Burgundy painted child 's chair with 4 legs supporting a seat and back of 4 spindles with horizontal support at top. The chair is decorated with lines and bands on legs and back spindles. On front of seat are yellow and what may have been green lines leafed branch designs. Painted on the back support is a container filled with fruits and cascading flowers.
A typed note attached under seat of chair reads: "Presented to the Lancaster/ county Historical Society by/ Mrs. Mabel D'Miller Miller/ Landisville, Pennsylvania/ Child's Chair which belonged to her/ aunt, Mrs. John M. Ensiminger c1855"
Handmade rectangular grater crudely fashioned with tinned sheet iron and having 14 staggered slits of 1.25" width and raised edges for cutting. All four edges are folded to back, but the two long sides are rolled over wire to stiffen length of tool.
Crudely fashioned tin tool has wear and imperfections at blades and back corners. Abrasions and corrosion scattered overall. Peeling paint or corrosion.
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. This glove button hook has a round, tapering shank with a hook at the end. The handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. This tool has a round swell going to a very thin end with tiny hook. It is perhaps a corset hook. The handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. Most of tool length comprises a stout file. Tip extends to a shart point for cleaning fingernails. Shell handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
Lithograph? 2-part marriage certificate in black ink with gold border elements. 2 printed colored flowers are visible through 2 oval cutouts. Certificate announces the marriage of Alice Fisher and John B. Herr.
Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
