Sugar Pot
Maker Not Known Date of Creation 1790–1810 Location Alamance County, North Carolina Materials Slip Decorated Earthenware Institution Old Salem Museums & Gardens/ MESDA Credit Line Old Salem Museums & Gardens Accession Number 89.9 Photo Credit Old Salem Museums...
Cookie Mold
Maker John Vogler Date of Creation c. 1820 Location Salem, North Carolina Materials Maple Institution Old Salem Museums & Gardens/ MESDA Credit Line Gift of Anna Rights Accession Number 936.1 Photo Credit Old Salem Museums & Gardens Although the early material...
Carver Chair
Maker Unrecorded maker, unrecorded weaver Date of Creation c. 1680 Location Little Compton & Newport, Rhode Island Materials Maple, ash, cornhusk seat Institution Newport Restoration Foundation Credit Line N/A Accession Number 2002.102 Photo Credit Newport...
Nkisi
Maker Unknown Date of Creation 18th Century Location Newport, Rhode Island Materials Three fabric fragments; 3 fragments of Chinese import ceramics; 3 beads; 3 wooden buttons; 1 worked cowrie shell; 29 iron pins; 15 glass shards Institution Newport Historical Society...
Tankard
Maker Samuel Vernon (1683-1737) Date of Creation 1700–37 Location Newport, Rhode Island Materials Silver Institution Newport Historical Society Credit Line N/A Accession Number 68.4 Photo Credit Adrian Flatgaard This silver tankard is engraved with initials “SRF” and...
Wall Clock
Maker William Claggett (1696–1749) Date of Creation c. 1732 Location Newport, Rhode Island Materials Pine; brass Institution Newport Historical Society Credit Line N/A Accession Number 1884.4 Photo Credit Adrian Flatgaard This clock was made for Newport’s Sabbatarian...
“Stacked Bricks” Quilt
Maker Nettie Young (American, 1916–2010) Date of Creation 1928 Location Gee’s Bend, Alabama Materials Cotton and corduroy Institution New Orleans Museum of Art Credit Line Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett...
Goblet
Maker No known maker Date of Creation 1840–50 Location Probably Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic); Used in New Orleans, LA Materials Glass, ruby stained, engraved Institution New Orleans Museum of Art Credit Line Museum Purchase from the William McDonald Boles and...
Trunk
Maker Unknown Date of Creation c. 1880 Location New Mexico Materials New Mexico Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number NMHM/DCA 01585.45 Photo Credit New Mexico History Museum This brown tooled leather trunk has brass and iron straps,...
Tobacco Pouch or Pipe Bag
Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1855 Location New Mexico Materials Buckskin, glass, sinew Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number NMHM/DCA 01637.45 Photo Credit New Mexico History Museum This beaded hide pouch or pipe bag was associated...