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A small colorful box with a lid is decorated with lengths of porcupine quills forming a geometric design on the lid and chevron patterns on sides.

Object Story: Quillwork box

A Quillwork box created by a Mi'kmaq artisan, a Native American tribe that live in eastern Maine and the Atlantic provinces of Canada.

Object Story: The Steamboat "Peter Crary"

A highly-detailed “ship portrait” of a steamboat pulling another vessel.

Tall grandfather-style clock in a wooden case painted to resemble different types of wood grains.

Object Story: Federal Tall Case Clock

A seven-foot tall grandfather clock from around 1820 with inner gears and clockworks made of wood.

Painting with spray of flowers in a vase at the center top above a watermelon and basket, with various fruit like grapes and peaches spread around the bottom.

Object Story: Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, Flowers, and Cornucopia

Still life painting with a basket of fruit, vase of flowers center, a large watermelon on a plate and cornucopia attributed to the artist Joseph Proctor.

Two embroidered fabric pockets in the shape of small sacks with multicolored flame-like patterns stitched neatly in combinations of red, green, blue and yellow.

Object Story: Pair of Pockets

Pair of needlework pockets for women.

Quilt with overall checkerboard pattern, alternating between cream and red-toned squares; each square consists of many skinny strips of varying colors.

Object Story: Log Cabin, Light and Dark Quilt

A Log Cabin pattern quilt made by an unrecorded artist in the late nineteenth century.

Large wooden spinning wheel with spokes attached to one end of a simple bench-like structure with a pulley device attached to the other end.

Object Story: Spinning Wheel

A "great wheel" for spinning wool into thread.

Brass lamp that resembles a large candlestick with a reservoir and two wick holders at the top in the shape of a V.

Object Story: Lamp

A brass lamp with two burners made for burning oil.

Design embroidered on cloth, with the alphabet repeated in four different fonts and a verse underneath, completed at the bottom with the maker's name, age, and location.

Object Story: Mary Craig Hamlen's Sampler

A needlework sampler from 1802 by Mary Craig Hamlen, age 9.

Painting of man wearing a suit, holding a top hat in his right hand with other hand on his hip, standing in front of shelves displaying rows of top hats.

Object Story: Portrait of Hatter John Mays of Schaefferstown

Portrait of the hatter John Mays around 1830.