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Glass flip
Eighteenth century Stiegel type paneled glass flip; with copper wheel engraving in vesica and dot design; rough pontil mark; 18th c.
Date:
1700~/1799~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Bride's bottle"
Clear blown glass frug or cordial bottle with enamel decoration; Steigel type, 18th to early 19th century, pewter collar, slightly lavender tint to glass
Date:
1800~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing type
Several hundred pieces of 19th century lead printing type, including spacers, from Brenham Banner Press office
Date:
1800~/1899~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidered sampler
Very delicate sampler stitched on fine linen with embroidered verse, trees, birds, building, floral designs, geometric designs, and "Watnall School"; stretched on wooden frame and nailed with rusty handmade tacks
Date:
1804
Creator:
Allcock, Mary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal button
Metal military button with eagle and shield design similar to U.S. Infantry officers, 1815-1821; eyehook on back
Date:
1815~/1821~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidered sampler
Plain weave sampler with silk embroidery, floral border, floral motifs, and poem. Text: "In Sharon's lovely Rose, Immortal beauties/ shine; Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows;/ Its origin divine./ Pleasure is a Rose, near which there ever grows/ the thorn of evil; It is wisdom's work so carefully/ to cull the Rose, as to avoid the thorn, and let its/ rich perfume exhale to heaven in grateful adoration/ of Him who gave the Rose to blow./ Mary Louise Brown, November 2nd 1829."
Date:
November 2, 1829
Creator:
Brown, Mary Louisa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pap boat
Porcelain pap boat with blue willow transferprinted design
Date:
1830~/1860~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Date:
1840~/1860~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Percussion shotgun
A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841; lockplate: GOLCHER; barrel: _____PHILAD___; possibly "slave made"
Date:
1841
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Campaign ribbon
James K. Polk/George M. Dallas campaign ribbon; political campaign in which annexation of Texas was an issue
Date:
1844~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, on the Subject of the Tariff."
Speech delivered at the U.S. House of Representatives, April 20, 1844.
Date:
April 20, 1844
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet
White lace cap made by Mrs. Anson Jones for her son, Cromwell Anson Jones, b. 1849, Barrington
Date:
1849
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dress
Embroidered baby dress with some open work made by Mrs. Anson Jones for her son, Cromwell Anson Jones, b.1849, Barrington
Date:
1849
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents
Notice of sale of Samuel P. Brown property, deceased; 465 1/6 acres, slave woman and child.
Date:
February 1, 1859
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Extracts from memoirs & pocket memorandum books"
Biographical information about Anson Jones in the hand of Mary Jones; not dated but appears to post-date the Civil War
Date:
1860~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crock
Stoneware crock with lid from Elmendorf potteries in Bexar County, TX after 1875
Date:
1875
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protractor
Three-arm brass protractor (a) with extensions for each arm, and mahogany case (b) with brass fittings; marked English ca. 1880 on tag, and TRADE MARK LONDON
Date:
1880~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1.00 Trade Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 1.00" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7th, 1914; on the other it has the text: "C. W. Ehlinger, 1.00, Not Transferable."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1.00 Trade Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 1.00" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7th, 1914; on the other it has the text: "C. W. Ehlinger, 1.00, Not Transferable."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[5.00 Trade Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 5.00" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7, 1914; on the other it has the text: "M. L. Weyand & Bro., 5.00, Carmine, Tex."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[25-Cent Trade Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 25" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7th, 1914; on the other it has the text: "C. W. Ehlinger, 25."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. W. Ehlinger Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 50" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7th, 1914; on the other it has the text: "C. W. Ehlinger, 50."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. W. Ehlinger Token]
One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." On one side, this coin says, "In Trade Only, 10" with a logo and a patent date, "Pat. Apr. 7th, 1914; on the other it has the text: "C. W. Ehlinger, 10."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History