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  • Dressing table

    Dressing table

    Date: 1730–60
    Accession Number: 10.125.72

  • Sugar Box

    Sugar Box

    George Richardson (1782–1848)

    Date: 1818–48
    Accession Number: 62.89.26

  • Salt Shovel

    Salt Shovel

    Probably Nehemiah Norcross (1765–1804)

    Date: 1770–1800
    Accession Number: 33.120.493

  • Cann

    Cann

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1770–95
    Accession Number: 24.109.21

  • Embroidered Picture

    Embroidered Picture

    Keturah Rawlins

    Date: ca. 1740
    Accession Number: 39.108.1

  • Tankard

    Tankard

    John Noyes (1674–1749)

    Date: ca. 1708
    Accession Number: 51.88

  • Tile

    Tile

    Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)

    Date: 1894–1911
    Accession Number: 1982.242.1

  • Salt

    Salt

    Josiah Austin (1719/20–ca. 1780)

    Date: 1755–65
    Accession Number: 33.120.363

  • Mug

    Mug

    Jones, Low and Ball (active ca. 1839)

    Date: 1825–50
    Accession Number: 33.120.270

  • Duncan Family Coat of Arms

    Duncan Family Coat of Arms

    Sarah Duncan (1775–1835)

    Date: ca. 1790
    Accession Number: 2003.581

  • Wine Cup

    Wine Cup

    Samuel Edwards (1705–1762)

    Date: ca. 1740
    Accession Number: 33.120.230a

  • Tall Clock

    Tall Clock

    Gawen Brown (1719–1801)

    Date: 1750–60
    Accession Number: 25.115.42

  • Dressing glass

    Dressing glass

    Attributed to Thomas Seymour (1771–1848)

    Date: 1810–15
    Accession Number: 10.125.384

  • Tankard

    Tankard

    Possibly Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1750
    Accession Number: 33.120.506

  • Table Spoon

    Table Spoon

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1780–90
    Accession Number: 33.120.396

  • Side drum

    Side drum

    Henry Prentiss

    Date: ca. 1836
    Accession Number: 2008.239

  • Tumbler

    Tumbler

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1797
    Accession Number: 58.3.1

  • Cann

    Cann

    George Hanners Jr. (1721–1760)

    Date: 1750
    Accession Number: 33.120.269

  • Plate

    Plate

    Thomas Badger (1764–1826)

    Date: 1787–1815
    Accession Number: 10.125.540

  • Caster

    Caster

    Zachariah Brigden (1734–1787)

    Date: 1760–1775
    Accession Number: 1997.488.8a, b

  • Dressing table
    Dressing table

    Date: 1730–60
    Accession Number: 10.125.72

  • Sugar Box
    Sugar Box

    George Richardson (1782–1848)

    Date: 1818–48
    Accession Number: 62.89.26

  • Salt Shovel
    Salt Shovel

    Probably Nehemiah Norcross (1765–1804)

    Date: 1770–1800
    Accession Number: 33.120.493

  • Cann
    Cann

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1770–95
    Accession Number: 24.109.21

  • Embroidered Picture
    Embroidered Picture

    Keturah Rawlins

    Date: ca. 1740
    Accession Number: 39.108.1

  • Tankard
    Tankard

    John Noyes (1674–1749)

    Date: ca. 1708
    Accession Number: 51.88

  • Tile
    Tile

    Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)

    Date: 1894–1911
    Accession Number: 1982.242.1

  • Salt
    Salt

    Josiah Austin (1719/20–ca. 1780)

    Date: 1755–65
    Accession Number: 33.120.363

  • Mug
    Mug

    Jones, Low and Ball (active ca. 1839)

    Date: 1825–50
    Accession Number: 33.120.270

  • Duncan Family Coat of Arms
    Duncan Family Coat of Arms

    Sarah Duncan (1775–1835)

    Date: ca. 1790
    Accession Number: 2003.581

  • Wine Cup
    Wine Cup

    Samuel Edwards (1705–1762)

    Date: ca. 1740
    Accession Number: 33.120.230a

  • Tall Clock
    Tall Clock

    Gawen Brown (1719–1801)

    Date: 1750–60
    Accession Number: 25.115.42

  • Dressing glass
    Dressing glass

    Attributed to Thomas Seymour (1771–1848)

    Date: 1810–15
    Accession Number: 10.125.384

  • Tankard
    Tankard

    Possibly Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1750
    Accession Number: 33.120.506

  • Table Spoon
    Table Spoon

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1780–90
    Accession Number: 33.120.396

  • Side drum
    Side drum

    Henry Prentiss

    Date: ca. 1836
    Accession Number: 2008.239

  • Tumbler
    Tumbler

    Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1797
    Accession Number: 58.3.1

  • Cann
    Cann

    George Hanners Jr. (1721–1760)

    Date: 1750
    Accession Number: 33.120.269

  • Plate
    Plate

    Thomas Badger (1764–1826)

    Date: 1787–1815
    Accession Number: 10.125.540

  • Caster
    Caster

    Zachariah Brigden (1734–1787)

    Date: 1760–1775
    Accession Number: 1997.488.8a, b

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