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2023-322, Medal Box
Erie Canal Medal Box
2023-322, Medal Box

Erie Canal Medal Box

Dateca. 1826
Maker
OriginAmerica, New York, New York City
MediumWood, paper, and ink
DimensionsDiameter: 2 1/16"; Thickness: 9/16"
Credit LineGift of John Kraljevich
Object number2023-322
DescriptionRound wooden box for an Erie Canal medal, with a paper label pasted inside each half. One reads "THIS BOX was made of a piece of wood brought from Erie in the first Canal Boat" with "THE SENECA CHIEF." below. The other has an image of an eagle on a half globe, facing left, with "PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK" above.ProvenanceJohn Kraljevich (Fort Mill, SC); 2023-present, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
Piano Stool 2016-21
Piano Stool
Duncan Phyfe
ca. 1815
DOS2005-PC-025
Print:"View From Bridge on Canal at Chiswick"
John Tinney (d. 1761)
1750-55
DS2003-0289
Box medal with 52 paper medallions or roundels
Jan van Nost
1763
Montreal Medal 2015-146
"Montreal" Medal
Daniel Christian Fueter
ca. 1761
Print 1962-183
A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of His Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton.
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
1755-1775
2024-10, Currency
New York £2 Bill, February 8, 1788
Hugh Gaine
February 8, 1788
Map 1995-13
A MAP of the country between ALBEMARLE SOUND, and LAKE ERIE, comprehending/ the whole of VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE and PENSYLVANIA, with parts of/ several other of the United States of America.
Thomas Jefferson
1787
A/ NEW MAP/ of the Western Parts of/ VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND and NORTH CAROLINA;/ Comprehending the RIVER OHIO, and all the Rivers, which fall into it;/ Part of the RIVER MISSISSIPPI, the Whole of the/ ILLINOIS RIVER,/ LAKE ERIE...
A/ NEW MAP/ of the Western Parts of/ VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND and NORTH CAROLINA;/ Comprehending the RIVER OHIO, and all the Rivers, which fall into it;/ Part of the RIVER MISSISSIPPI, the Whole of the/ ILLINOIS RIVER,/ LAKE ERIE...
Thomas Hutchins
1778
Not for publication
A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting The Western Territory; Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia &c. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario & Erie; With Upper and Lower Canada &c. From the Latest Authorities. By John Cary; Engraver 1805
John Cary Sr.
1808
No image number on slide
Architectural Panel: River Scene
Joseph Henry Hidley (1830-1872)
Probably 1860-1872
Not for publication
A Map of the country betwixt Chowan and Nansemond Rivers, shewing the track of a Canal proposed to be cut from Bennett's Creek to Suffolk
1805/1834
Sewing Box and Accessories 1981.610.1
Sewing Box and Accessories
Possibly 1805-1840, with later (1840-1860) additions of cloth scraps on top.