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  • Comb

    Comb

    Probably Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

    Date: ca. 1900
    Accession Number: 53.153.6

  • Comb

    Comb

    Probably Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

    Date: ca. 1900
    Accession Number: 53.153.5

  • Cameo Portrait of Frederick Marshall

    Cameo Portrait of Frederick Marshall

    Date: ca. 1855
    Accession Number: 48.60

  • Quillwork Sconce

    Quillwork Sconce

    Date: 1720–49
    Accession Number: 53.197.2

  • Quillwork Sconce

    Quillwork Sconce

    Possibly Ruth Read

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 52.195.19

  • Quillwork Sconce

    Quillwork Sconce

    Possibly Ruth Read

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 52.195.20

  • Quillwork Sconce

    Quillwork Sconce

    Eunice Deering

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 48.158.12

  • Quillwork Sconce

    Quillwork Sconce

    Eunice Deering

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 48.158.13

  • Snuffbox

    Snuffbox

    Date: ca. 1825
    Accession Number: 33.120.146

  • Cameo

    Cameo

    Cameo by George W. Jamison (American, New York 1810–1868 Yonkers, New York)

    Date: ca. 1835
    Accession Number: 2000.562

  • Cameo

    Cameo

    B.H. Kinney

    Date: 1853
    Accession Number: 2009.492.3a, b

  • Woman Reading in a Bower (from Cropsey Album)

    Woman Reading in a Bower (from Cropsey Album)

    Accession Number: 1970.9.25

  • John Tuffs

    John Tuffs

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: ca. 1861
    Accession Number: 1990.78.1a, b

  • Hannah Rohr Tuffs

    Hannah Rohr Tuffs

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: 1872
    Accession Number: 1990.78.2a, b

  • Plaque

    Plaque

    Date: ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 32.150.159

  • Button

    Button

    Date: ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 32.150.206

  • Pendant

    Pendant

    Date: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.6

  • Inlay

    Inlay

    Date: ca. 7th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.10

  • Shell fragments

    Shell fragments

    Date: ca. 7th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.11a–l

  • Shell

    Shell

    Date: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.90

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  • Comb
    Comb

    Probably Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

    Date: ca. 1900
    Accession Number: 53.153.6

  • Comb
    Comb

    Probably Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

    Date: ca. 1900
    Accession Number: 53.153.5

  • Cameo Portrait of Frederick Marshall
    Cameo Portrait of Frederick Marshall

    Date: ca. 1855
    Accession Number: 48.60

  • Quillwork Sconce
    Quillwork Sconce

    Date: 1720–49
    Accession Number: 53.197.2

  • Quillwork Sconce
    Quillwork Sconce

    Possibly Ruth Read

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 52.195.19

  • Quillwork Sconce
    Quillwork Sconce

    Possibly Ruth Read

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 52.195.20

  • Quillwork Sconce
    Quillwork Sconce

    Eunice Deering

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 48.158.12

  • Quillwork Sconce
    Quillwork Sconce

    Eunice Deering

    Date: 1720–40
    Accession Number: 48.158.13

  • Snuffbox
    Snuffbox

    Date: ca. 1825
    Accession Number: 33.120.146

  • Cameo
    Cameo

    Cameo by George W. Jamison (American, New York 1810–1868 Yonkers, New York)

    Date: ca. 1835
    Accession Number: 2000.562

  • Cameo
    Cameo

    B.H. Kinney

    Date: 1853
    Accession Number: 2009.492.3a, b

  • Woman Reading in a Bower (from Cropsey Album)
    Woman Reading in a Bower (from Cropsey Album)

    Accession Number: 1970.9.25

  • John Tuffs
    John Tuffs

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: ca. 1861
    Accession Number: 1990.78.1a, b

  • Hannah Rohr Tuffs
    Hannah Rohr Tuffs

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: 1872
    Accession Number: 1990.78.2a, b

  • Plaque
    Plaque

    Date: ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 32.150.159

  • Button
    Button

    Date: ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 32.150.206

  • Pendant
    Pendant

    Date: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.6

  • Inlay
    Inlay

    Date: ca. 7th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.10

  • Shell fragments
    Shell fragments

    Date: ca. 7th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.11a–l

  • Shell
    Shell

    Date: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
    Accession Number: 33.175.90

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