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Hung high on the garden side wall of the dining room, these two stately English-made mirrors have been an elegant feature of the space since they were purchased in 1954. […]

Dr. John Wesley Hammond (1804-1879) was the great-nephew of Matthias Hammond, original owner of Hammond-Harwood House. He was born at a plantation named Jackson’s Chance in Anne Arundel County. He graduated from […]

Cordial glasses were very popular in 18th century England for fruit liqueurs and gin, generally having a “bowl” where the liquid was poured and elongated stems. Cordials such as sherry or ratafia, made from […]

The neoclassical style in paintings, architecture, music, and other cultural arts developed in early America alongside the movement’s popularity in England and the rest of Europe. This sideboard attributed to […]

Maryland-born artist Charles Willson Peale painted head-size portraits of Thomas Johnson and his wife, Ann, in the fall of 1788 at their home Pleasant Grove about nine miles west of […]

In the late 18th century Baltimore was Maryland’s city on the rise– far surpassing the sleepy capital of Annapolis. Over taxation and an unfavorable harbor had caused Annapolis to go into […]

In 1941 Ethel Miller made an excellent gift to the Hammond-Harwood House Museum of several clocks, in honor of noted antiques specialist Edgar G. Miller Jr. This lantern clock, c. 1650, is the oldest […]

Many Americans enjoy a cup of coffee to begin their day. The drink has long been a part of American morning rituals and coffee’s accoutrements feature in the history of […]

This pair of elegant side chairs was once a set of six pieces original to the Hammond-Harwood House. The classical vase shaped splat is plain and almost flat with a […]