
History

Aryballos Vase
Aryballos Vase, 600–550 B.C.E. Ceramic Bruce Museum, Gift of Mrs. R. Lawrence Oakley, 75.03.13

Sèvres Chocolate Set
Sèvres Chocolate Set, circa 1848 Gilt porcelain Bruce Museum, Gift of Mrs. Robert Goetz and Mrs. Hugh Bullock, 68.29.01-.06

Mechanical Bank
Mechanical Bank, circa 1910 Cast iron Bruce Museum, Gift of Samuel Pryor, 80.34.300

WWI Propaganda Poster
Artist unknown, WWI Propaganda Poster, 1917 Lithograph Bruce Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Hyde Brownell, 90.14.09

Binocular Microscope
Binocular Microscope, Spencer Lens Co. (Buffalo, NY), n.d. Cast iron and glass Bruce Museum, Gift of John Ripley Forbes, Natural Science for Youth Foundation, 85.31.03.k

Painted Davis Mill Shingle,
Artist unknown Painted Davis Mill Shingle, 1705 Cedar Bruce Museum, Gift of George M. Kalb, 00331.01

Glazed Volkmar Vase
Leon Gambetta Volkmar (American, 1879–1959), Glazed Volkmar Vase, 1915, Ceramic ,Bruce Museum, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hack, 2009.05

American Fractional Currency
American Fractional Currency, 1862–1863, Paper, Bruce Museum, Gift of Jeanne C. Howes and Charles Howes, 2018.22.18

Herculeanus pennsylvanicus
Paul Griswold Howes (American, 1892–1984), Herculeanus pennsylvanicus, Slide 338, 1936, Glass negative Bruce Museum, 2017.01.10

Horsehead Meerschaum Pipe
Gustave Fischer (Austrian, circa 1846–1937) , Horsehead Meerschaum Pipe, circa late 19th–early 20th century, Bruce Museum, Gift of U.S. Tobacco Company, 86.78.12.6868

Wind-up Toy
Louis Marx and Company, Wind-up Toy, n.d. Tin, paint, and cardboard Bruce Museum, Gift of Frank E. Larson, Robert K. Larson and Alice Larson Ennis in Memory of Frank S. Larson, 96.13.23

Embroidery Sampler
Embroidery Sampler, 1884 Linen, Bruce Museum, Gift of Adelaide M. Weed, 00339.10

Jewelry Set, circa 1860
Jewelry Set, circa 1860, Gold and seed pearl, Bruce Museum, Gift of Adrianne Reilly, 88.20.02

Lacquer Obi Sash Box (Inro)
Lacquer Obi Sash Box (Inro), 19th century Lacquered wood, silk, ivory, and glass, Bruce Museum, Gift of George N. Morgan, 13567

Trick Dog ,mechanical bank from the early 20th century
Trick Dog ,mechanical bank from the early 20th century, cast iron, Gift of aviation pioneer Samuel Pryor, Bruce Museum Collection