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Buttonhole cutter

Hand-made t-shaped steel buttonhole cutter with curved bars at top; file marks are still evident
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sugar house

Group of 3 photographs: a) gathering sap, Cabot, VT. b) Meader farm, Marshfield, VT., c) sugar house at Cabot, VT.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gathering sap

Group of 3 photographs: a) gathering sap, Cabot, VT. b) Meader farm, Marshfield, VT., c) sugar house at Cabot, VT.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze.

Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rug hooks

Two wooden rug hooks with metal hardware
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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)
Date: 1986~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ladies slippers

Ladies leather slippers with satin and linen
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878)]

(a) Photograph of Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878) of Gay Hill, TX ca. 1860; (b) frame. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date: 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wine glass

Clear fluted wine glass with knopped stem and polished pontil, early Pittsburgh region
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Saltcellar

Fluted and scalloped master salt with ground base; star impressed on bottom
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bottle

Cased gin bottle with applied lip, mold blown, tapered down to bottom, rounded shoulders
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pap boat

Porcelain pap boat with blue willow transferprinted design
Date: 1830~/1860~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sauceboat

Porcelain sauceboat with pink lustre (border, trim and leaves) and floral design in blue, orange, and green in an underglaze paint
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eyeglasses case

Undecorated oval-shaped tin eyeglass case with single hinge and button closure
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Snuff box

Black laquer painted papier mache' snuffbox; top decorated with strips of silver metal and gold leaf floral design
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

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."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History