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Little cup made of part of the Alden house built in Boston around 1600
wooden cup carved of wood taken from the Alden House of Duxbury Mass.
18th Century Pocket Compass
This compass belonged to Ebenezer Markham, who came to the United States from Canada in 1783. It was later given to Henry Sheldon by Markham's grandson in 1900.
Cigar holder from a crippled chicken bone
This cigar holder was made from the leg bone of a crippled chicken.
19th century ivory and metal clock
Small clock with interworkings made of ivory and metal crafted in Middlebury, Vermont around the year 1865.
Looking glass shard from Mayflower era
A broken piece of a looking glass that was brought from England by the first English settlers in the New World
Fork Found Embedded in a Cow
A fork found embedded inside the hind quarter of a cow
John Brown Homestead Picture (Carved on Fungus)
Carving of John Brown's house on tree fungus
Little cup made from part of the Alden House in Boston
This little wooden cup was carved from a wood that was used to build the Alden House in Boston in 1660.
Teeth drawn from the Mouth of Henry Sheldon, Collected and cataloged by himself
A set of five teeth, accompanied by two notes written by Henry Sheldon (prior home of said teeth): one written in 1897 detailing the order and occasion in which each tooth was pulled. Another written in 1899 giving the reason for pulling the last…
under "General Vermont News" an account of the extent of the Sheldon Museum Collection 1896
entry under "General Vermont News" in Essex County Herald, Vol XIII, No 47, Friday, February 28, 1896