Object Details
- Copp Family
- Description
- The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Brenton Copp
- 1775
- 1820 - 1860
- ID Number
- DL.006507
- catalog number
- 6507
- accession number
- 28810
- Object Name
- toy
- Physical Description
- fruitwood (box; turtle shell material)
- paper (turtle head, arms and legs material)
- paint (decoration material)
- wire (joints; pin material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- Europe
- place used
- United States: Connecticut, Stonington
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Copp Collection
- Title
- Toy
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Children
- Toys
- Record ID
- nmah_1218832
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-5000-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
