Domestic Furnishings

Washboards, armchairs, lamps, and pots and pans may not seem to be museum pieces. But they are invaluable evidence of how most people lived day to day, last week or three centuries ago. The Museum's collections of domestic furnishings comprise more than 40,000 artifacts from American households. Large and small, they include four houses, roughly 800 pieces of furniture, fireplace equipment, spinning wheels, ceramics and glass, family portraits, and much more.

The Arthur and Edna Greenwood Collection contains more than 2,000 objects from New England households from colonial times to mid-1800s. From kitchens of the past, the collections hold some 3,300 artifacts, ranging from refrigerators to spatulas. The lighting devices alone number roughly 3,000 lamps, candleholders, and lanterns.

Small, heart-shaped padlock with steel shackle, locking mechanism and small key with double circle opening in oval bow. Front of body is stamped incuse "M. W. & CO" in arched roman letters above keyhole. Alms box and padlock DL*245425.0078-.0079 were used together.
Description

Small, heart-shaped padlock with steel shackle, locking mechanism and small key with double circle opening in oval bow. Front of body is stamped incuse "M. W. & CO" in arched roman letters above keyhole. Alms box and padlock DL*245425.0078-.0079 were used together. Maker is Mallory Wheeler & Co., a lock and hardware manufacturer in New Haven, CT, 1834-1913.

Collection boxes have been used for centuries to solicit money for religious institutions and charities. Even those with little to spare might contribute coins anonymously to a strategically placed box. Unfamiliar in some American communities in the 1700s, these boxes became more commonly used in the United States in the 1800s.

Location
Currently not on view
date made
1834 - 1913
ID Number
DL.245425.0079
catalog number
245425.0079
accession number
245425
Single-reeded circular dish with shallow flat well faintly scored around perimeter; no foot ring.
Description
Single-reeded circular dish with shallow flat well faintly scored around perimeter; no foot ring. Well underside struck with six marks, twice with lion-in-scrolls touch mark of Edward Danforth above four pseudo-hallmarks (left to right): initials "E•D", spreadwing eagle facing left, single star inside circle of twelve stars, and dagger or sword pointing up, all in flat-top, shaped-bottom shield. Possible repair or damage at center of well (almost appears to be five obliterated marks on underside).
Maker is Edward Danforth (1765-1830) of Middletown and Hartford, CT; active, 1786-1799. Apprenticed with his father, Thomas Danforth II (1731-1782), and then his brothers Joseph and Thomas Danforth in Middletown; relocated in 1786 to Hartford, where, after 1799, he did more business as a general merchant, selling wares by Samuel Danforth and Thomas Danforth Boardman, than as a pewterer.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1785 - 1790
1786 - 1799
ID Number
1986.0027.38
catalog number
1986.0027.38
accession number
1986.0027
Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and rectangular bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal has minor discoloration, some residues on blade. Ivory is yellowed.
Description
Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and rectangular bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal has minor discoloration, some residues on blade. Ivory is yellowed. Blade stamped: “PRATT ROPES WEBB&Co / AMERICAN CUTLERY”. With matching fork, 1986.0531.114.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1846 - 1855
ID Number
1986.0531.113
accession number
1986.0531
catalog number
1986.531.113
Large, shallow, circular skimmer attached with three rivets to a slender, cylindrical, downturned handle flattened into a flared and pointed end with pierced hole.
Description
Large, shallow, circular skimmer attached with three rivets to a slender, cylindrical, downturned handle flattened into a flared and pointed end with pierced hole. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into a circle around the center rivet with eight straight radiating arms and groups of four holes between them; turning marks visible on front and back of bowl. Front of handle struck incuse above hanging hole "W.BARTON" in roman letters.
Skimmer 1978.0939.006 and ladle 1978.0939.011 appear to be a pair. Both were possibly made by William Barton (1762-1849), who established foundries for making horse and sleigh bells in East Hampton, CT, in 1808, and in Cairo, NY, in 1826.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1800 - 1830
ID Number
1978.0939.006
accession number
1978.0939
catalog number
1978.0939.006
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855 - 1866
ID Number
DL.61.0394C
catalog number
61.0394C
accession number
232677
Flat, hourglass-shaped or incurved rectangular tray with applied cast rim of scrolling flowers and leaves on its raised edge. Tulip-shaped flower on leafy stem engraved at ends of well. No foot or base. No marks. From snuffer and tray set, DL*60.0975A-B.Currently not on view
Description
Flat, hourglass-shaped or incurved rectangular tray with applied cast rim of scrolling flowers and leaves on its raised edge. Tulip-shaped flower on leafy stem engraved at ends of well. No foot or base. No marks. From snuffer and tray set, DL*60.0975A-B.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
mid 19th century
1860 - 1910
ID Number
DL.60.0975B
catalog number
60.0975B
accession number
229362
"Summer" from a boxed set of four Limited Edition Plates entitled "The SEASONS of AMERICA Past", created by Eric Sloane for International Silver Company; museum proof.
Description
"Summer" from a boxed set of four Limited Edition Plates entitled "The SEASONS of AMERICA Past", created by Eric Sloane for International Silver Company; museum proof. Circular plate has a beaded, flared rim and flat well featuring a scene of a boy in brimmed hat fishing with his dog along the banks of a river or stream crossed by the covered bridge spanning the width of the plate above them; signed at lower left "Eric SLOANE NA". Underside includes title, explanation and significance of scene, and authenticity marks. Foot ring with cast-in hanging hole. From boxed, DL*322784.0001.-0005.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1976
maker
International Silver Company
ID Number
DL.322784.0003
catalog number
322784.0003
accession number
322784
Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back.
Description
Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with a wide white band overpainted with alternating pairs of right-facing, red and green leaves; one green and two yellow thin lines are below. Two yellow brushstrokes on each box side and swirling yellow brushstrokes around handle; no penciling. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled front rim and three folded edges. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
A large number of small decorated boxes similar to this example were produced in the nineteenth century; many survive in good condition.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1825-1875
ID Number
DL.245425.0083
catalog number
245425.0083
accession number
245425
Consists of a two-handled, wide-rimmed, circular bowl or dish on straight tapered foot ring with butter knife holder attached to body, a domed cover topped by a cast finial, and a removable, crosslet-pierced liner inside.
Description
Consists of a two-handled, wide-rimmed, circular bowl or dish on straight tapered foot ring with butter knife holder attached to body, a domed cover topped by a cast finial, and a removable, crosslet-pierced liner inside. Bottom edge of cover and foot ring have matching die-stamped bands featuring rectangular panels of flowers. Dish is struck incuse on underside of its flat bottom with circular mark for "SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO / +" encircling "TREBLE / PLATE" at center; "38" stamped above. Cover and liner are not marked. No butter knife.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1866 - 1899
ca 1880
maker
Simpson, Hall, Miller, and Co.
ID Number
DL.67.0729
catalog number
67.0729
accession number
248268
This framed watercolor of the Samuel and Dolley Copp’s family tree hung in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the second half of the 18th century.
Description
This framed watercolor of the Samuel and Dolley Copp’s family tree hung in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the second half of the 18th century. The family tree is depicted as two intertwined branches sprouting from two overlapping hearts on a blue hill or base at bottom center. The names, birthdates and marriage date of parents Samuel Copp and Dolley Brown are in bottom segment of the tree. The names and birthdates of nine children (Sarah, Dolley, Jonathan, Betsey, Mary, John Brown, Esther, Nancy, and Samuel) are arranged above in three rows of three ovals suspended from flowering branches. The death date of Betsey is also given. Signed at bottom right by John Brown Copp (b. 1779), sixth oldest of the Copp children.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1795
ID Number
DL.006820
catalog number
6820
accession number
28810
Flat oval tray with molded sides and large beaded rim on four applied oval boss feet. Well obverse is engraved with an oval band of trumpet-shaped leaves and flowers sprouting scrolls around a foliate script "W" at center.
Description
Flat oval tray with molded sides and large beaded rim on four applied oval boss feet. Well obverse is engraved with an oval band of trumpet-shaped leaves and flowers sprouting scrolls around a foliate script "W" at center. Circular tag affixed to underside of well at one end is embossed "* ROGERS BROS. MFG CO. * / HARTFORD CONN. (in outer circle)" and "****** / EXTRA / HEAVY / PLATE. / ******* (in inner circle)". Clipped-corner rectangular, red-bordered white paper label affixed at center of underside.
Maker is Rogers Brothers Manufacturing Co. (William, Asa H., and Simeon S. Rogers) of Hartford, CT; 1853-1861.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1853 - 1861
owner; user
Washington, Mary Anne Hammond
ID Number
DL.60.1001
catalog number
60.1001
accession number
71656
Dessert knife. Straight silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with steel pin through side of handle.
Description
Dessert knife. Straight silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with steel pin through side of handle. Heavily scratched and stained, plate is worn. Ivory is yellowed and crazed. Blade stamped: “MERIDEN CUTLERY / COMPANY”.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1855 - 1925
ID Number
1986.0531.118
accession number
1986.0531
catalog number
1986.531.118
Dinner or table knife with blunt blade and solid rounded-end handle, oblong in section, with arched hollow shoulders above the single-groove ("Yankee") bolster; made as a single piece. No monograms. No marks.
Description
Dinner or table knife with blunt blade and solid rounded-end handle, oblong in section, with arched hollow shoulders above the single-groove ("Yankee") bolster; made as a single piece. No monograms. No marks. One of five knives, 1986.0531.204-.208, from a 13-piece flatware set, 1986.0531.204-.216 (knives unmarked; forks and spoons marked).
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1900 - 1925
maker
Charles Parker Company
ID Number
1986.0531.208
accession number
1986.0531
catalog number
1986.0531.208
More than meets the eye, this 17th-century chair-table is what its name denotes, convertible from a chair into a table. The rounded top of the table flips up to become the back of the chair. Its dual-function was especially popular in homes with limited space.
Description
More than meets the eye, this 17th-century chair-table is what its name denotes, convertible from a chair into a table. The rounded top of the table flips up to become the back of the chair. Its dual-function was especially popular in homes with limited space. The chair-table originally had a drawer that slid under the seat of the chair, allowing for extra storage space.
The chair-table was part of the “Greenwood Gift,” a collection of over two thousand everyday household objects donated by Arthur and Edna Greenwood. Their gift is among the greatest collections of Americana that the Smithsonian has ever collected. As Edna Greenwood once said, their gift exemplifies, “what America was, that makes it what it is.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1675
ID Number
DL.388038
catalog number
388038
accession number
182022
Pear-shaped or "Queen Anne" teapot on short foot ring with tall, bell-domed, hinged lid topped by wood button knop; upper part of hinge is a flat, rectangular block. Spurred, S-curve handle has cylindrical sockets; faceted, S-scroll spout has flat, horizontal oval lip.
Description
Pear-shaped or "Queen Anne" teapot on short foot ring with tall, bell-domed, hinged lid topped by wood button knop; upper part of hinge is a flat, rectangular block. Spurred, S-curve handle has cylindrical sockets; faceted, S-scroll spout has flat, horizontal oval lip. Lid decorated with three sets of scored lines and roulette work at edge. Body perforated at spout. Underside of flat bottom struck with an incuse "X" above maker's touch mark; inside has spiral turning mark and possibly an effaced touch at center.
Maker is Thomas Danforth Boardman (1784-1873) of Litchfield and Hartford, CT; working, 1804-circa 1860.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1804-1808
ID Number
1986.0027.47
catalog number
1986.0027.47
accession number
1986.0027
Barrel-shaped teapot with wide-rimmed, bell-domed, hinged lid topped by disk-and-ball knop on a flared and molded circular base. Body triple-scored at shoulder and bottom with molded midband at seam. Black-japanned, spurred C-curve handle with short cylindrical sockets.
Description
Barrel-shaped teapot with wide-rimmed, bell-domed, hinged lid topped by disk-and-ball knop on a flared and molded circular base. Body triple-scored at shoulder and bottom with molded midband at seam. Black-japanned, spurred C-curve handle with short cylindrical sockets. S-curve spout has an elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and rounded belly. Body perforated at spout. Inside of flat, inset bottom struck with circular touch mark of "A. GRISWOLD" with spreadwing eagle, body facing right and head turned left.
Maker is Ashbil (or Ashbel) Griswold (1784-1853); working, circa 1802-1842. Trained with Thomas Danforth III as a pewterer; opened a shop in Meriden in 1808 and expanded into producing britannia wares at an early date, establishing Meriden as a major manufacturing center of pewter, britannia and plated goods. Was one of the founding partners of the Meriden Britannia Co. in 1852.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1820-1835
ID Number
DL.300859.0029
catalog number
300859.0029
accession number
300859
From its invention in the fifteenth century, the coiled steel spring became the preferred power source of European clockmakers. The spring permitted clocks to be small and portable, so most small European clocks and watches employed it.
Description
From its invention in the fifteenth century, the coiled steel spring became the preferred power source of European clockmakers. The spring permitted clocks to be small and portable, so most small European clocks and watches employed it. But the steel spring was an expensive import to America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, and the introduction of the Bessemer process for mass-producing steel however, coiled steel springs were not produced in the United States. American clockmakers circumvented this limitation with ingenious weight-driven shelf clocks that were accurate, reliable, and compact. These they mass-produced and offered to ever-widening markets.
Joseph Ives, a Bristol clockmaker notable for his inventiveness but lack of business success, had first introduced wagon-spring clocks in the 1820s. They had conventional weight-driven brass movements, except for one feature: The strings that ordinarily would have held the weights were connected, through intermediary pulleys, to the free ends of what looked like a wagon-spring on the bottom of the case. This mechanism exerted a downward pull like the two weights.
When American clockmakers began to compete abroad with European clockmakers in the 1830s and 1840s, they were reminded of the advantages of spring-driven clocks. They vigorously explored various schemes for producing spring-driven clock movements without relying on imported steel springs. When one manufacturer in Bristol, Connecticut—Brewster and Ingraham—had considerable success with coiled springs made of brass, a local competitor, Birge and Fuller, resurrected Ives's "wagon-spring" design.
Birge and Fuller manufactured wagon-spring clocks from 1844 until 1847, when locally produced coiled-steel springs finally became available.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1845
maker
Birge & Fuller
ID Number
ME.315876
catalog number
315876
accession number
225120
This small unframed hollow-cut silhouette portrait belonged to a member of the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the early 19th century.
Description
This small unframed hollow-cut silhouette portrait belonged to a member of the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the early 19th century. The subject of the silhouette is unknown, as it was given as a valentine to a member of the Copp family.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1800
ID Number
DL.006877.06
catalog number
6877.06
accession number
28810
"Ultra" pattern creamer; features an inverted ovoid body with two, low-relief, vertical ears of wheat applied to sides on a short, fluted pedestal with conical base. Inset, curved spout; flat rim and lip. Hollow, C-curve handle.
Description
"Ultra" pattern creamer; features an inverted ovoid body with two, low-relief, vertical ears of wheat applied to sides on a short, fluted pedestal with conical base. Inset, curved spout; flat rim and lip. Hollow, C-curve handle. Underside struck with maker's mark and pattern number. From a five-piece coffee and tea service, 1989.0700.07-.11.
Greek-American industrial designer John Vassos (1898-1985) designed the "Ultra" pattern in 1934 for R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. of Wallingford, CT; 1871-present. "Ultra" flatware 1989.0700.01-.06, five-piece coffee and tea service 1989.0700.07-.11, and bowl 1989.0700.12, all belonged to the Vassos family.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1934 or later
year pattern introduced
1934 or later
ID Number
1989.0700.09
catalog number
1989.0700.09
accession number
1989.0700
Two-Speed electric blender made of 3 disjoint parts (A, B, C), and ice crusher (D, E).
Description
Two-Speed electric blender made of 3 disjoint parts (A, B, C), and ice crusher (D, E). (A) is heavy, reflective, chrome-plated circular base, flared and graduated in size, with four plastic curved cone-shaped pieces of plastic mounted on top to hold blending pitcher (B) in place. Metal connection on top. Black rubber chord and two-pronged plug. Three circular rubber feet on bottom. Cord has paper tag attached, green, printed: “GE” logo, “Made in U.S.A./N.P. 133461-B/B” and “UNDERWRITER’S/LABORATORIES/INC./INSPECTED/POWER/SUPPLY CORD/No. K-790”; top of base is embossed: “WARING BLENDOR NEW YORK CITY”; front of base has metal label riveted in place under black plastic “H/ILO” switch, is printed/painted: “Waring Blendor”; bottom of base is marked: “CAT. NO. 702/WARING BLENDOR/116 VOLTS 3 AMPS./25 TO 60 CYCLE A.C.-D.C./MFD. FOR/ WARING PRODUCTS CORP./NEW YORK CITY/BY/WINSTED HDW. MFG. CO./WINSTED, CONN. U.S.A./U.S. PAT. 2109501/OTHER PATS. PEND.” and with “UL” within circle, and “SA” within circle, “510” on edge.
Patent: US 2109501 A, March 1, 1938, Frederick J. Osius, for “Disintegrating mixer for producing fluent substances”, Serial No. 130,777
B. Footed, quatrefoil-shaped cylinder, colorless molded glass, translucent, with finely fluted exterior walls; 4-blade metal chopper mounted on inside bottom. Recessed bottom and attachment connection in bottom center for mounting on base (A). Lip at top of container. Metal washer under interior blades is marked: “U.S. PAT. 2109501/OTHER PATS. PEND.”; underside of container is also marked, metal washer is stamped: “U.S. PAT. 2109501/OTHER PATS. PEND.”; glass is embossed: “PYREX” in all four corners, “N.Y.C. MADE IN U.S.A. FOR WARING PRODUCTS CORP.”
C. Black molded lid, bakelite, quatrefoil shape, with concave circle indented on top and rounded square-shaped finial that has a debossed “W” on top. Inner edge has small flange for insertion into top of accompanying pitcher (B).
D, E. Molded metal ice crusher attachment for (A). Rocket-shaped cone with enameled white exterior and brown rubber/plastic spout at base. Red plastic cap with long off white (now yellowed) plunger to push ice. Molded and recessed base to set on top of blender base (A). Flat, molded metal handles on either side, printed with “Ice Jet” and streamlines. Cap at top is molded, with debossed outline of quatrefoil in center, “WARING” debossed on either side.
Patent: US 2905398 A, Sep 22, 1959, Angelo C. De Angelis, Jr and Harry E. Butterfield, assignors to Dynamics Corporation of America, for “Ice cracking apparatus”
Maker is Waring Products Corp. Manufactured by Winsted HDW. Mfg. Co.; Winsted, Connecticut.
This blender was introduced in 1937, as a bartender's aid. The design, in particular the silhouette of the base, shows the influence of the 1930s Art Deco or "set-back" style of skyscrapers.
Glass is “Pyrex” by Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York. for Waring Products Corp.
B. manufactured in N.Y.C., U.S.A.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1959
maker
Waring Products Corp.
Pyrex
ID Number
1988.0175.01
accession number
1988.0175
catalog number
1988.0175.01
Small, plain, vertically-sided bowl on molded, flared base with low-domed cover topped by ball knop.
Description
Small, plain, vertically-sided bowl on molded, flared base with low-domed cover topped by ball knop. Four pseudo-hallmarks struck on outside of bowl below flared rim (left to right; all effaced), "TD", Britannia seated, lion's head erased and dagger or sword pointed up, all in clipped-corner rectangles.
Maker is Thomas Danforth III (1756-1849) of Middletown and Stepney (Rocky Hill), CT; working 1777-1818. He opened a shop in Philadelphia circa 1806/7 and was joined by fellow CT pewtersmith Blakeslee Barnes (or Blakslee Barns, 1781-1823) in circa 1807/9. Danforth returned permanently to CT aorund 1811. Danforth is thought to have stopped using pseudo-hallmarks before 1800.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1777-1800
ID Number
1986.0027.25
catalog number
1986.0027.25
accession number
1986.0027
This rectangular wooden box was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th century.
Description
This rectangular wooden box was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th century. The box is painted with a floral design.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1800
user
Copp Family
ID Number
DL.006843.02
catalog number
6843.02
accession number
28810
Open salt shaped as a hemispherical water lily with horizontal, S-scroll stem attached to flat lily pad. Gilt-washed interior. Underside of pad struck with incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B.
Description
Open salt shaped as a hemispherical water lily with horizontal, S-scroll stem attached to flat lily pad. Gilt-washed interior. Underside of pad struck with incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B. COMPANY." in sans serif letters above "31". Black plastic label embossed "459" adhered on bottom underside. One of four, 1984.0424.04-.07.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1873
maker
Meriden Britannia Company
ID Number
1984.0424.07
accession number
1984.0424
catalog number
1984.0424.07
Dinner knife. Straight silver-plated blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Silver ferrule with diamond relief and band of rope at top and bottom. Fluted teardrop-shaped handle comprised of two pieces of mother-of-pearl fused at sides. Pointed butt.
Description
Dinner knife. Straight silver-plated blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Silver ferrule with diamond relief and band of rope at top and bottom. Fluted teardrop-shaped handle comprised of two pieces of mother-of-pearl fused at sides. Pointed butt. Blade and ferrule are tarnished, scratched. Minor discoloration on handle.
Blade is etched: “LANDERS FRARY & CLARK/12./TRIPLE PLATE”
Maker is Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut (c. 1862). In 1890, L. F. & C. took on the Trademark “Universal”, in 1965, General Electric acquired the company.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1880- 1897
maker
Landers, Frary & Clark
ID Number
1986.0531.063
accession number
1986.0531
catalog number
1986.0531.063

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