Cake-dish

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It is a vase which is made up of ceramics.It comes in the art of pottery which is used for the decorative purpose.the design of the vase is that it is divided into two parts first part is the bottom one which is supporting the whole vase it is of yellow color mainly and in the middle of it has a shape and carving making it look like a teeth.Above to it is a wide circle which is going upwards and moulded towards outside from the top.There are various kinds of colors used in it green,blue pink etc and various design are made using it including flowers and leaves.
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cake dish

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
It is a plate which is made up of ceramics.It comes in the art of pottery which is used for the decorative purpose.The plate used is of green color and it's surface is shiny and glittery. There is a design on the plate having a flower with pink,yellow and green and a petal with is dettached to it on one corner of the plate.
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eyeglasses

Spectacles with silver wire frame and octagonally shaped lenses. Nose bridge has curled ends; temple tips on earpieces are open teardrop shaped. B) Case of textured black leather with open end. Stamped: Wm. G. Spies Jeweler and Optician 419 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eyeglasses

Spectacles of silver metal with oval shaped rims; lenses missing. Case of black leather with open end. Stamped: Chas G. Lord / Manufacturing / Optician / 718 Main St. / Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: Lord, Charles G.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eyeglasses

Spectacles of copper(?) wire frames and oval shaped lenses. Right temple hinge broken and tied with black thread. B) Case of dark brown leather. Stamped: Chas. G. Lord Manufacturing Optician 718 Main St. Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Christening Gown

Christening gown of white cotton muslin. Hand made and embroidered. Gathered waist trimmed in laisse anglais. Rounded neckline with V insert of eyelet lace. Eyelet trim at wrists, neck and hem. Scalloped insert panel down front trimmed in tatted eyelet with floral embroidery and six tiers of tatted eyelet. Center back opening is pleated with three covered buttons and drawstring at waist.
Date: 1850/1859
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Spectacles

Ladies spectacles with blue steel frames and oval shaped lenses. B) Case of red leather. Stamped: H. W. Hunter Optician 1132(?) Broadway(?), N.Y.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Silk corset

Corset of ivory silk with lace and woven ribbon trim at top; slim boning throughout, and boning at vent seams; lace up at back and hook and eyes at front.
Date: 1858
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Baby shoes

Baby shoes of aqua kid leather trimmed in aqua grosgrain ribbon; two eyelets (missing laces); leather soles; hand-sewn; 10 1/2cm length.
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leather boots

Childs ankle boot of tan leather; flat leather soles; lace-up; toe cap with design stitched across it; brown fabric sides with black design in the fabric. 15cm length
Date: 1850/1900
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wool hat

Hat of off-white wool yarn and beads. Hat is based on a fanchon style, consisting of a knitted, somewhat diamond-shaped piece to fit across top of head and extending down sides to the ears, with wide off-white silk ribbon ties at end of extensions. Unlike a regular fanchon, which is solely of a piece of flat lace, this cap has a deep pile of the same wool yarn over the entire surface of the cap, each piece tipped with a cylindrical frosted white bead.
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mitts

Pair of black cotton lace mitts. The wrist-length fingerless gloves are of hand-crocheted lace, in a wide mesh. Slight frill at wrist, and separate thumb. A narrow black ribbon is threaded through the cuff, one ribbon lacking.
Date: [1850..1867]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library