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    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Indian Weather Vane

    Date: 
    1750–1800
    Medium: 

    Iron

    Accession Number: 
    1930.831
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Punch Strainer

    Maker: Paul Revere, American, 1735–1818
    Date: 
    ca. 1785–95
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1930.971
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Punch Strainer

    Maker: Jonathan Clarke, American, 1705–1770
    Date: 
    1765
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1930.1001
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Nutmeg grater

    Maker: Richard Pitts, American, active ca. 1741–1746
    Date: 
    ca. 1741–1746
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1930.1280
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Vacuum Cleaner

    Designer: Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild, American, 1898–1985
    Manufacturer: Electrolux Corporation, American, founded 1910
    Date: 
    1937–38 (designed); 1938–54 (manufactured)
    Medium: 

    Chrome-plated, polished, and enameled steel, cast aluminum, vinyl, and rubber

    Accession Number: 
    1993.5.1a-f
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Carved Cane

    Date: 
    ca. 1916
    Medium: 

    Wood with rhinestone inlay and cloth

    Accession Number: 
    1999.68.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Petipoint” Iron, Model No. W410

    Designer form: Clifford Brooks Stevens, American, 1911–1995
    Designer (mechanical): Edward P. Schreyer, American, born Hungary, 1886–1980
    Manufacturer: Waverly Tool Company, American
    Date: 
    Patented 1941
    Medium: 

    Chromium-plated steel, steel, Bakelite and fiber-wrapped cord

    Accession Number: 
    2010.51.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Radio Nurse” and “Guardian Ear” Short Wave Radio Transmitter

    Designer: Isamu Noguchi, American, 1904–1988
    Manufacturer: Zenith Radio Corporation, American, 1918–1999
    Date: 
    Designed 1937
    Medium: 

    Bakelite, enameled metal, and mechanical elements

    Accession Number: 
    2009.210.1a-b
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Fireman’s trumpet

    Honorand: James R. Mount, American
    Date: 
    1852
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1934.371
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Cane

    Carver: Henry Gudgell, American, 1826 or 1829–1895
    Date: 
    ca. 1867
    Medium: 

    Ebonized wood

    Accession Number: 
    1968.23
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view

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