rounded apex and two rectangular legs. The front of the object is marked: MACHINE WHEELS. It bears a proportional scale with numbers 6, 8, 10, 16, and 20. One leg contains a proportional scale labeled "Pitch Line" (numbered 6, 8, 12, 16, 20) and a scale labeled "Depth of Tooth" that is uniformly divided into single units and numbered by tens from 20 to 160. The other leg is labeled "Gauge Point" and bears a scale uniformly divided into single units and numbered by tens from 20 to 160. Both scales are engraved with a small arrow at the 80 point. "Gauge Point" is separated from the scale by an ornate engraved arrow, so those words may refer to the proportional scale on the rounded part of the instrument. The legs bear a maker's mark: W. WRIGHT, (/) GLOSSOP. There are three posts, or mill feet, two on the legs and one at the center, on each side of the instrument, so that it stands about 3/4" away from the surface on which it rests.
The back of the object is marked: MILL GEER WHEELS. It bears a proportional scale with numbers and letters: 4, U, 12, 16, 20. ("Geer" and "gear" were both acceptable spellings in the 18th and 19th centuries.) Each leg contains a scale that is uniformly divided into single units and numbered by tens from 10 to 80. Small arrows are engraved on both legs at the 47 and 80 points. Another larger, ornate arrow on the left leg separates the words "Gauge Point" from the uniformly divided scale. The posts on the legs on this side are corroded. The instrument is stored in a mahogany case painted blue on the inside.
W. Wright manufactured instruments in the parish of Glossop in northwest Derbyshire, England, in the 18th century. Between ten and twenty cotton mills opened in Glossop in the 1790s. Wright apparently also worked at times in Manchester, 30 miles to the west. At least three other examples of this instrument were auctioned between 1996 and 2009, some marked "Glossop" and some marked "Manchester." The Smithsonian acquired this object in 1966.
Reference: Gloria Clifton, <i>Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851</i> (London: National Maritime Museum, 1995), 306–307.
Bank of New York
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: check
Manuscript
date made: circa 1790s
graphic artist: Bank of New York
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 cm x 15.8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 6 7/32 in
Credit line: Gift of Marcia B. Kass in memory of Herbert J. Friedman
Topics: Art
Communications
Banks and banking
The Time Piece and Literary Companion, May 20 - December 8, 1797
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: newspapers, set of
Relief Processes
date made: 1797
graphic artist: Tiebout, Cornelius
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 44 cm x 28 cm; 17 5/16 in x 11 1/32 in
Credit line: Gift of Marcia B. Kass in memory of Herbert J. Friedman
Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: newspapers, set of
Relief Processes
date made: 1794
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 51 cm x 34 cm; 20 3/32 in x 13 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Marcia B. Kass in memory of Herbert J. Friedman
Progaganda
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pamphlet
associated date: October 14, 1961
described: Peace Corps
associated place; referenced: Nigeria
United States
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
yellow (overall color)
red (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 7 1/4 in x 5 in; 18.415 cm x 12.7 cm
Topics: Colonies
Volunteer
Imperialism
Peace Corps
watch, ladies
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: watch, ladies
watch, ladies, Swiss
date made: ca 1770
place made: Switzerland
Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.8575 cm
"Nautical Almanac"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: book
date made: 1806
Rachel Breck's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sampler
date made: 1803
maker: Breck, Rachel
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
Physical Description: linen (ground material)
silk (thread material)
Measurements: overall: 12 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 32.385 cm x 34.925 cm
Topics: Embroidery
Textiles
Description: This sampler features an alphabet, numbers, flowers, baskets, birds, and trees all worked in cross stitch, while the background is completely filled in with long vertical stitches. The flower baskets symbolize friendship and love, and the birds on the trees would indicate her love of nature. The figure within the cartouche is balanced by a four-storied building, which may depict the school or academy that inspired the design. The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of 26/in warp, 24/in weft. The stitches used are cross, satin, chain, French knots, and straight. Rachel included the inscription:
<br>Alas how transient all our earthly store<br>To-day we bloom tomorrow are no more<br>Rachel Breck / aged 11<br>
Rachel Breck also stitched a silk embroidery in 1810 entitled “Charity” at the Misses Patten School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Rachel Breck was born July 22, 1792, to Joseph Hunt (1766-1801), a silversmith, and Abigail Kingsley (c1766-1846) Breck of Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1819 Rachel married George Hooker who was born 1798 to John and Sarah (Dwight) Hooker of Northampton. He went to Yale, class of 1814 and was a physician who resided in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. They had 8 children born between 1820 and 1833 and Rachel died in January 6,1879.
runic calendar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: runic calendar
date made: 1787
Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm
overall: 3/4 in x 5 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.0325 cm
clock, shelf
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: clock, shelf
clock
date made: 1795
place made: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
Measurements: case: 23 in x 13 in x 9 in; 58.42 cm x 33.02 cm x 22.86 cm
overall: 24 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 61.595 cm x 34.29 cm x 24.13 cm
overall: 24 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 61.595 cm x 34.29 cm x 24.13 cm
medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date made: 1792
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
bridge spike
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bridge spike
date made: 1810
Physical Description: iron (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 9 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.8575 cm
overall, from cat. card: 9 in; 22.86 cm