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Hardware/ household

1900-1940
Metal
Overall: 5 × 6 × 1 3/4 in. (12.7 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.2559
DescriptionA ring of samples of patterned and textured pressed tin. Twenty seven gold colored metal ovals with scalloped edges each displaying a different texture or pattern pressed into the metal including horizontal and vertical corrugations, crossed hatching, leather, alligator and herringbone textures as well as leaf and geometric patterns in both matte and polished finishes.
Collections
  • Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
Paper samples
1930-1950
2002.1.247
Darning sampler
Joanna De Peyster Kuypers Van Zandt
1810
1913.7
Glengarry (folding hat)
ca. 1861
1934.145a
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3768
Salesman's sample kit
1890-1930
2002.1.2631a-ii
Figured flask
Stebbins & Chamberlain
1825-1830
1937.958
Pepper packet
1930-1960
2002.1.3128
Sword
1650-1800
1979.72
Buttons (21)
1850-1900
Z.1778a-u
Cocktail shaker
1940-1960
2002.1.2215