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Carving Fork
c. 1905
1983.03a.14
This carving fork was made by Lamson & Goodnow Company of Shelburne Falls, the largest cutlery producer in the U.S. in 1860. |
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Elm Burl Bowl
1600-1700
IR.F.104
Native Americans made and used this wooden bowl between 1000 and 300 years ago. |
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Birch bark bowl
c. 1790
1985.0985
A Penobscot artisan made this small birch bark bowl in the late 18th century. |
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Tin-Glazed Earthenware Plate
c. 1760
1989.556
This English-made tin-glazed plate sported exotic Oriental motifs and was considered more valuable and far more stylish than locally produced redware pottery. |
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Cruet Set
1815-1825
1990.005.11
Cruet sets like this mahogany stand with blown glass condiment bottles appeared frequently on 19th-century dining tables. |
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Ceramic vessel
-1000--350
1999.13.513
Producing ceramic objects like these is a specialized process usually associated with agrarian societies. |
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Burl bowl
c. 1790
1888.33.01
Although Americans could purchase dishes and utensils for cooking and eating, many people made their own. |
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Gate-leg Table
1680-1720
L.300
This table could accommodate larger numbers of people around it by swinging out elaborately turned "gate legs" to hold up two hinged drop leaves. |
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"The Pocumtuc Housewife; A Guide to Domestic Cookery"
1906
L99.034
In 1906 a group of women from the Parish Guild in Deerfield, Massachusetts, produced a cookbook patterned after those of the 19th century. |
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Plate "Massachusetts State House"
1818-1846
1917.02.02
Elizabeth Allen of Joppa Village, Massachusetts, spent some of the money she earned braiding straw hats to purchase this transfer-print plate of the Massachusetts State House. |