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.
Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 176,524) of a steam cooker, made by Charles Elmore of Berea, OH, and patented on April 25, 1876. Consists of three square pans with heavy beaded rims; the top one has a pyramidal cover with arched strap handle and a removable, perforated basket with wire bracket bail handle, and the bottom one is a boiler with collared circular opening. No marks. Pieces of three darkened paper tags stored with the object are printed and handwritten with patent information.
Black and white print (uncolored proof before letters) of two hunters and their dogs in a wooded, marshy area. One hunter is carrying dead birds and one dog has a bird in its mouth; both hunters carry rifles.
Black and white print of three elliptical vignettes of a horse race between two horses ridden by jockeys. Spectators stand behind a rope in the background.
Colored print of two hunters with their dogs in a marshy field. The dogs and one hunter are looking at partridges in the lower left corner. The other hunter is firing at a bird in flight.
Colored memorial print of a weeping woman standing beside a monument topped with a large urn. Behind the monument is a weeping willow tree. A river flows in the background. It has been filled in in memory of Elmer M. Newton. who died 1837...
Colored print of three dogs confronting each other on a grassy hill. One is lying down, the other two are seated. Image is contained in an oval cartouche surrounded by carved frame with animal heads in lower right and left corners.
Black and white print of a hunter, with his gun in hand, trying to get his deficating dog to retrieve a wounded rabbit. Landscape includes a lake and some mountains in the background.