Ordinary Safety Pin

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Pitcher (1834–1851)
John Chandler Moore, silversmith
Ball, Tompkins & Black, retailer, New York
Silver
16 3/8 × 7 in. (41.6 × 17.8 cm); diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

Marks: BALL TOMPKINS & BLACK / NEW YORK / J.C.M. / 9

Museum of the City of New York, Bequest of Pauline Riggs Noyes, 1942, 42.469.20

From the exhibition: New York Crystal Palace 1853

Ordinary Safety Pin (ca. 1935)

From the exhibition:

Confluences: An American Expedition to Northern Burma, 1935

Soda water bottle (ca 1850-60)
Union Glass Works
Mold-blown glass

Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Graham Jr. in memory of Louise Wood Tillman, 86.4.262.

From the exhibition: N ew York Crystal Palace 1853

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