Reel 26: "Slaymaker Papers "Society for Promotion of Industry & Prevention of Pauperism in Lancaster County"
Reel 27: "Splicing error at beginning. Should be at end. Ephrata Springs. S.C. Slaymaker Diaries 1831-1894. Honduras [????] Diary. Rebecca[?] Slaymaker. Normal School. House of Representatives 1856-1861"
Gathered white cotton triangle with 2-inch printed border of pink and gray geometric designs. ¼ -inch machine-stitched hem on two edges. Fabric is gathered and finished with a plain fabric band, hand-stitched on the reverse. 2 shell buttons, 3 inches apart, are sewn on one edge with corresponding buttonholes (hand finished) on facing edge.
Gathered white cotton triangle with 2-inch printed border of pink and gray geometric designs. ¼ -inch machine-stitched hem on two edges. Fabric is gathered and finished with a plain fabric band, hand-stitched on the reverse. 2 shell buttons, 3 inches apart, are sewn on one edge with corresponding buttonholes (hand finished) on facing edge.
Woman's long-sleeved heavy whit cotton nightgown with yoke of decorative stitching (may have been light blue) and eyelet.
Sleeves: set-in and gathered with tine corded edge. 20-inch lonf from shoulder to cuff. Top cuff stitched with floral design, scalloped edge. Cuff opening is tiny (6 inches). Raw edge of sleeve seam is hand overcast.
Front opening is a 17-inch long placket with 4 white 4-holed round shell buttons.
Round neck opening with stitched designs on a yoke that tapers in the center front (10 inches long). 9 one-quarter inch pintuck seams on both sides run to the hem of the skirt.
Back decoratively-stitched yoke tapers to a point on center back 8 inches from the neck edge with a band of decorative stitching. A band of tiny eyelet flowers with a scalloped edge is sewn around the inside edge of the neck opening.
White woven lengthwise piece (both side edges are selvedges). Beautifully embroidered (6" long x 7" wide) white work monogram sewn in white cotton thread with satin, stem, buttonhole stitches and French knots. 2 inches below, trimmed with overcast. self-fringe. 1-inch wide drawnwork (bundles of 6 threads wrapped in center). 1/2" from edge is a 1/2-inch wide drawnwork stripe with single thread woven alternately by 2 central threads.
Center length (exposed) and another lengthwise fold are brown. Significant hole to one side of monogram. 2 other holes. Self-fringe edge is worn with fabric fraying in 2 places.
Single looped finger-hold handle. On exterior: gold band around base edge. Fine gold branch, 3/4" from top, alternating around the cup with 7 3-leaf clusters alternating above and below the branch.
Top scalloped rim painted gold. The 1-inch tan band circling the interio edge is embellished with gold flourishes on both upper and lower edges. Gold design in center bottom of cup bowl. Handle also is decorated in gold.
(6 of 8 cups in good condition) 89.102.15 is fair: visible crack from along handle to base of cup. Break on side of cup has been glued, but chip out of rim.
89.102.20 is fragile. Large crack with opening from rim running almost 3" to base of handle.
Miss Hetty's clear glass cordial with 2-inch deep cup, 2.625-inch stem and circular base. 10 vertical 1.125-inch ovals around the cup. Stem enlarges, bulb-like, near the base.
Note: See object file for additional information.
Provenance
Hetty Parker had them (from Wheatland) and gave them to donor's mother (whose aunt was friend of Hetty's)--originally were at least 1/2 dozen. Passed to donor (Nellie J. Montgomery).
Monogrammed white bolster case with 2 seamed edges. 3.5-inch hem at open end. Sewn onto the end is a 3.5-inch ruffle with eyelet design and scalloped edge. Hand-embroidered white-thread initials "LAH" above hem seam near ruffle/opening.
Length is 63 inches with a 3.5-inch ruffle = 66.5 inches total
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-06-04
Condition Notes
Some tears; holes/worn threads along lengthwise seam. Recent repair to ruffles & tears with iron-on tape. Also a tape sewn onto part of ruffle edge with sewing machine zia-zag stitch.
Portrait of James Buchanan, painted by William McMaster. The artist painted this as a copy of his July 1856 Buchanan portrait after the General Election in November 1856. This portrait was commissioned by the Empire Club, which was a powerful political organization in New York during the mid-19th century. Captain Isaiah Rynders was the founder of the Club; his "sluggers" committed voter intimidation and election fraud on behalf of Tammany Hall throughout the 1840s and 1850s. The Empire Club purportedly paid McMaster $1,000 (equal to $28,571 today) to paint a copy of McMaster's July 1856 Buchanan portrait. This copy was hung in the Capitol Rotunda when Buchanan took office; however, at some point during his term, as his popularity began to sink, it was removed. Mounted in a Rococo Revival gilt wood and gesso frame with ornamental projecting corners featuring ornate scrolling foliage patterns with centre repose engraved with sculptural shells & acanthus leaves and fleur-de-lis patterns.
