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Souvenir spoon

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 00.19.20
Neck Guard

Date: ca. 1540
Accession Number: 26.234.5
Key

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1975.436.1
Landscape with Figures

Unidentified Artist
Accession Number: 49.47
Piece

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 36.90.355
Spoon

Saunders Pitman (1732–1804)
Date: 1770–1800
Accession Number: 33.120.438
The Savage

Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut)
Date: 1908, cast ca. 1916
Accession Number: 39.65.51a, b
[Mourning Corsage with Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Unknown, American
Date: April 1865
Accession Number: 2013.46
Suit

House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)
Date: ca. 1962
Accession Number: 2006.271.29a–c
Joseph and Potiphar's wife

Possibly engraved by P.M.
Date: ca. 1567
Accession Number: 65.260.10
Playing Card

Date: ca. 1470–80
Accession Number: 1983.515.20
Octagonal Cup with Ring Handle

Date: 8th century
Accession Number: 1985.214.17
Pair of Snaphaunce Pistols

Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian, Bargi, 1651–1738)
Date: ca. 1690
Accession Number: 2006.471.1–.2
Bracelet

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1988.411.68
Trowel

Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.71
Signet Ring

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 17.193.14
Round Plaque

Date: 3rd century BCE–2nd century CE
Accession Number: 1987.394.468
Tinder Box

Date: 1700–1800
Accession Number: 10.125.598p
Weight

Date: 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
Accession Number: 06.1232.64
Clock ornament

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 07.225.510.147

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Souvenir spoon
Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 00.19.20
Neck Guard
Date: ca. 1540
Accession Number: 26.234.5
Key
Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1975.436.1
Landscape with Figures
Unidentified Artist
Accession Number: 49.47
Piece
Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 36.90.355
Spoon
Saunders Pitman (1732–1804)
Date: 1770–1800
Accession Number: 33.120.438
The Savage
Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut)
Date: 1908, cast ca. 1916
Accession Number: 39.65.51a, b
[Mourning Corsage with Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Unknown, American
Date: April 1865
Accession Number: 2013.46
Suit
House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)
Date: ca. 1962
Accession Number: 2006.271.29a–c
Joseph and Potiphar's wife
Possibly engraved by P.M.
Date: ca. 1567
Accession Number: 65.260.10
Playing Card
Date: ca. 1470–80
Accession Number: 1983.515.20
Octagonal Cup with Ring Handle
Date: 8th century
Accession Number: 1985.214.17
Pair of Snaphaunce Pistols
Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian, Bargi, 1651–1738)
Date: ca. 1690
Accession Number: 2006.471.1–.2
Bracelet
Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1988.411.68
Trowel
Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.71
Signet Ring
Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 17.193.14
Round Plaque
Date: 3rd century BCE–2nd century CE
Accession Number: 1987.394.468
Tinder Box
Date: 1700–1800
Accession Number: 10.125.598p
Weight
Date: 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
Accession Number: 06.1232.64
Clock ornament
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 07.225.510.147