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Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology
Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution]

Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution]

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Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 47––


Presentation Pieces
In the Museum of History and Technology

Margaret Brown Klapthor


18TH-CENTURY PIECES 84
19TH-CENTURY PIECES 85
20TH-CENTURY PIECES 99


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Miniature ship presented to Adm. Robert E. Peary 81
Snuffbox inlaid with mother-of-pearl and horn made around 1769 83
Mark of Samuel Minott and monogram of Elias Hasket Derby on silver tankard 83
Punch set presented to Col. George Armistead 85
Tureen presented to Com. John Rodgers 86
Gold snuffbox presented to Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown 87
Peace pipe presented to the Delaware Indians by Gen. William Henry Harrison 88
Silver service given to Maj. Gen. John Hatch 89
Silver service presented to Gen. Judson Kilpatrick 91
Silver service presented to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln 92
Teakettle and stand given to Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 92
Gold box presented to Cyrus W. Field 94
Silver-mounted tankard presented to Cyrus W. Field 94
Tray and saltcellar in shape of chair presented to Gustavus Vasa Fox 96
Centerpiece given to Adm. Winfield Scott Schley 100
Cup presented to the Honorable Brand Whitlock 102
Paperweight identical to those presented by William Jennings Bryan 102
Cup given to Susan B. Anthony 104
Belt given to H. W. Higham 106
The Vanderbilt Cup 106
Trowel used by President Ulysses S. Grant 107



Figure 1.––Miniature ship presented to Adm. Robert E. Peary by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Loan of Robert E. Peary. In Division of Naval History. (Acc. 52878, cat. 12185; Smithsonian photo 45992.)


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Margaret Brown Klapthor

Presentation Pieces
In the Museum of History and Technology

As a social document, the collection of presentation pieces, mostly silver, in the United

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