RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
furniture, kiln
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: furniture, kiln
date made: circa 1801- 1810
maker: Fenton, Jonathan
place made: United States: Vermont, Dorset Hollow
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 7 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 18.0975 cm x 17.4625 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
fragment, pan
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fragment, pan
date made: circa 1806
maker: Crafts, Thomas
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Whately
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 2 in x 1 5/8 in; .635 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.1275 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
fragment, pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fragment, pitcher
date made: circa 1778- 1800
maker: Stotes II, Adam
place made: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 in; 1.74625 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
jar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jar
Date made: 18th Century
place made: United States: New Jersey
Physical Description: monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 12 1/8 in x 10 1/8 in x 9 5/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 25.7175 cm x 24.4475 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
jug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jug
Date made: ca. 1790
place made: United States: New Jersey
Physical Description: monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall approximate: 15 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 29.21 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 12 1/8 in; 5.08 cm x 30.7975 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Dorothy Lee Baxter
decanter
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: decanter
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10 9/16 in x 4 7/8 in; 26.82875 cm x 12.3825 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
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candlestick
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Candlestick
date made: 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: green, light (foot color)
green, light (stem color)
glass, transparent (foot material)
glass, transparent (stem material)
Credit line: Dr. and Mrs. Walter Hough
bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl
date made: 1789
maker: New Bremen Glassmanufactory
Amelung, John Frederick
place made: United States: Maryland, Frederick
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
blown (overall production method/technique)
engraved (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/8 in x 8 in; 10.4775 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: W. Dan Quattlebaum
plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 in x 10 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 26.035 cm
Credit line: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
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plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 13/16 in x 9 1/4 in; 2.06375 cm x 23.495 cm
Credit line: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
CE*389388
fragments, bottle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fragments, bottle
date made: circa 1780
maker: Temple Glass Works
place made: United States: New Hampshire, Temple
Physical Description: glass (fragments material)
Measurements: overall, maximum: 1/4 in x 1 5/16 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 3.33375 cm x 2.8575 cm
overall, minimum: 1/8 in x 1 1/16 in x 13/16 in; .3175 cm x 2.69875 cm x 2.06375 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
fragments
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fragments
fragments
date made: circa 1800
maker: Joseph Bayley Pottery
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Rowley
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, coarse (fragments (2) material)
Measurements: overall maximum: 3/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; .47625 cm x 2.8575 cm x 3.175 cm
overall minimum: 3/16 in x 15/16 in x 7/8 in; .47625 cm x 2.38125 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fragment
date made: circ 1790- 1810
maker: Leffingwell Pottery
place made: United States: Connecticut, Norwich
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 7/8 in x 11/16 in; .3175 cm x 2.2225 cm x 1.74625 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
decanter
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: decanter
date made: 1792- 1800
maker: unknown
place made: United States: Virginia
United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, lead, transparent (overall material)
glass, non-lead, transparent (stopper material)
blown (overall production method/technique)
engraved (joint piece production method/technique)
Credit line: W. Dan Quattlebaum
cup, punch
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cup, Punch
date made: circa 1810
maker: unknown
place made: British Isles: Ireland
Physical Description: "colorless" (?? color)
glass, transparent (?? material)
applied (handle production method/technique)
blown (?? production method/technique)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
teapot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Teapot
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 13/16 in x 9 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 14.76375 cm x 25.0825 cm x 13.6525 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pitcher
Date made: 1800 00 00?+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
sugar bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sugar Bowl
Date made: 1800 00 00?+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 13.97 cm x 10.4775 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bowl
Date made: 1800 00 00?+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
bowl, tea; saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, tea
saucer
Date made: 1800 00 00+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
floral bouquet (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (saucer material)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (teabowl material)
Measurements: overall cup: 1 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.5725 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 13.97 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
bowl, tea; saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, tea
saucer
Date made: 1800 00 00+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
floral bouquet (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (saucer material)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (teabowl material)
Measurements: overall cup: 1 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.5725 cm
overall saucer: 1 3/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 3.01625 cm x 14.2875 cm
bowl, tea; saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, tea
saucer
Date made: 1800 00 00+
place made: China
Physical Description: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
floral bouquet (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (saucer material)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (teabowl material)
Measurements: overall cup: 1 13/16 in x 3 5/8 in; 4.60375 cm x 9.2075 cm
overall saucer: 1 3/16 in x 5 9/16 in; 3.01625 cm x 14.12875 cm
Credit line: The Hussey-Knight-McLane Collection presented by Mrs. Allan McLane
The Library of Congress, 1800 ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Prints, set of (19)
Relief Processes
Date made: 1800
maker: Library of Congress
place made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 5.8 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in
Chinese Export
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Tea bowls & saucers
Date made: ca. 1770
maker: unknown
place made: China
Measurements: cups: 4.2 cm x 7.5 cm; 1 5/8 in x 2 15/16 in
San Antonio De Padua
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Santo
Date made: 18th Century
Physical Description: wood; paint (overall material)
handmade (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 28.5 cm x 10 cm x 9 cm; 11 1/4 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Nuestra Senora De La Antigua
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Santo
Date made: 18th century
Physical Description: wood; paint; metal (overall material)
handmade (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 34.2 cm x 13.1 cm x 13.1 cm; 13 7/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 5 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Tile from <i>La Fortaleza</i>
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: tile
Date made: 18th century
Place Made: Puerto Rico
Physical Description: ceramic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 12.9 cm x 13.4 cm; 5 1/16 in x 5 1/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Alternative titles: Cerámica de La Fortaleza
Topics: Vidal
Architecture
Description: This tile is from <i>La Fortaleza</i>, a military and government complex in San Juan built to defend the city from naval attacks. Construction began in 1533 and was finished in 1540. This tile resembles the Spanish ceramic style of Talavera, a tile factory established in the 16th century near the city of Toledo, Spain. The tiles produced in Spain became widely used and copied throughout the Spanish colonies.
Description (Spanish): Esta loseta proviene de La Fortaleza, un complejo militar y gubernamental de San Juan, edificado para defender a la ciudad de ataques navales, cuya construcción comenzó en 1533 y concluyó en 1540. El estilo de esta pieza se asemeja al español propio de Talavera, una fábrica de cerámica establecida en el siglo XVI cerca de la ciudad de Toledo, España. La cerámica que se fabricaba en España se utilizó y reprodujo ampliamente a la largo de las colonias españolas.
La Virgen De Monserrate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Santo
Date made: 18th century
maker: Espada Group
Espada Group
place made: Puerto Rico
Physical Description: handmade (overall production method/technique)
wood; paint; metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 22 cm x 14 cm x 12 cm; 8 11/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Topics: Religion
Virgen del Carmen
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Santo
Date made: 18th century
Physical Description: handmade (overall production method/technique)
wood; paint; metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 25.1 cm x 9.4 cm x 8.9 cm; 9 7/8 in x 3 11/16 in x 3 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
San Antonio de Padua
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: santo
Date made: 18th century
depicted: Saint Anthony of Padua
Place Made: Puerto Rico
Physical Description: handmade (overall production method/technique)
wood; paint; metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 48.3 cm x 20.4 cm x 16.2 cm; 19 in x 8 1/16 in x 6 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Alternative titles: Saint Anthony of Padua
Topics: Vidal
Religion
Description: St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most venerated saints in Puerto Rico. According to Catholic tradition, he was miraculously visited by the Infant Jesus, and is commonly referred to as the "finder of lost articles." This figure is an early example of a <i>santo</i> from the 18th century.
Description (Spanish): Conforme a la tradición, San Antonio de Padua, uno de los santos más venerados de Puerto Rico, fue milagrosamente visitado por el niño Jesús. Comúnmente se lo invoca para "encontrar objetos perdidos". Esta figura constituye un ejemplo temprano de los santos del siglo XVIII.
San Rafael Arcángel
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: santo
Date made: 18th century
depicted: Saint Raphael
Place Made: Puerto Rico: Utuado, Utuado
Physical Description: handmade (overall production method/technique)
wood; paint; metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 65 cm x 41.1 cm x 25.1 cm; 25 9/16 in x 16 3/16 in x 9 7/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Alternative titles: Saint Raphael the Archangel
Topics: Vidal
Religion
Saints
Description: This especially fine figure of St. Raphael the Archangel, was carved in the 18th century. Rafael is one of several archangels (high-ranking angels) who exist in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.
Description (Spanish): Esta es una figura especialmente distinguida de San Rafael Arcángel, tallada en el siglo XVIII. Rafael es uno de varios arcángeles (ángeles de alta jerarquía) presentes en las tradiciones cristiana, judía y musulmana.
Virgen De Monserrate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: santo
Date made: 18th century
Credit line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
Webster Snare Drum
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: drum
date made: 1790-1820
place made: United States: New York, Spencertown
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Percussion
Military
Description: <p>This snare drum was made by John Webster, near Spencertown, New York, around 1790-1820. It has a painted shell with a painted eagle with its characteristic “frog-legged” design that appears during the period of the 1790s to about 1820 on U.S. militia canteens, belt plates, cap insignia and knapsacks. Also this basic design, with a shield on the eagle‘s breast, was used on the U.S. Peace medals of 1792 and 1793. There are 13 stars painted on the drum shell in a circular pattern around the eagle motif. Also, there are 4 additional stars painted vertically to the right side of the eagle motif.</p>
<p>The drum has two wood hoops drilled with 9 holes each for rope, which at one time, was laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. There are 2 skin heads in poor condition and remnants of a gut snare. The drum is disassembled and would require conservation to bring it back to its original condition. It is accessioned with a pair of hardwood drum sticks. There is a label inside the shell that is inscribed:</p>
<p>“I was made by John Webster 3 miles north of Spencertown Meeting House Sept 1779”</p>
<p>As indicated in correspondence with the previous owner, this drum was brought back from the War of 1812 by Captain John George Snyder. Further research is needed to determine details of Snyder’s military career.</p>
Gagliano Violin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: violin
date made: 1778-1782
maker: Gagliano, Ferdinand
Place Made: Italy: Campania, Naples
Physical Description: spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements: overall: 23 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 20.0025 cm x 9.8425 cm
Publisher: George Frideric Handel. Seven Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Violins
Description: This violin was made by Ferdinand Gagliano in Naples, Italy around 1780. The violin retains its original, but reset neck. It bears a facsimile Gagliano label inserted by violin maker and restorer, Simone Saconi, in 1961. Ferdinand Gagliano built this instrument in a diminutive “7/8” size, probably like many other small instruments of the 18th century. The violin has an unusually large sound and in the 1950s it was frequently loaned by Rembert Wurlitzer (the New York authority and dealer) for important solo performances by young artists in New York City. Many students of Ivan Galamian played this violin in concert during their youth. The violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of maple in one piece with faint horizontal figure prominent on the right side, ribs of similar maple, an original plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and golden orange varnish.
Albrecht Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1797-1799
maker: Albrecht, Charles
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Charles Albrecht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1797-1799. Albrecht born in Germany, was in Philadelphia by 1788 and was active there in the 1790s. Some of his instruments are among the earliest surviving American pianos. This piano is serial number 21 and has a compass of FF-f3, a single (Zumpe) action, double-strings, with tuning pins to the right, there is evidence of one stop to raise dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
Albrecht Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1797-1799
maker: Albrecht, Charles
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Charles Albrecht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1797-1799. Albrecht born in Germany, was in Philadelphia by 1788 and was active there in the 1790s. Some of his instruments are among the earliest surviving American pianos. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, a Viennese action without escapement, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, FF-C wound brass, C#-G plain brass, G#-c4 plain iron, with pins to right, there is evidence of a possible damper stop, wood frame, and a mahogany case with lighter wood banding.
Gragnani Violin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: violin
date made: 1783
maker: Gragnani, Antonio
Place Made: Italy: Tuscany, Livorno
Physical Description: spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements: overall: 23 3/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 59.3725 cm x 20.6375 cm x 8.5725 cm
Credit line: Gift of Cora and Laurence C. Witten II
Publisher: George Frideric Handel. Eight Sonatas for Diverse Instruments
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Violins
Description: This violin was made by Antonio Gragnani in Livorno (Leghorn), Italy in 1783. Working in Livorno, Antonio Gragnani (1740-1795) was one of the few Italian makers to utilize whalebone purfling. This violin has characteristic elongated Amati modeling, distinctive narrow extended pegbox with “compressed” scroll, and whalebone purfling. It retains the original neck, bass-bar and varnish in an outstanding state of preservation. This violin of a two-piece table of spruce, back of maple in two pieces cut on the quarter with very fine irregular horizontal figure, ribs of even medium-fine figured maple, an original neck, pegbox and scroll of fine figured maple similar to the back, and transparent orange-brown varnish.
Aegidius Klotz II Viola (baroque)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: viola
Date made: ca 1780
maker: Klotz II, Aegidius
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Mittenwald
Physical Description: spruce (overall material)
maple (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 27 7/16 in x 9 in x 4 in; 69.69125 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Description (Brief): <p>This viola was made by Aegidius Klotz II, in Mittenwald, Germany, about 1780. It is a baroque viola, made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of maple in one piece with an irregular fine horizontal figure, ribs are of similar maple, reset original maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and semi-transparent orange-brown varnish.</p>
<p>This instrument has a reproduction Nicolo Amati label placed in the viola by Aegidius Klotz II, (1733-1805, son of Sebastian Klotz), in recognition of the Amati model. Typical for these Aegidius “copies” are unusually long pegboxes, moderately high archings, nicely selected wood and a semi-transparent orange varnish. This instrument retains the reset original neck, interior blocks, linings and original bass-bar.</p>
Bohemian Violin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: violin
Date made: 1775-1785
Place Made: Czech Republic: Bohemia
Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 20.6375 cm x 8.89 cm
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Violins
Description: This violin was made in Bohemia around 1780. It has been extensively repaired and re-varnished but still retains the original maple purfling, spruce corner blocks and shallow linings of willow. The original pear wood scroll with an exaggerated first volute is perhaps the violin’s most interesting feature. This violin is made of a table of two-piece spruce, back of two-piece plain maple, ribs of mildly figured maple, grafted maple neck terminating in a pegbox and scroll of plain pear wood, and an extensively retouched yellow-brown varnish.
German Violin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: violin
Date made: 1790-1810
Place Made: Germany: Bavaria, Mittenwald
Physical Description: spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.955 cm x 9.525 cm
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Violins
Description: This violin was made in Mittenwald, Germany around 1800. It shows evidence of extensive repairs and retouching of the varnish. This violin has a reproduction Sebastian Klotz label and is made of a two-piece table of two-piece spruce, two-piece back of maple with even medium-fine descending figure, ribs of similar maple, grafted maple neck terminated in the original maple pegbox and scroll, and an opaque reddish-brown varnish.
German Violin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: violin
Date made: 1785-1795
Place Made: Czech Republic: Bohemia
Physical Description: spruce (table material)
maple (bacl material)
Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 20.955 cm x 6.35 cm
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Violins
Description: This violin was made in Schönbach, Germany, around 1790. The instrument retains the original neck and top block of maple in one piece with a slot in the pegbox to accommodate a nut. The original bass-bar is unusually long. The instrument bears extensive repairs and retouching of the varnish. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, two-piece back of maple cut on 45o with even medium-fine gently ascending figure, ribs of similar maple, original top block in one piece with maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-opaque dark reddish-brown varnish.