A large clay pot sherd which seems to have been part of the rim edge of a large flared bowl. The sherd is red clay with darker slip on the inside rim and light slip on the outside. The sherd is darkened in places from the effects of firing.
A large clay pot sherd which seems to have been part of the rim edge of a large flared bowl. The sherd is red clay with darker slip on the inside rim and light slip on the outside. The sherd is darkened in places from the effects of firing.
A collection of five black felt university caps with cotton linings and embroidery work. Each hat bears a different design: 103.04.0033a - the word “Varuna” beneath a “V” behind the face of an old man (Poseidon?) with forks extending diagonally upward from behind his head; 103.04.0033b - the lette…
A collection of five black felt university caps with cotton linings and embroidery work. Each hat bears a different design: 103.04.0033a - the word “Varuna” beneath a “V” behind the face of an old man (Poseidon?) with forks extending diagonally upward from behind his head; 103.04.0033b - the letters “TPT” with the P in the centre larger than the other two letters, and inside “CU Gulick”; 103.04.0033c - the word “Naraka” beneath a bust of a devil with horns and a pointed tail, with forks extending diagonally upward from behind the devil’s body, and inside “CU Gulick & W.B. Salsbury”; 103.04.0033d - the letters “UPT” embroidered like a monogram, with the letters stacked on top of each other; 103.04.0033e - the date “1902”, and on the inside “CU Gulick, Princeton, N.J.”.
A red wool fez with a black tassel. A woven wicker lining holds the hat’s shape. The inside is lined with pink fabric at the top and has a round green paper sticker with a picture of man wearing a fez and arabic writing. Written on the inside of the hat, on the sweatband, is “Peter Whyte, Port S…
A red wool fez with a black tassel. A woven wicker lining holds the hat’s shape. The inside is lined with pink fabric at the top and has a round green paper sticker with a picture of man wearing a fez and arabic writing. Written on the inside of the hat, on the sweatband, is “Peter Whyte, Port Said, Egypt”. Also on the sweatband “Felicitations” (?, in arabic writing?) and a stamp of a flying bird carrying a fez.
A very crude handmade clay pot with two vertical handles at the sides. The pot has a round body with a flaring lip above a short neck. The low-fired pot has a burnished black slip over a reddish clay body which shows through vertical lines incised around the shoulders. There appears to be the le…
A very crude handmade clay pot with two vertical handles at the sides. The pot has a round body with a flaring lip above a short neck. The low-fired pot has a burnished black slip over a reddish clay body which shows through vertical lines incised around the shoulders. There appears to be the letter “F” on the base.Inside is a fragment of matching clay.
A round, flat bottomed silver mug with a large handle. A wide band around middle is decorated in low relief with figures of marching children followed by a woman with a tambourine. The mug is monogrammed “EBM” and “PAM” and has the dates “Dec 1878” and “Sept. 1908” engraved near the monograms. T…
A round, flat bottomed silver mug with a large handle. A wide band around middle is decorated in low relief with figures of marching children followed by a woman with a tambourine. The mug is monogrammed “EBM” and “PAM” and has the dates “Dec 1878” and “Sept. 1908” engraved near the monograms. The mug is also marked with “Tiffany & Co. 5470 M 603 Sterling Silver”.
A triangular shaped pendant with the hanging loop at the top broken off. The front of the pendant has a gold coloured skull and crossbones applied to the surface of a black triangle at the centre with twelve red dots spaced evenly in the gold coloured border band. The back of the pendant has a go…
A triangular shaped pendant with the hanging loop at the top broken off. The front of the pendant has a gold coloured skull and crossbones applied to the surface of a black triangle at the centre with twelve red dots spaced evenly in the gold coloured border band. The back of the pendant has a gold crown, with a red Latin cross through it, applied to the surface in relief. The back is also marked with “G.F.” a trademark.
A fired clay figure of a squatting monkey with a broken round tube-like piece protruding from its back. The monkey is finished with brown and white slip decoraction. There is rough clay at the base beneath the monkey’s haunches.This object was dated 100 BC to 900 AD and was possibly collected by …
A fired clay figure of a squatting monkey with a broken round tube-like piece protruding from its back. The monkey is finished with brown and white slip decoraction. There is rough clay at the base beneath the monkey’s haunches.This object was dated 100 BC to 900 AD and was possibly collected by Philip Moore while in South America.
A cylindrical metal stein with a glass bottom. The stein’s handle is flat on top and curves outward where it attaches near the bottom. The cup is marked with a symbol on the top front, an elongated quadrafoil, with a monogram “C&G” inside and an inscription “Runt Moore 1902” beaneath. There are …
A cylindrical metal stein with a glass bottom. The stein’s handle is flat on top and curves outward where it attaches near the bottom. The cup is marked with a symbol on the top front, an elongated quadrafoil, with a monogram “C&G” inside and an inscription “Runt Moore 1902” beaneath. There are autographs of friends scratched all over the surface. The bottom of the tankard is marked “Manning, Bowman & Co. 135”.