Three "ball-in-cage" design featuring a long, rectangular prism with three, equal-size, open-sided compartments or cages, each containing a loose ball; shperical knobs at ends. Whittled or carved from a single piece of wood. No marks.
This trade card for Philips & Holmes cloths, cassimere’s, and waistcoatings store in Liverpool, England belonged to a member of the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut. The card is dated to around 1803, and may have been owned by Samuel Copp in his New York dry goods store, who did business with international traders.
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.
Small circular bowl or cup with square rim and tapered sides; no foot ring. No marks. From a group of four salts, DL*388326A-D; C and D appear to match, A and B do not.
Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 185,290) of a foot warmer or stove for vehicles, made by Harold P. Buckland of Stony Ridge, Wood County, OH, and patented on December 12, 1876; painted green. Watertight, hollow body has a recess for placing one's feet and is fitted with an interior triangular chamber, accessed by the hinged doors on both sides, for holding one or more lamps to heat the water. Top has a screw-cap opening for the water and a hole for the smoke escape. Horizontal flanges at sides of top and bottom allow attaching it to the frame of a buggy, sleigh, or wagon. Top back edge has printed letters cut and pasted into the patentee's name "HENRY PETER BUCKLAND".
John Walker’s A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language was published by John F. Sibell of New York in 1831. The 336 page book lists commonly used English words and gives their definition along with a pronunciation guide. John Walker was a prominent elocutionist at the time, already having published the two-volume Elements of Elocution in 1781.
The Copp Collection contains about 150 books of early American imprint and shows a wide range of reading matter typical of a New England Puritan family living in a port town. Literacy was expected of many New Englanders, as Puritan doctrine required everyone to read the Bible. The abundance of multiple Bibles, psalms, hymnodies, sermons, and morality tales reflects the Copp’s religious beliefs. Other highlights of the library include the works of Shakespeare, almanacs, historical and political texts, and travel narratives.
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.
Black and white comic print of a couple walking along a snowy sidewalk. The man is brushing snow from a snowball off his neck and collar. A young boy feigning innocence walks on the street behind them. This is one of over 100 in a series of comic parodies of popular songs.
Colored print; outdoor scene of two young women on opposite sides of a creek, one kneeling on one knee with her other foot in the water. Folding chair and book on ground behind them. Man and child waving excitedly in background, alongside a bull and dog that are confronting each other. Woman peering from a second floor window of house, also in background.
This is an inkwell owned by the Copp Family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century. The bottle has a well in the center for holding the tip of the quill pen. Examples of pens that were used in this ink bottle can be seen in DL*006512.02.
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.
Black and white comic print of two men, an Asian and a Caucasian, operate a device that has wires and sits on a small table. This is one of over 100 in a series of comic parodies of popular songs.
This colored print shows three people, two women and a man, standing by a memorial urn depicting busts of George and Martha Washington. Mount Vernon is seen in the background with deer depicted on the grounds. It is one of many prints created as commemoratives created after the death of George Washington. This image also pays tribute to Martha Washington, who died in 1802.
This lithograph was produced by Peter S. Duval and Alfred M. Hoffy after an image by engraver/landscape painter Samuel Seymour (active 1796-1823) published in Philadelphia January 1, 1804 by John Savage. Numerous copies of this image were made into needlework pictures, other prints and supposedly a painting by John Trumbull were made based on this image. This print has minor changes from the original including more deer in the background. This print was published by T. O’Sullivan in 1840.
Peter Duval (ca. 1804/05-1886) was a French lithographer who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1831 to work for the lithographic firm of Childs & Inman. In 1837 he established his own lithographic firm in Philadelphia. During the 1840s, the firm's products included advertisements, book and periodical illustrations, sheet music covers, maps and portraits. By the end of that decade, Duval was winning awards for his work in chromolithography. He was also among the first to introduce steam power to the process of lithography. His son Stephen Orr Duval joined the company in 1858. The company headquarters suffered a disastrous fire in 1856 and Duval declared financial insolvency in 1859. However, he was able to reestablish his business, and he continued working till his retirement in 1869. Alfred M. Hoffy (ca. 1796-1892) was a British army officer who fought in the Battle of Waterloo before immigrating to New York in the 1830s. He worked in Philadelphia as an author, lithographic artist and publisher of lithographic periodicals between 1838 and 1868. Huffy issued the first illustrated American journal on fruit cultivation and was also designed plates for the military fashion periodical U.S. Military Magazine, which he published together with Peter Duval. Duval also produced Huffy's portraits, sheet music and advertising designs.
This black and white print is an oval full-length portrait of the showman/clown Dan Rice, surrounded by six smaller, full-length oval depictions of him in various roles. The title of the print appears at the top and the word “Clown” at the bottom.
Dan Rice (1823-1900) was one of America's most famous circus clowns, known for performances that included singing, dancing, shows of strength, trick riding, and trained animal acts. He was also a celebrated humorist, whose comedy acts ranged over the years from Shakespearean parodies to biting political satire. Born Daniel McLaren in New York City, Rice worked as a jockey as a boy and launched his performing career at the age of seventeen with a song and dance routine and a trained pig he called Lord Byron. He joined his first circus as a strongman and in 1844 began performing as a clown. By the late 1840s he had established his own one-ring circus, called Dan Rice’s Great Show. Sporting a trademark Uncle Sam beard, he described himself as the “Great American Humorist.” He later entered politics, running for the Pennsylvania State Senate and in 1868 for president of the United States, although he eventually dropped out. Alcoholism contributed to the eventual decline of his circus career, and he stopped touring in 1885.
This lithograph was produced by G. & W. Endicott. George Endicott (1802-1848) was born in Canton, Massachusetts. He worked as an ornamental painter in Boston before turning to lithography around 1828. In 1830, he went into business with Moses Swett (1804-1838), a native of Poland who had worked previously for the Pendleton lithography firm as an artist and draftsman. Endicott & Swett first opened in Baltimore but moved to New York in 1831. The partnership dissolved in 1834, and Swett continued to work on his own in New York from 1834-1837. Endicott stayed on as the head of the company which his brother William (1816-1851) later joined. After George Endicott’s death in 1848, William ran the firm as William Endicott & Co.
The M’Ellen Family: A History in Four Letters from a Missionary was published by the General Episcopal Sunday School Union of New York and printed by Edward J. Swords in 1828.
The Copp Collection contains about 150 books of early American imprint and shows a wide range of reading matter typical of a New England Puritan family living in a port town. Literacy was expected of many New Englanders, as Puritan doctrine required everyone to read the Bible. The abundance of multiple Bibles, psalms, hymnodies, sermons, and morality tales reflects the Copp’s religious beliefs. Other highlights of the library include the works of Shakespeare, almanacs, historical and political texts, and travel narratives.
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.