Collections Online

Welcome to the Maryland Historical Society’s Collections Online Database. Browse through both Museum Department collections and the Special Collections Department of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library by subject or by medium. Here you will see paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, lithographs, and more.

With well over one million items housed at MdHS, this database contains merely a fraction of what can be found in the combined collections. Information contained in the records of the Collections Online Database is subject to change as a result of ongoing research.

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Sugar dish
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object; Bonaparte Family; Animals; Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Silver sugar dish engraved with Bonaparte arms in cartouche. Made by Samuel Kirk and Son.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1835-1838
1987.133.157ab


Covered vegetable dish
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object; Bonaparte Family
Silver covered vegetable dish from the Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte silver collection.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1987.133.156.1.1 (top); 1987.133.156.1.1 (base)


Pitcher
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object; Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Silver pitcher. Inscribed,
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1857
1987.133.153


Lafayette silver goblets
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object; Lafayette, marquis de, 1757-1834
Marquis de Lafayette silver goblets. Engraved Lafayette silver goblets from Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1824
1987.133.10.1.2


Silver epergne
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Warner, Andrew Ellicott
Silver epergne by Andrew Ellicott Warner. Originally made for James H. Wilson, Esq.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1846
1985.11


Silver tureen
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object; Bonaparte Family; Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Kirk (Samuel) and Son, inc., Baltimore, Md.
Empire style silver tureen with Bonaparte arms, engraved with CJB monogram. Made by Samuel Kirk and Son for Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1850
1983.6ab


Scissor style silver sugar tongs
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Syng, Phillip Sr., 1671-1739
Scissor style silver sugar tongs by Phillip Syng Sr., engraved for William A. Pitt.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1730
1981.80.10


Two handled silver pot
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Peake, Robert
Two handled silver pot. Gadrooned and beaded body, initialed and dated by Robert Peake. Gift of Mrs. C. Gordon Pitt.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1702-1703
1981.80.3


Silver creamer
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Shepherd, Thomas
Silver creamer with repousse foliate decoration by Thomas Shepherd.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1981.80.2


Silver tea caddy
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
[Grecian]
Silver tea caddy. Grecian, after classical design of Jean Claude Baptiste Odiot, Engraved EP.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1959.118.34


Matching round footed silver trays
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Matching round footed silver trays with Patterson crest.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1959.118.32ab


Round silver tray
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Crouch, John and Hannam, Thomas
Round silver tray by John Crouch and Thomas Hannam, London.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1783
1959.118.31


Silver tankard
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Silver tankard from the Eleanor Cohen Collection.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1959.63.1


Teapot
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Silver and wood teapot marked by John Walraven, from Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1795
1938.7.19


Chocolate pot
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Continental
Silver chocolate pot. Gift of Miss Annie Allen Richardson from Louisville, Kentucky.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1938
1938.3.1


Vegetable tureen
Decorative Arts--Silver; Object
Fletcher & Gardiner
Silver vegetable tureen by Fletcher & Gardiner from the Commodore John Rodgers Silver Collection.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1935.34.2


Baltimore Album Bedcover
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Baltimore Album Bedcover.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1851
1997.14.1


Martha Ellicott Crazy Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts
Ellicott, Martha
Crazy Quilt by Martha Ellicott. Earliest crazy quilt known to exist.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1839
1996.39.5


Sarah Elizabeth Haines Sampler
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Samplers
Haines, Sarah Elizabeth
Sampler by Sarah Elizabeth Haines.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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Unknown
1996.14


Baltimore Album Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Baltimore Album quilt. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Green
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
1994.9.1