Mahogany, maple, and ebony inset panels, birch, maple and pine blocks The comfortably angled back and low seat of this chair makes it one of the less rigid seating designs of the 18th century - an ideal chair for lolling, relaxed reclining. An excellent example of the Federal style in Massachusetts, a similar example is thought to have been at Mount Vernon in Vermont, hence it often being referred to as a "Martha Washington" chair. Outstanding features of the style exhibited by this piece include the maple and ebony decorative inset panels and the feeling of lightness created by the sharply raked back legs, tapered front legs, and graceful curved arms.

Lolling chair, or Martha Washington armchair https://collections.artsmia.org/art/27799/

lace stripes and red and gray stripes

Paperweight https://collections.artsmia.org/art/18241/

Oval bowl with irregular rippled edge; irradescent white with glossy interior, dull exterior

Handkerchief bowl https://collections.artsmia.org/art/13008/

iron housing of building with tin walls (red brick on 2 sides; doors and windows on front); wood on PR side; battery-operated mechanism

"Wireless Bank" mechanical bank https://collections.artsmia.org/art/81752/

Saucer, ceramic-porcelain, French XIXc. (see also Cup 25.417.39.1) dims cup H2-1/2 x diam 2-1/2' saucer H 1-1/8 d 5'. Cup and saucer with calendar of the year 1811, July through December. The months are arranged vertically within a square frame, and entitled 'Calendrier Pour l'An 1811' on top and 'Huitième Annèe de l'Empire Français' below. Vertically on left side 'Automne 21 Septembre'. Vertically on right side 'Hiver 21 Decembre'.

Saucer https://collections.artsmia.org/art/14356/

Pitcher, greenish; card dims H 4-3/4'

Pitcher https://collections.artsmia.org/art/17785/

white decorated with a blue square transfer design under the glaze; matches dinner set 97.41.8.1-18

Cup and saucer, from child's coffee set with check pattern https://collections.artsmia.org/art/30030/

stoneware cup, tall foot, ten sides with a division at center of the body, brownish grey matte glaze overall

Faceted cup https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8918/

hook-shaped pendant, with round knob at one end and egg-shaped hole at other; dark-green Serpentine marble

Pendant https://collections.artsmia.org/art/20865/

Chinese inspired red glaze

Charger https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3943/

arms of Steward, son of Lord Blantyre on two sides; bird crest; motto 'Sola Juvant Virtus'; initials AS at sides; flower sprays on sides; chain pattern bands inside rim; white; gilt trim on rim; cornucopia bottom centers The initials "AS" along with the arms of the Stewart of Blantyre suggest that this punch bowl was made for the Honorable Alexander Stewart, who succeeded as the 10th Lord Blantyre in 1776. His younger brother Charles, who was in the East India Company and later served on the Supreme Council of Bengal, ordered a similar service at the same time.

Punch bowl with the arms of Stewart https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5233/

Small cream jug, moulded glass made at Stoddard, New Hampshire.

Cream Jug https://collections.artsmia.org/art/14282/

shell-like shape; top has design with large lobster in front of green wave; sailboats, ULC; crab, LRC; conch and seaweed, LRC; three gold lobster claw feet on bottom

Lobster plate from the Rutherford B. Hayes state service https://collections.artsmia.org/art/83892/

silver handle decorated with applied gold leaf branches; 6-sided structure at end of protruding element with hinged door on bottom, releasing man hanged from a chain with his hands bound by another chain

Grogger (noise maker) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/83259/

Black lacquer patination. Very thin cast, in itself of considerable rarity. Base original and cast with the figure. Cat. card dims H 10-1/2'; arm broken and tied to sculpture.

Cupid https://collections.artsmia.org/art/18450/

red-brown, clay, bird shape with small head, short tail and round body; coin slot in back;

Bird still bank https://collections.artsmia.org/art/90164/

medal commemorating the death of Sadi Carnot

Commemorative Medal of the death of Sadi Carnot https://collections.artsmia.org/art/21083/

amber wood with decals on front and back; coin slot on top; Front decal:"London Missionary Society" in white on teal and white background; "Founded in 1795" in white on red background; red leaves on upper corners, black leaves surround center circle which has yellow background; Banner decals on back: "All Souls are Mine Saith the Lord" in black on red background; "Go Ye Into the World and Preach the Gospel' in black on red; picture of two masted ship on blue water surrounded by white rope and a light brown sedan chair on two poles carried by two people in lower right; six faces of various nationalities in picture; red letters LMS on sun reflection in water;

"London Missionary Society" still bank https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89552/

three men in a chariot at left, with one man stepping in at back; two groomsmen lead two horses pulling chariot; men dressed in various Classical draperies; framed and glazed with glass Trained as a sculptor by French masters Pajou and Houdin, Thomire became a master in his own right, specializing in ornamental bronze work. This Neoclassical chariot scene, which may have been inspired by the Parthenon Mables, is a wax model for a gilt bronze mount. When cast, the mount would have been applied to decorate a piece of case furniture. It is rare for such a wax model to survive, and even more so for it to be signed by the designer (lower right corner.)

Model for a bronze mount (chariot scene) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/101553/

Bowl

Bowl https://collections.artsmia.org/art/9995/

slot bank in the shape of a 5-story building with an additional tower; slot on PL side

"Syracuse Savings Bank" still bank https://collections.artsmia.org/art/82098/

The Herschel V. Jones Memorial Tablet

The Herschel V. Jones Memorial Tablet https://collections.artsmia.org/art/15389/

curved top rail; eight vertical spindles between two wide support bars on backrest; seat joined to supports which run from top piece to floor; horizontal feet pass through vertical pieces

Conoid chair https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118977/

Decanter

Decanter https://collections.artsmia.org/art/17689/

Based on the original sculpture in 1785 by Jean-Antoine-Houdon. Shoulders draped with classical toga; circular pedestal base. This distinguished bust of President George Washington (1732-99) was created in the 1850s by one of the first great American sculptors, Hiram Powers, who looked for inspiration at a similar bust of Washington done from life in 1785 by the famous French sculptor, John-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Here a resolute Washington is portrayed in the popular neoclassical style of the time, draped in a toga giving him the appearance of a noble sage and hero from ancient Greece or Rome. The bust descended in the Drexel family of Philadelphia until 1929 when it was installed in the Foshay Tower, an obelisk in downtown Minneapolis that was modeled after the Washington Monument.

Bust of George Washington https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1217/

attached on a single string; various semi-precious stones

One of twenty-one seals https://collections.artsmia.org/art/94045/

Asian lady and parasol-bearing attendant watching three water birds; honeycomb diaper border; blue and white

"La Dame au Parasol" plate https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96799/

black and silver trunk; combination-type lock on back

"Trunk" still bank https://collections.artsmia.org/art/81711/

orange jar with 3 round black feet and 2 turquoise colored handles; yellow lid with orange and red bird sitting on round blue handle

Bird Jar https://collections.artsmia.org/art/52099/

St. Leonard sculpture, gilt and painted wood, Italian XVc cat. card dims H 46-1/4' cat card changed back to Austria from Italian; Full-length figure holding a book in his left hand and should be holding a chain in his right, signifying his role as patron saint of prisoners.

Saint Leonard https://collections.artsmia.org/art/12139/