TWO HITCHCOCK CHAIRS
SAMUEL CHASE 18th CENTURY TEA SERVICE
Scallop-edged, hand-painted*, bone china 18th century tea service in a blue floral motif and embellished in gilt consisting of a large, paneled tea pot with domed lid, a decorative finial and fancy thumb-piece, paneled creamer with similar handle, paneled sugar bowl with fancy handles and domed lid with the same decorative finial, two teacups, two saucers, 11 dessert plates, two luncheon plates and a slop bowl. Donated by the descendants of Samuel Chase.COVERLET
A wood and metal baby tender from the early 20th century, donated to our collection by Pamela Woods.
This 18th century sword was found after the American Revolution in the thatch of a barn on a farm belonging to the Banta family in what today is Ho-Ho-Kus. It was kept by the Banta family until 2020 when donated to the historical society.
It is an enlisted man’s hangar from pre- French and Indian War period. It is 34” long, and 1747 and the image of a fox are engraved on the blade. From information engraved on the hilt, it would have belonged to a private in the Lieutenant Colonel’s Company, 2nd battalion , First( Royal Regiment of Foot) NO 12 refers to the 12th man on their rolls. At the time, all enlisted men in the British Army carried one of these.
