Base wood with torus molding edge. Flat top with deep circular groove in which rests the edges of a tall glass dome. Natural arrangement under dome rests on base. Dried flowers support central mud-daubed bird's nest with light blue, speckled eggs (6) two
Profile of man in a high collar uniform, believed to be Napoleon Bonaparte, cast in chalkware as a framed representation under glass. Rectangular frame has conforming recessed area with cast profile in relief. Old glazing on frame covers image. Chalkware frame is painted dark green with a wire hanging ring imbedded at top center. Profile has black-painted, forward-swept hair with sideburns and pink-rouged cheek. Uniform is of red and black with high red collar and gold epaulette. Created as a memento and sold likely via peddler.
Inscriptions on back in pencil are faint. It appears to be "John M. Snavely/ picked April the 19/ A.D. 1863/ John S(nave)ly." Research reveals a John M. Snavely born 12/17/1843 and died 9/22/1883. 1880 census records him living at home with his farmer parents, Michael and Fannie, and working as a laborer. Obit notes funeral held at Denlinger's Mennonite Meeting House.
Interior profile appears in good condition due to glazing. Outside frame suffers the most with extensive paint loss and significant wear to frame corners. Strong soil on back and other unpainted area.
Object ID
G.04.23.16
Place of Origin
Eastern US
Credit
Gift of Sarah Muench, Heritage Center Collection, LancasterHistory.org
Left earlobe has broken off. Base is chipped. Various smudge marks all over.
Object ID
W.1960.006.001
Notes
James Buchanan Henry inherited this bust when his Uncle James Buchanan died; his cousin, Harriet Lane Johnston inherited the matching bust, which she later donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
James Buchanan Henry bequeathed this bust to his son, Frank Anderson Henry, who donated it to the James Buchanan Foundation in 1960.
Red and green carpet piece in glass frame, note on back. Written on back in ink: "History of an Ingrain carpet purchased in Philadelphia when Nathaniel Ellmaker was a member of the "State Senate." In the year 1794, when the carpet was brought home, it was laid on the floor of the southwest room of the "Ellmaker Homestead" which was built1787, the year Amos Ellmaker was born Feb. 2nd, 1787, seven years before the ingrain carpet was purchased. It was said persons in the neighborhood who had never seen a ingrain carpet would ask if it was put on the floor to walk on. J Watson Ellmaker"
Sketch by Lloyd Mifflin (and Thomas Moran?), "The Bridge at Wrightsville". Gray flecked paper has pencil sketch of landscape with river and bridge in distance. Mounted with homemade window mat of dark gray with line borders around window.
Kraft paper backing has "Wrightsville Bridge" in ink at top right and pencil inscriptions at center reading "acid free linen mat barrier and backing used herein - another Mifflin sketch on back of existing sketch-"
Provenance
Presumed to be inherited from Lloyd Mifflin by the Minich sisters
Thin, w/ molded plaster? foliate decoration on wood, painted black over original gold
Image Size
5 x 7 inches
Object Name
Drawing
Material
Paper
Medium
Drawing
Height (in)
5
Width (in)
7
Dimension Details
Image size. Frame H: 10.625 inches x W: 13.625 inches.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-01-27
Condition Notes
Bottom right corner of sketch missing. Old glass in a plaster-molded thin wood frame is painted flat black over original gold. Multiple paint chips. Backing paper perforated especially at top and left side.
Framed matted pastel portrait of Henry Kauffman ready to be hung. Frame has black enamel on edges and on quarter inch of top. Curved (inward) wood grained half inch and one sixteenth inch gold inner edge. One and one quarter inch beveled edge mat. Sticker: "Custom framed at: The Framery, Etc."
Pencil sketch with white highlights, executed on brown paper, depicting a scene near Turkey Hill, PA. Shows a rocky hill with trees on both sides and a pool with a small waterfall. The title of the scene at bottom center in pencil script is "Near Turkey Hill." Below this is a small window cut into mat showing a white card that reads, in script: "Given J.(F?) D. L. by / Artist 1860." Artist signed in lower left corner of drawing, "W.Sanford Mason / 1854."
Mounted in a natural finish wood frame with peach window mat. Brown paper dust cover on back has sticker at bottom: "The Frame Shop, Santa Rosa, Calif." Small paper clipping taped to back is a synopsis of artist's professional life. It notes that fact that Mason lived in Phila. but made trips into the country in 1854.
H: 19.25 inches x 13.25 inches. Thin natural brown finish wood, peach window mat.
Object Name
Drawing
Material
Paper, Glass, Wood
Medium
Drawing
Height (in)
19.25
Width (in)
13.25
Depth (in)
8.875
Dimension Details
Frame dimensions.
11.5" x 8.75" drawing dimensions
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-10-13
Condition Notes
Sketch appears to be clipped in lower right corner. Paper dust cover on back is abraded, punctured and torn.
Object ID
P.94.01.2
Notes
In 1853, Mason married Elizabeth Strickler Weaver of Columbia, Lancaster County. He likely returned to this area from time to time to visit his in-laws.
Signed Name
W. Sanford Mason
Signature Location
Lower left corner
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation