Large, slant-top, rectangular wood-frame foot warmer or stove, with four slats on the fixed top and two on front and back; one hinged end. Contains a perforated tin box with ring-handled, hinged door that holds a rectangular, wire-rimmed, two-piece, folded and riveted brazier or pan for the heat source. Box top has five perforated bands; its two ends and three sections on front and back all have club- and diamond-shaped punches inside punchwork diamonds, circles and ovals. Brass post-and-bail handle at top center; two H-hinges and a hook-and-eye closure on hinged end of frame. Lapped and "T" joints secured with nails. No marks.
Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 5,029) of a water-heated foot warmer or "water foot-stove", made by George H. Thatcher of Ballston, NY, and patented on March 20, 1847. Consists of two compartments: the watertight upper half has two, angled compartments for placing one's feet, a high partition and sides, and a hood at front with spout in one corner; the perforated lower half contains the lamp, which can be accessed by the arched, hinged door at back and moved with the brass knob to its left. No marks.
This is a collection of conversation cards owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th century. The cards were meant to provoke conversation with their witty aphorisms after dinner during time in the parlor.
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.
This framed watercolor of a China pink flower was in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the late 18TH century. The image comes from a print by British engraver John Hinton of Newgate Street, London.
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.
This is a cutout silhouette portrait of John Brown Copp (b. 1779) done during the early 19th century. Silhouette portraits became popular during the late 18th and early 19th century due to their affordability compared to the time and expense of an oil painted portrait.
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.
This tray was owned by the Copp Family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century. The shape of the tray indicates it may have been used for butter or lard.
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.
Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom; cast crown handle with triangular bracket is pierced with 11 voids and struck on top with the incuse serif letters "LB" at center of a circular shield on indistinct support flanked by bossed foliate volutes below a five-pearl (ducal) coronet with textured ground. "Mason" and "10" scratched on underside of boss. No touchmarks. Diamond or lozenge linen mark with sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Turning marks across entire bottom underside.
This silver pencil holder was owned by the Copp Family in Stonington, Connecticut from around 1775 until 1893. Writing implements were precious objects in the early colonies, and a pencil holder allowed the user to protect his hands if writing with bare lead, or use every last inch of a wooden pencil.
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.
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.
The Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut owned this wooden ruler during the 18th and 19th century. Without the measuring lines, rules like these were owned to draw straight lines, necessary for practicing geometry and navigation.
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.
This is just the hollow-cut portion of a silhouette portrait of Samuel Copp (b. 1787) done during the early 19th century. Silhouette portraits became popular during the late 18th and early 19th century due to their affordability compared to the time and expense of an oil painting.
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.
This framed watercolor of a carnation was in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the late 18TH century. The image comes from a print by British engraver John Hinton of Newgate Street, London.
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.
Cut and pasted silhouette of Mary Copp (b. 1777) is marked on the back with "Cut with scissors By MASTER HUBARD without drawing or cutting machine.” Master Hubard was William James Hubard, a popular British artist who did silhouettes of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria before immigrating to the United States.
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.
The Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut owned this patty-pan at their home during the 18th and 19th century. The patty pan was cookware used to make small meat-filled pastries known as patty’s or pasty’s.
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.
This is a cutout silhouette portrait of John Brown Copp (b. 1779) done during the early 19th century. Silhouette portraits became popular during the late 18th and early 19th century due to their affordability compared to the time and expense of an oil painting.
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.
This is a small, circular paste board box that belonged to the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century.
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.
This set of curtain rings was owned in the Copp family home in Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. There are 19 rings for the curtain, one is made of bone, the rest are metal.
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.
Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 67,622) of a combination lantern and foot warmer or stove, made by Stephen M. Wirts and Frank Swift of Hudson, MI, and patented on August 6, 1867. Consists of a wooden box with two hinged sides that open from the top; the side with the oval window contains the lamp, while the opposite side is a slanted surface covered with a piece of red velvet nailed along one edge for placing one's feet. Square perforated chimney on top and ventilation holes in box ends. Brass post-and-bail handle. Nailed construction. No marks.