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- Buttonhole cutter
- Hand-made t-shaped steel buttonhole cutter with curved bars at top; file marks are still evident
- [Small glass object with the word, "Easter"]
- Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection, Supplement. Small glass object with the word, " Easter" written on it and pink painted flowers decorating it.
- [Reddish brown veneer box]
- Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection, Supplement. Reddish brown veneer box; inside bottom lined with dark blue paper; inside top lined with purple/white figured paper; enclosing mirror 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
- Sewing frame
- Box containing a wooden sewing frame. The lid of the box has a color picture of three girls, two are seated, in a room with draperies. They wear long dresses and are sewing.
- Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers
- Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers, turned post decoration 1 on each side of front. Maker's Marks: "Best Six Cord"/Spool Cotton for Hand and Machine/Sewing/J&P Coats/White/ Assorted Colors/Black. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
- 18 cut nails
- 18 cut nails. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze.
- Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
- Engraving plate
- Modern wooden engraving block with metal plate of Sam Houston's signature
- Quoins
- Cast iron quoins; 10 pieces (a - j), marked, "Challenge Co. Hempel" or "Challenge," or "D.A. Enge," or "Favorite," or "Morgan & ? Mfg. Co."
- Printing type
- Several hundred pieces of 19th century lead printing type, including spacers, from Brenham Banner Press office
- Rug hooks
- Two wooden rug hooks with metal hardware
- Candles
- Three 2" blue and white numerical candles, "1," "5," "0" used in the Texas Independence Day Sesquicentennial (150 years) celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park; some icing remains (blue)
- Ladies slippers
- Ladies leather slippers with satin and linen
- Telescope
- Cylindrical brass box (a) houses sextant (b) and doubles as screw on base. Two part telescope (c) can be attached to sextant by screw (d); engraved: "Troughton & Simms, London"
- Pigment holder
- Glass pigment holder with 7 hand-blown corked glass bottles containing powdered pigment; hand-turned wooden stand to hold bottles (a), has a lid with a finial (b); bottles are about 6 cm. high x 1.8 cm. diam.
- Wine glass
- Clear fluted wine glass with knopped stem and polished pontil, early Pittsburgh region
- Flask
- One-half pint glass flask with cornucopia and fruit design embossed on one side, basket of fruit on other; pontil mark on base; mold-blown by Stoddard and Keene; finished with lipping tool
- Dinner plate
- Floral design in bottom of plate, painted in enamel, edge is banded with some freehand embellishment. Maker's Marks: "ENO... and Sons", "BURSLEM", and stamped motif. "Ancestor" of "Gaudy Dutch" design.
- Saltcellar
- Fluted and scalloped master salt with ground base; star impressed on bottom
- Bottle
- Cased gin bottle with applied lip, mold blown, tapered down to bottom, rounded shoulders
- Pap boat
- Porcelain pap boat with blue willow transferprinted design
- Eyeglasses
- Brass wire-rimmed oval glasses with case; right lens has a "10" printed on a small paper circle; papier mache case is a flattened cylinder with mottled brown and red paper lining and one enclosed end
- Eyeglasses Case
- Brass wire-rimmed oval glasses with case; right lens has a "10" printed on a small paper circle; papier mache case is a flattened cylinder with mottled brown and red paper lining and one enclosed end
- Sauceboat
- Porcelain sauceboat with pink lustre (border, trim and leaves) and floral design in blue, orange, and green in an underglaze paint
- Eyeglasses case
- Undecorated oval-shaped tin eyeglass case with single hinge and button closure
- Snuff box
- Black laquer painted papier mache' snuffbox; top decorated with strips of silver metal and gold leaf floral design
- Trinket box
- Straw box, a) inlaid straw on wood, in diagonal patterns and check patterns b) lid. Straw is missing on some parts of top and sides (corners mostly). See: N.F. Little's Book, "Neat and Tidy."
- Ceramic vase
- Floral painted Victorian style ceramic vase with pot metal spout, handle, and foot
- Saltcellar
- Minature salt, clear pressed sandwich glass
- Flat iron
- Black flat iron with space for coals; has wooden handle, place for coals inside, smoke escapes through top of elbow shape pipe; top is removable, held in place with nail; has been painted black, moveable closure on back regulates air flow
- Powder horn
- Horn gunpowder holder (a), with wooden plug (b) in end nailed tight; new leather strap
- Whale oil lantern
- (a) Whale oil lantern with blown glass shade, tin base and top, and covered with asphaltum; two tin burners, bottom part snaps out, perforated top has round hanger attached to top; (b) brass & tin burner holder & clips; soldered points.
- Iron spur
- Iron spur complete with chain and large rowel for left foot; probably Spanish
- Spillholders
- Pair of clear pressed glass spillholders with ground off pontil mark; design has strawberry diamonds and a large diamond with punty; some mold roughness; may be a Sandwich pattern
- Candlestick
- Seamed candlestick with square base decorated with well-worn beading; made from "bell metal" (an alloy of copper and tin); marked "SK" "5"; no end disk on push-up rod
- Candleholder
- Forged iron jab candleholder with twisted spike; candle ring ends in scroll
- Oil lamp
- Tinsmith-made 3 wick oil lamp with handle for use with fish oil, whale oil, etc.; 4 cm. high without wick
- Trivet
- Handmade three-legged triangular iron trivet for use in hearth cooking
- Splint holder
- Forged iron splint holder with iron sleeve for holding a wood pole base; 18th century
- Saltcellar
- Rectangular Lacy pressed master salt with sunburst design on base
- Cordial glass
- Fluted cordial glass with ground pontil
- Cup plate
- Pressed lacy cup plate with center ray and scalloped edges; no stippling
- Beaker
- Fluted flip glass with rough pontil on base, glass has numerous bubbles inside
- Wine glass
- Leaded glass wine glass with cut fan and diamonds design, applied circular foot, and polished pontil
- Butter mold
- Hand-carved wooden butter stamp with sunburst design and turned handle
- Rolling pin
- Extra long rolling pin with patina on handles from wear
- Splint holder
- Glass holder for splints, spills, twists and tapers
- Saucepan
- Cast iron pot (a) with white enamel interior and black-painted tin lid (b); straight hand is riveted in 2 places to top of lid; maker's mark: "ACP 1 1/2."
- Pitcher
- Pillar-molded pitcher; corseted body shape with great verve to the manipulated mouth shape; applied handle with eye-hole; rough pontil
- "Burying the Dead After the Battle of Monterey"
- (a) reverse painting on glass of burying the dead at Monterey; (b) dark brown alligator finish wood veneer frame