RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
George Lauck's Manuscript Weave Pattern Book; Pennsylvania, 1805-1829
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: weaver's pattern book
date made: 1805-1829
maker: Lauck, George
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
Measurements: overall: 11 in x 8 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 22.225 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Description: Book of designs for weaving coverlets. Designs drawn by a Pennsylvania German weaver, George Lauck, perhaps during the first 3 decades of the 19th century. The first date written in a family record on the first page is 1805. The last is 1829. The patterns are of the same type of block variations found in other German and Pennsylvania German pattern books of the late 18h and ealy 19th century. The second page is a family history in red ink with simple stylized flower decoration in red, yellow, blue, green and brown ink. There are 66 patterns draw out in color (include threading into); 19 pages of treadling diagrams and 130 tie-ups,entered on 15 pages. Plus 2 1/2 pages of dye recipes and prayers entered in the back of the book. A letter in the book from Reading, Pennsylvania is dated 1866. Later in life Lauck was weaving carpets, not coverlets, because coverlets were no longer in demand.
The Founders of Our Republic
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate, souvenir
depicted (sitter): Washington, George
Jefferson, Thomas
decorative motif: United States: District of Columbia, Capitol Hill, United States Capitol
Physical Description: porcelain (overall material)
white; blue (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 10 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 26.3525 cm
Topics: Government
Social reformers
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Politics
Foreign & Imported Products
Souvenirs
Novelty
spoon, souvenir
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon, souvenir
decorative motif: United States: District of Columbia, Capitol Hill, United States Capitol
Physical Description: silver-plate (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 3/8 in x 7/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 2.2225 cm
Topics: Government
Social reformers
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Politics
Food Culture
Souvenirs
Novelty
cabinet card
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cabinet card
date made: c. 1800s
maker: Smillie, Thomas W.
Measurements: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm
The Psalms of David in metre
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: book
books
Books
date made: 1796
maker: Kerr, Mark
Kerr, Charles
place made: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
leather (cover material)
board (cover material)
Measurements: overall: 7 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.175 cm
Credit line: Gif of Lilice Wickman
Topics: Social life and customs
Religion
Family
The task.: A poem, In six books. To which is added, Tirocinium: or, A review of schools.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: book
Books
date made: 1791
author: Cowper, William
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: paper (pages material)
leather (cover material)
board (cover material)
Measurements: overall: 6 in x 3 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Gift of Lilice Wickman
Paper Mill Plate I
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sheet
paper
sheet (paper)
Engraving
date made: ca 1810
graphic artist: Anderson, Hugh
publisher: Bradford, Samuel F.
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 27 cm x 21.5 cm; 10 5/8 in x 8 15/32 in
Topics: Art
Communications
Paper Mill Plate II
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sheet
paper
sheet (paper)
Engraving
date made: ca 1810
graphic artist: Anderson, Hugh
publisher: Bradford, Samuel F.
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 27 cm x 21.5 cm; 10 5/8 in x 8 15/32 in
Topics: Art
Communications
Knife
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife
producer: Rachael Ray Store
Physical Description: rubber (overall material)
steel (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 9 in x 1 in x 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.27 cm
in case: 9 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
Topics: September 11
Spring Lancet
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: lancet, set
bloodletting
date made: 18th century
Measurements: purse: 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.35 cm
lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Gift of Edward Pryor
Description: Spring lancet with an “A. F.” inscription.
Ecclesiastical Table Cover
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: embroidery, lace, ecclesiatical
embroidery, lace, ecclesiastical
embroidery, lace, ecclesiastical, table cover
date made: ca 1775-1795
Physical Description: silk (overall center material)
embroidery (overall center production method/technique)
gold, silver (overall border material)
bobbin lace (overall border production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 23 in; x 59.69 cm x 58.42 cm
Credit line: Miss Annie-May Hegeman
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Description: Ecclesiastical table cover with embroidery and a border of gold bobbin lace. The center has sacred symbols while the borders are of couched gold threads in s-curves, and floral motifs in silk embroidery in various colors. The outside border is gold and silver bobbin lace in late 18th century style.
Pitcher, "Commodore Prebles"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
place made: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, creamware (overall material)
transfer printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 10 in x 6 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 25.4 cm x 15.875 cm
Credit line: Robert H. McCauley
Topics: McCauley Liverpool Pottery
Furnishings
Military
Description: This creamware pitcher is decorated with transfer prints related to Edward Preble of the United States Navy. Printed on the front is a portrait of “Commodore Preble” surrounded by an American flag, a shield, and an Native American. A herald with a trumpet floats above the portrait. Printed under the spout is the Great Seal of the United States. Finally, on the reverse is a print of “Commodore Prebles Squadron attacking the city of Tripoli Aug 3 1804.” Below the scene is a description: “The American Squadron under Commodore Preble Consisting of the constitution of 44 guns 2 brigs 3 / schooners 2 bombs and 6 gun boats attacking the city and harbour of Tripoli Aug 3 1804 the city was defended / by batteries mounting 115 pieces of heavy cannon and the harbour by 19 gun boats 2 brigs 2 schooners 2 gallies / and a zebeck the city received great damage several of the tripolitan vessels were sunk 3 of their gun boats taken and a great / number of men killed.” The portrait of Preble on this pitcher is based on an engraving by Thomas Dixon of Liverpool done in 1805.
Edward Preble was born at Falmouth, Maine in 1761. He served as low level naval officer during the Revolutionary War. In 1799, during the Quasi-War with France, he was commissioned as a captain and given command of the frigate Essex. Preble became famous during the War with Tripoli. In 1803, with the USS Constitution as his flagship, Preble led a naval squadron to the Mediterranean. He planned Stephen Decatur’s heroic expedition to burn the Philadelphia and carried out five separate attacks on Tripoli in August and September of 1804. Lauded for his gallant service, Preble received a gold medal from Congress in 1806. Preble died in 1807.
Robert H. McCauley purchased this jug from Joseph Kindig, Jr. of York, PA on August 5, 1938 for $100.00. 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.
Bust of Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bust
date made: 1800s
maker: Union Porcelain Works
place made: United States: New York, Brooklyn, Greenpoint
Physical Description: porcelain (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 in; 10.4775 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Franklin Chace
Droschel Bobbin Lace Strips Embellished With Alençon needle lace floral motifs
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: lace
date made: 1775-1800
place made: Flanders
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
Physical Description: needle lace, alencon (overall production method/technique)
bobbin lace, droschel (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 14 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; x 36.195 cm x 8.89 cm
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
Tablespoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spoon
spoon
flatware
date made: ca 1799
place made: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
place used: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 9 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 23.8125 cm x 4.7625 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Katharine M. Reese
Topics: Food habits
Furnishings
spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
flatware
date made: 1800-1840
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Carlisle
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 14.9225 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Margaret R. Smith
spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
flatware
date made: 1775-1780
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 11.7475 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Catherine Emmerson
spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
flatware
spoons
date made: 1798
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 9 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 22.86 cm x 4.445 cm
Credit line: Beeton Allyn Corn, Jr. through Mrs. Beeton Allyn Corn
Orrery
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: orrery
date made: ca 1800
maker: Delamarche, Charles Francois
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 20 in; 50.8 cm
overall: 19 3/4 in x 12 7/8 in; 50.165 cm x 32.7025 cm
Topics: Globes
Astronomy
Description: This cardboard instrument looks like an armillary sphere but functions as an orrery. The Sun is at the center, and there are concentric rings representing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The “à Paris Chez Delamarche Géog. / Rue du Foin Saint-Jacques / au College de Mtre Gervais” inscription on the ecliptic band refers to Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817), proprietor of a cartographic shop in the Latin quarter of Paris. His successors continued the business well into the 19th century.
Spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
flatware
date made: ca 1795
place made: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 14.9225 cm x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Estate of Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James
Topics: Furnishings
George Washington Medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal, political
date on object: 1789
maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company
place made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Scovill Manufacturing Company Advertising Token
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: token
medal
date on object: 1802
maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company
place made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 in; x 7.62 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Cent, United States, 1787
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: token
date on object: 1787
designer: Franklin, Benjamin
maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company
place made: United States
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date on object: 1802
maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 7/8 in; x 7.3025 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Half Penny Token
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: token
date on object: 1792
maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1/2 Penny
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1793
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
2 Penning
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1803
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1/2 Penny
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1792
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Gold Silver Wares Advertising Token
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: token
date on object: 1789
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
3 Rigsbankskilling
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1804
Physical Description: white metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in; x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
2 Sous
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1789
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
2 Shillings, Denmark, 1810
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1810
Associated Place: Denmark
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Pfennig, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1806
Associated Place: Germany: Hesse, Darmstadt
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Pfennig, Prussia, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1790
Associated Place: Prussia
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Kreuzer, Baden, Germany, 1808
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1808
Associated Place: Germany: Baden
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Duit, Zeeland, 1783
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1783
Associated Place: Netherlands: Zeeland
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
10 Centimes, France, 1809
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1809
Associated Place: France
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Centime, Westphalia, Germany, 1809
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1809
Associated Place: Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia, Westphalia
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Heller, Hesse, Germany, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1806
Associated Place: Germany: Hesse
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
French Coin, 1793
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1793
Associated Place: France
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Unidentified Coin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1806
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
1 Kreutzer, Burgau, Austria, 1772
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1772
Physical Description: bronze (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
4 Groschen, Prussia, 1807
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date on object: 1807
Associated Place: Prussia
Physical Description: white metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
Penny, Great Britain, 1797
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
coin
date on object: 1797
Associated Place: United Kingdom
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 5/8 in; x 4.1275 cm
Credit line: Scovill, Inc.
card
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: card
certofocate
certificate
pledge card
date made: 1800
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
black (overall color)
beige (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm
Card
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Card
date made: 1800's
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
green (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm
card
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: card
date made: 1800
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
pink (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm
card
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: card
date made: 1800
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm
Shaker style Wool Spinning Wheel; Massachusetts; before 1800?
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spinning wheel, wool
date made: before 1800?
Credit line: Gift of Edgar J. Rollins
Description: Shaker style wool spinning wheel; believed to have been made before 1800. The object was used in Massachusetts.
fork
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fork
cutlery
Knife and Fork, Set of; Eating Utensils
date made: before 1810
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: ivory (part: handle material)
copper (?) (part: ferrule material)
metal (part: tines material)
delete (fork delete)
delete (tines delete)
delete (knife delete)
delete (blade delete)
delete (case delete)
Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.27 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
case
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: case
cutlery
Knife and Fork, Set of; Eating Utensils
date made: before 1810
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: delete (fork delete)
delete (knife delete)
delete (handle delete)
delete (fork delete)
delete (tines delete)
delete (knife delete)
leather (outside material)
wood (container material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.685 cm x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
Two-spindle flax spinning wheel; Likely Connecticut, 18th C.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spinning wheel
spinning wheel, flax
date made: may have been made in the 18th century
Date made: 1600-1799
user: Beach, Israel
place made: United States: Connecticut
United Kingdom: England
Measurements: overall:;
overall: 54 in x 18 in x 18 in; 137.16 cm x 45.72 cm x 45.72 cm
Credit line: Gift of William H. Beach
Description: Two-spindle flax spinning wheel. Constructed with wooden dowels. Left bobbin and spindle are loose from the leather holder. Distaff is easily removedl. The treadle is not connected. The initials "SP" are burned in one edn of the lower platform of the wheel - possibly the intials of the maker? Likely Connecticut, 18th C.
This statement comes from several letters written by the donor of this object: "My great grandfather, Israel Beach, built his home at Stratford, Conn. in 1735. Some 30 years ago there was given me by the family that owns the farm, a two-spindle flax spinning wheel that had been left in the attic of the old house. The house had long been unoccupied. It was sided up as well as shingled, with chestnut shingles about two feet long, rived and shaved by hand. I have two of these shingles. My father moved from Stratford into this section in 1816. My grand father Israel Beach Jr. served in the Revolutionary War. I served four years in the First New York (Lincoln Cavalry.)
Food Warmer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: food warmer
infant feeder
date made: late 18th century
ca 1800
ca 1800
maker: Wedgwood
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: bowl: 1 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 8.89 cm
overall, all pices, as stored: 7 1/2 in x 19 in x 11 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 48.26 cm x 29.21 cm
overall: 11 in x 8 in x 5 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 20.32 cm x 14.605 cm
Credit line: In Memory of Dr. Stanley Gould
Short length of 18th C. silk ribbon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: ribbon
date made: 1780s
1700s
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 23 in x 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Gift of Titi Halle
Description: 18th century, plum colored, lustrous, silk ribbon; gives appearance of stripes. Small looped ends visible on both edges from the weaving process. Unfinished ends.
Cigar Holder
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: holder, cigar
date made: 1800- 1900
place made: Europe
United States
purchased: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
Physical Description: clay, meerschaum (shank; bowl material)
resin, amber (stem material)
Measurements: overall, stem and bowl: 2 in x 3 5/8 in x 1 in; 5.08 cm x 9.2075 cm x 2.54 cm
overall, mouthpiece: 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 4.7625 cm x .9525 cm
Credit line: Gift of Leo Stoor
Snuff Box
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: box, snuff
date made: 1800- 1899
place made: United States
Physical Description: metal, silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.08 cm
Credit line: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin