Model of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in a Bottle
Authored by Lalaine Mercado
Moses Formstecher (1760-1836)
Offenbach (Germany), 1813
Half-post blown glass, painted wood, and metal
11 1/4 x 5 x 5 in. (28.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
Jewish Museum, New York
1969 Coney Island
Child’s Shoe Found at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Authored by Christopher Anderson
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Permanent Exhibit
Artifact courtesy of Ya’acov (Jackie) Handeli
Yellow Crowned Night-Heron
Authored By Dylan Hammond
John James Audubon. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), Havell plate no. 336. (1831). Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, collage, black chalk, and gouache with touches of white lead pigment[?], scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card. New York, NY: New York Historical Society.
Javanese Puppet Theater
Authored by Maeve Dwyer
Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana)
Authored by Nicole Castellano
Castellano, N. (2018). Araucaria Araucana, East Norwich, Planting Fields Arboretum, Brookville, NY.
Accession Number: A02-095
Found in the East Norwich Field of Planting Fields Arboretum.
It is the 95th tree planted in 2002.
Stavelot Triptych
Authored by Megan Duffy
Belgium
Wood, copper and silver gilt, enamel, semi-precious stones
18 15/16 x 12 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches (479 x 321 x 79 mm)
The two small panels in the center are Byzantine and date from the late 11th or early 12th century. The larger triptych which houses the Byzantine works is Mosan and dated 1156-1158.
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910
Dragonfly Lamp Shade Model 1462, 1900-1910
Authored by Alina Gainetdinova
Accession number: 1977-111-1
Gift of Mrs. Carnegie Miller
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
Victory Liberty Loan Medal awarded by the U.S. Treasury, WWI. Ca. 1918.
Authored by Malcolm Harris
Medal awarded for civilian contributions to the U.S. World War 1 war effort. Created by the U.S. Treasury Department potentially from captured German artillery.