Chippendale double-pedestal medical desk, ca. 1780. Molded rectangular top formed by a pair of hinged ends which open outward (each contains a lid and a storage space within). These flank a lift-up center section. Opened, a fitted work surface (covered with green baize, and a pigeonhold seciton with two ivory drawer pulls) is exposed with a fall-front mock drawer. All of this section surmounts a conforming cockbeaded wide drawer with continuous case moldings. The twin pedestals beneath are each fitted with a graduate series of three cockbeaded drawers which are flanked by large brass carrying-handles to the sides, all above a continuous deep base molding. (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992).

Small, plaster, bust-length portrait relief of Thomas Paine within an oval medallion. The top center of the medallion has been fitted with a small brass loop. Medallion appears to have been cast in plaster from a mold. Finishing touches were probably added by hand and may have included smoothing (especially of mold seams, one of which is visible at the top center of the medallion’s outside rim) and light burnishing. The reverse of the medallion is marked "T. Paine" in script. While this inscription closely resembles Paine’s signature, it was likely not signed by Paine himself. The maker and date of this object are presently unknown, but it may have been created after the 1793 print by William Sharp.

Profile portrait of Earl of Buchan, a.k.a. David Stewart Erskine. "D.S. BVCHAN COMES LAE 1783" cut under shoulder.

Profile portrait of William Franklin, white on black jasper dip. "Govr. Franklin" and "WEDGWOOD" impressed on back. After 1785-1787 model by John Flaxman. One of three Wedgwood medallions grouped in frame (along with 58.S.55 and 58.S.58).

Profile portrait of William Temple Franklin, white on black jasper dip. "WEDGWOOD" and "W. T. Franklin" on back. After 1785-1787 model by John Flaxman or John Charles Lochee. One of three Wedgwood medallions grouped in frame (along with 58.S.55 and 58.S.57).

One of two identical Wedgwood medallions of Jones (58.S.61). Ceramic, white on black jasper dip. On rear, "Wedgwood/O" and "P. Jones," stamped.

Oval-framed, profile silhouette, facing right. Subject has long hair or wig, tied back with a ribbon. He wears a neckcloth and ruffle. Unsigned and undated. Pairs with wife, Hannah Hiltzheimer (1975.725.2).

Emblematic painting of American Union. Figure of Hercules astride an arch with thirteen plaques representing the original 13 colonies from north to south. Hercules figure wears skirt of eagle feathers, lion head cap, lion skin and holds a club in left hand. Pennsylvania is at center of arch. Inscribed, lower left: "Marbois Invenit."

Wooden model of white pine and mahogany with steel cutter. A large wheel that rolls along the ground has an integral pulley, through which it drives a vertical shaft having a four-bladed cutter at its lower end. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Model of a fireplace and tall chimney. The fireplace has a sliding mantel door and is decorated in black ink with leaf boughs, architectural details, and an illegible genre scene at the top center. Above the fireplace mantel, on the front of the chimney, is an overmantel landscape and two round, rotating vents. Both the fireplace and overmantel are composed of brown paper, while the rest of the fireplace and chimney are covered with blue paper. There is a small hole in the bottom left corner of the fireplace, and a metal eyehole screw in the bottom right corner. At the top of the chimney is a small metal pipe and a damper, which can be opened and closed with a lever accessible inside the hearth. "No. 4" is inscribed at the top of the chimney. Unsigned and undated.

Model of a fireplace with a sliding mantel door. It is covered in brown paper and decorated with black ink with architectural details, faux marbling, and a leaf bough on top center of mantel. There are square holes in each of the four corners of the fireplace. A damper is inside the top of the chimney, which can be opened and closed with a lever accessible inside the hearth. "N. 1" is inscribed within the ink semi-circle at the top of the chimney. There is a small hole in the bottom reverse of the model, labeled "C." Unsigned and undated.

One of two 1796-1797 stove models by or attributed to "Oeconomy." Wood model of stove set in rectangular chinmey niche. Covered in blue paper with "E" written on paper and affixed to chimney of stove. Metal hook above "E." Open metal door reveals inside of stove. Unsigned and undated.

One of two 1796-1797 stove models by or attributed to "Oeconomy." Wood model of stove set in rectangular chimney niche. Covered in blue paper. Stove opening covered by semicircular metal. Unsigned and undated.

Complex wood model of fireplace combined with hearth. Oven is above fireplace and an incomplete tin stovepipe is above the hearth. Metal mechanism to lift flue sticking out of left portion of model. Covered in blue paper.

Wood and cardboard model of stove. Three levels, including an upper chamber, probably for hot air, as well as the fire and ash boxes. There is no communication between the three chambers, nor between them and the double chimney consisting of two concentric flues. All walls are double. Two wire pulls. Side and top are labeled "Presented 3 November 1797" in handwritten ink. Two red seals are affixed to top of box, with monogram "AC."

A model constructed of wood and wire. An axle on a wooden base carries a conventional piston pump at one end and the remains of a rudimentary paddle-wheel at the other. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Mahogany model consisting of an open frame 18" high, enclosing three other telescoping frames of similar length, capable of extending to 73." Each frame is slotted to fit those contained within it. A windlass at the base operates the elevator through simple pulleys. The base has folding projections to increase the effective base area. Unmarked. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Wooden frame with brass gearing, pulleys, and weight, the latter apparently filled with lead. The machine is to be operated by four men through a double-crank windlass. The weight is released automatically by a hook-release bar at the top. The windlass has the remains of what may have been a ratchet for the protection of the operators against the sudden release of tension. Unmarked. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Federal Hepplewhite-style settee. Has a straight crest rail centered with a shallow, flat arch and flanked by sloping sides. The sides terminate in short mahogany handholds which are raised on freestanding inverted vasiform supports on flared and tapered legs. The settee is inlaid with lightwood stringing. Tentatively attributed to William Rigby, bearing initials "WR." Settee has been reupholstered.

English mahogany secretary bookcase in two sections. Key-fret frieze molding and a pair of glabed doors of interlaced heart-and-diamond mullion work encloses the interior of wooden shelves. The lower section has a straight front of four cockbeaded drawers and is hinged to fall outward into a writing board. The interior of the desk houses a row of four small square drawers at each end; the center has a long drawer over three open shelves, flanked by a closed compartment with a plain door. (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992). The upper section originally had a delicately carved and pierced swan's neck pediment with a central-urn finial suspended with swags adjoining the leafy rosette terminals above a central shell-carved plinth (now missing).