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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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Porcelain Toy Sugar Bowl

(1815 - 1915)

Van Cortlandt Mansion Type Collection (Formerly of Brooklyn College Archaeology Lab)

Archaeological Details

Blue painted porcelain toy or child's vessel, possibly a sugar bowl. Sherd labeled V9.14.343

  • Object number

    120

  • Date made

    1815 - 1915

  • Category

    Toy

  • Class

    Ceramic

Excavation Site

Van Cortlandt House

Bronx, Van Cordlandt House, 525 S Riverside Ave

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Part of Project

    • Van Cortlandt House, Bronx, NY

      June 1990

      Home of the Van Cortlandt family, important in NY society and politics in the 18th and 19th centuries. Once the center of a busy farmstead, the mansion, built in 1748, sits alone in Van Cortlandt Park. Excavations in 1990-92, ...

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    • Van Cortlandt House Museum

Themes

    • Historic Toys

      9 Objects

      The following selection of toys date from the late 18th- early 20th centuries and include miniature tea sets and marbles.  They were found during archaeological excavations in City Hall Park, Battery Park, and Van Cortlandt Manor.  ...

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    • South Ferry Terminal - Battery Wall