RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Pot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pot
date made: 19th century
1800-1850
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, cast (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 20.6375 cm x 19.685 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Cooking
Food
Description: Banded-lip pot on three, triangular feet with pierced flat-top tabs, tapered rim and sides and rounded bottom; no handle. Hollow cast with a quarter-round bead or fillet below rim and "W.I." in raised serif letters inside a dotted or serrated-edge surround on body; two, crossed gate marks on bottom exterior.
Pot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pot
date made: 1800-1850
19th century
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, cast (kettle, cover material)
iron, wrought (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 5 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 22.5425 cm x 20.955 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Kettle on three, triangular feet with a forged, square bail handle looped around pierced flat-top tabs; tapered sides and rounded bottom. Flat cover with a shaped wire knop bolted at center. Hollow cast with a quarter-round bead or fillet below banded lip and a low-relief design, placed six times around body, of the raised serif letters "BR" separated by a jug or pitcher above an inverted, scallop- and serrated-edged triangle; single gate mark on bottom exterior. Feet reduced in height.
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Pot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pot
date made: 1800-1850
19th century
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, cast (kettle material)
iron, wrought (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 7 7/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 29.21 cm x 24.765 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Plain pot on three, semicircular feet with a forged bail handle looped around pierced flat-top tabs; tapered sides and rounded bottom. Hollow cast with a low-relief design, placed once on body, of a spreadwing, shield-body eagle, banner in beak facing left, above the raised serif letters "MB", all within a fluted-edge trapezoid; two crossed gate marks on bottom exterior.
Andiron
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: andiron
andirons
date made: 1790 - 1840
place made: United States
United States: Virginia, Shenandoah Valley
Physical Description: iron, cast (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 12 in x 6 3/4 in x 14 7/8 in; 30.48 cm x 17.145 cm x 37.7825 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Woman
Furnishings
Description: Figural andiron featuring the head and torso of a woman wearing only a belted, short skirt scrolled at its sides; her hair is close cropped at front with curled locks on her shoulders. Plain, arched and squared cabriole legs end in square feet on platforms. Cast billet bar fused into back of cast upright. No marks. One of a pair, 1982.0090.67A-B.
Andiron
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: andiron
andirons
date made: 1780 - 1830
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 13 in x 9 3/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 33.02 cm x 24.765 cm x 36.195 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Gooseneck andiron with polyhedron finial and faceted rectangular shaft flared at shoulders on square, arched legs with tab feet. "(R. R.?) WILDER" is stamped incuse in serif letters sideways on both facets near top. Upright is tenoned through the legs. Billet bar tenoned through plinth of upright. One of a pair, 1982.0090.92A-B.
Button
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: button
date made: 1800 - 1815
place made: United States: New York
Physical Description: gilt brass (button material)
copper (shank material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 7/8 in; .635 cm x 2.2225 cm
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
Topics: Uniforms, Military
Clothing and dress
Dress accessories
Description: New York Militia "EXCELSIOR" button depicting a spreadwing eagle perched on terrestrial globe. Circular, single-piece button with omega loop shank, possibly on a thin pedestal or plateau, brazed on blank back. No marks. One of four "EXCELSIOR" buttons, 1982.0090.09A, C, N and O, from a collection of 15 buttons, 1982.0090.09A-O.
Button Mold
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mold, button
button
Mold, Button; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
date made: 1800 - 1850
place made: United States
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
iron (handles material)
metal, white (button material)
Measurements: overall, base: 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 4.445 cm
overall, button: 3/8 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 1.27 cm
overall, mold halves, each: 1 in x 2 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 9.8425 cm x 5.715 cm
Credit line: Gift of Preston R. Bassett
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Three-part, single button mold for a plain, self shank, domed button. Top halves have iron loop handles and join to form a diamond or lozenge sprue hole. Bead-bordered domed button inside; fits mold but does not match it. No marks.
Bullet Mold
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mold, shot
wrench, barrel
Mold, Bullet; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
date made: 1780 - 1830
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Scissors-type, combination single bullet mold with one cavity for a musket ball and barrel wrench for removing and reattaching the firearm barrel as the finger ring or loop of one handle. Flathead screw for pivot. No marks.
[None None None]
Flagstaff Ornament
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: ornament, flagstaff
Finial, Staff; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
date made: ca 1810
place used: United States: District of Columbia
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 14 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 19.05 cm x 36.5125 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Cast flagstaff ornament consisting of a tripartite finial, central ball, and tapered conical socket with spool-shaped top; three parts screw together. Fleur-de-lis-shaped finial features a pierced diamond or lozenge above two crescents pierced with a star at center flanked by circles and drops. Ball seamed horizontally; socket seamed vertically. No marks.
knife
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife
cutlery
Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket
date made: c. 1780
place made: France
Physical Description: steel (blade, spring, lever lock, linings, pins material)
mother of pearl (scales material)
tortoise shell (scales material)
gold, rose (scale decoration material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
knife, folding
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife, folding
cutlery
Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket
date made: c. 1780
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: steel (sheepfoot blade, master blade tang pin, spring, possibly linings material)
silver (lamb foot blade material)
mother of pearl (scales material)
gold (bolsters, scale decoration material)
Measurements: overall, stored closed: 1/4 in x 3 9/16 in x 11/16 in; .635 cm x 9.04875 cm x 1.74625 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
knife, folding
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife, folding
cutlery
Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket
date made: 1792
place made: Europe
Physical Description: steel (blade material)
wood (handle material)
brass (inlay, ferrule, pommel material)
mother of pearl (inlay material)
Measurements: overall, stored closed: 7/16 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 in; 1.11125 cm x 8.89 cm x 2.54 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
knife
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife
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: blade material)
delete (fork delete)
delete (tines delete)
delete (knife delete)
delete (blade delete)
delete (case delete)
Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 19.05 cm x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
Spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
cutlery
Spoon; Eating Utensils
date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: Lapland
Sweden
Physical Description: horn, cow (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 14.605 cm x 3.175 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William Duncan McKim
Topics: Religion
Saints
spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spoon
cutlery
Spoon; Serving
date made: 1800 - 1830
place made: United States
Physical Description: metal, iron (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in x 8 3/16 in x 1 5/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 20.79625 cm x 4.1275 cm
Topics: Ranching
knife, folding
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife, folding
cutlery
Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket
date made: ca 1779
Physical Description: bone (part: handle material)
metal, white (part: handle material)
steel (part: blade material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 10.795 cm x 2.54 cm
knife
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: knife
cutlery
Knife; Eating Utensils; Cutlery; Table
date made: c. 1800-1810
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: steel (blade material)
bone (handle material)
brass (bolster material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 8 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 20.32 cm x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
fork
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: fork
cutlery
Fork; Eating Utensils
date made: 18th century
place made: Europe
Physical Description: steel (tines material)
white metal (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 16.8275 cm x .635 cm
Credit line: Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
Probate Record
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: manuscript
pamphlets
Pamphlets; Manuscript
date made: 1806 -1807
date in text: 1807-01-30
place made: United States: Connecticut, Guilford
Physical Description: paper, wove (overall material)
ink (overall material)
thread (binding material)
Measurements: overall: 1/32 in x 8 in x 6 1/4 in; .07938 cm x 20.32 cm x 15.875 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Madeleine Wilkinson
Minge Family Ledger
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Ledger
Date made: 1732-1837
date made: 1732 - 1837
associated date: 1837 08 02
associated person: Minge, David
Minge, Christianna
Measurements: overall: 15 3/4 in x 7 in x 1 1/2 in; 40.005 cm x 17.78 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: Charles G. Abbott
Looking Glass (Mirror)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
Mirror; Furniture
date made: 1800 - 1900
place made: United States: New England
place backing card made: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
place used: United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
Physical Description: gilt (frame decoration material)
gesso (frame decoration material)
pine (frame, backboards material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
ink (backing material)
paper (backing material)
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 18.0975 cm x 26.035 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
Topics: Furnishings
Hand Carder (Cotton Card)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: carder, hand
date made: 1800 - 1840
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Bolton
Physical Description: beech (board; handle material)
leather (carding cloth; tacking strips material)
wire, steel (teeth material)
linen and wool (textile on handle material)
string (tie on handle material)
Measurements: overall (including loose textile hanging from handle): 12 1/2 in x 11 in x 1 in; 31.75 cm x 27.94 cm x 2.54 cm
carding surface (across teeth only): 3 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 24.13 cm x .635 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Quakers
Household Tools and Equipment
Textiles
[None 'DL*388834A']
Hand Carder (Wool Card)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: carder, hand
date made: 1800 - 1810
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Bolton
Physical Description: beech (board; handle material)
leather (carding cloth; tacking strips material)
wire, steel (teeth material)
Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 10 in; 4.7625 cm x 24.765 cm x 25.4 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Quakers
Household Tools and Equipment
Textiles
[None 'DL*388834B']
Beam Balance
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: beam balance
date made: 1800 - 1830
place made: United Kingdom: England
United States
place used: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Physical Description: iron (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 11 in x 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 27.94 cm x 1.905 cm
Credit line: Gift of Peter Burger
Topics: Furnishings
Side Chair
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
Chair; Furniture; Side
date made: 1760 - 1795
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Essex
United States: New Hampshire
Physical Description: birch (1775 or later material)
rush (seat material)
Measurements: overall: 36 7/8 in x 19 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 93.6625 cm x 49.53 cm x 44.45 cm
Credit line: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
Topics: Furnishings
Courting mirror fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Mirror Frame, Part of
frame, mirror, part of
date made: c. 1800
place used: United States: New England
place made: Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
paint (glass panel material)
glass (glass panel material)
Scots pine (frame support material)
Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 18.7325 cm x 10.795 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
[None]
Courting mirror fragments
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: frame, mirror, parts of
date made: c. 1800
place used: United States: New England
place made: Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
paint (glass panels material)
glass (glass panels material)
Scots pine (frame support material)
Measurements: overall, frame: 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 24.4475 cm x 11.1125 cm
overall, frame parts, largest: 5/8 in x 13 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 33.02 cm x 3.4925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
[None None]
"Hired man's" mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
date made: ca 1775
place made; placed used: United States: New England
Physical Description: mahogany (frame material)
pine (frame support material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 9.8425 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
[None 'Relic of Revolutionary War 1775\n388 099 N. ENG.\nDL*388099']
Courting mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
date made: c. 1800
place used: United States: New England
place made: Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
paint (glass panels material)
glass (glass panels material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
Scots pine (frame support; box and cover material)
leather (cord material)
Measurements: overall, case: 1 1/4 in x 14 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 35.8775 cm x 24.765 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
[None]
Courting mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mirror
date made: c. 1800
place used: United States: New England
place made: Europe
Physical Description: basswood (frame material)
linden (frame material)
paint (glass panels material)
glass (glass panels material)
mirrored glass (mirror material)
Scots pine (frame support; box and cover material)
Measurements: overall, case: 1 1/8 in x 11 1/8 in x 16 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 28.2575 cm x 40.9575 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
[None]
Mouse Trap
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Mousetrap
mousetrap
date made: 1800 - 1900
place made: United States
Physical Description: iron, wrought (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm x 12.065 cm
Credit line: Myrtle Z. Hough
Topics: Pest Control
Animals
Household Tools and Equipment
Artifact Walls exhibit
Description: This large iron spring trap may have been fashioned by an unidentified blacksmith in the 19th century. Since the U.S. Patent Office was formally established in 1838, it has granted more than forty-four hundred mousetrap patents, more than any other invention. John Mast heeded Ralph Waldo Emerson’s advice to, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” and in 1899 built the more familiar snap trap which received its patent in 1903. Simple and effective, Mast’s trap is the best-selling mousetrap of all time. However, inventors are still attempting to improve upon Mast’s design—the Patent Office grants about 40 patents for mousetraps a year, and it receives almost ten times as many patent requests!
The simple mousetrap is a testament to American ingenuity. Inventors and innovators have sought to deal with the mice in different ways - some traps are “beheaders,” some “imprisoners,” and some are “mashers.” No matter the design, the mousetrap has an undeniable grasp on the American imagination, with board games, gambling apparatus, and even movies being based on this pervasive mammal and the attempts to capture it.
Drop Leaf Table
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Table
Table; Furniture; Drop Leaf Table
Date made: 1795 - 1805
used: United States: Maryland
Physical Description: mahogany (overall material)
oak (overall material)
pine (overal material)
Measurements: overall: 68 1/2 in x 146 in x 107 in; 173.99 cm x 370.84 cm x 271.78 cm
Description: Drop-leaf dining table. Four straight, squared, tapered legs support a rectangular top. Two legs swing out to support rectangular leaves. The top and leaves are each a single piece of mahogany. The plan skirt is also mahogany. The frames and gate are oak. The inner frame is pine.
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
Chair; Furniture; Side Chair; Windsor
date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Connecticut
place acquired: United States: Connecticut
Measurements: overall: 35 1/2 in x 21 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 90.17 cm x 55.245 cm x 45.085 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kennedy, Sr.
Topics: Furnishings
table
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: table
Table; Furniture
date made: 1770
place made: United States: New England
United States: Connecticut
Measurements: overall: 25 1/8 in x 33 1/4 in x 23 3/4 in; 63.8175 cm x 84.455 cm x 60.325 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kennedy, Sr.
Topics: Furnishings
bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl
date made: 1800
19th century
place made: United States: New England
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in x 17 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 23.8125 cm x 44.7675 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kennedy, Sr.
Topics: Furnishings
Food
Andiron
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: andiron
date made: 1786-1820
place made: United States: Virginia, Hawksbill Creek
United States: Virginia, Shenandoah Valley
Physical Description: iron, cast (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11 5/8 in x 8 3/8 in x 16 3/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 21.2725 cm x 41.5925 cm
Credit line: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Figural andiron featuring a human head or mask atop a fluted, tapered pier or flattened column on arched, squared cabriole legs with a scrolling vine in relief at top center and a round drop below. Entire andiron is a single, two-part casting, with the cast billet bar inserted into and fused to the puddle-cast upright when poured. Billet bar has two legs. No marks. One of a pair, 1983.0808.01A-B.
Possibly made at the Redwell-Isabella Furnace, located along Hawksbill Creek, near Luray, Page County, VA. Dirck (also Derick or Derrick) Pennypacker established Redwell Furnace in 1786 or 1787. It was later sold to Benjamin Blackford in 1808 and renamed Isabella Furnace sometime after that. Date range for these andirons encompasses both names. The site remained in operation until circa 1880.
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Chair
chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 93 cm x 55 cm x 52 cm; 36 5/8 in x 21 5/8 in x 20 1/2 in
Topics: Furnishings
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Chair
chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 92 cm x 55 cm x 51 cm; 36 1/4 in x 21 5/8 in x 20 1/16 in
Topics: Furnishings
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Chair
chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 92 cm x 54 cm x 51 cm; 36 1/4 in x 21 1/4 in x 20 1/16 in
Topics: Furnishings
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 91.5 cm x 55.5 cm x 52.5 cm; 36 in x 21 7/8 in x 20 11/16 in
overall: 36 in x 17 in x 18 in; 91.44 cm x 43.18 cm x 45.72 cm
Topics: Furnishings
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Chair
chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 91.5 cm x 54 cm x 52.5 cm; 36 in x 21 1/4 in x 20 11/16 in
Topics: Furnishings
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Chair
chair, side
Windsor side chair
Chair
Chair; Side; Windsor Chair
Date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
place used: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 91.5 cm x 55 cm x 51 cm; 36 in x 21 5/8 in x 20 1/16 in
Topics: Furnishings