Blog Category: Item of the Week

Ladder Back Side Chairs

May 24, 2022

English c.1770 Maker: Unknown Medium: Ash or Beech F 193.1-2 Donated by Ann Kelsey Somers in 2004 These often overlooked side chairs reside in the stair hall of the Hammond-Harwood […]

Hot Water Urn

May 10, 2022

London, England, c. 1770/71 Maker: Andrew Fogelberg, (1732-1815), Swedish-British Medium: Silver S15 Donated by Company for the Restoration of Colonial Annapolis in 1941 This London-made silver urn c.1770/71 lies between […]

Sofa

Apr 26, 2022

This early 19th century sofa on display in the front passage was a gift to the museum in 2015. In the early 19th century, visitors to Hammond-Harwood House would first […]

William Pitt The Younger

Apr 15, 2022

Fresh out of storage and hung in the dining room for the new season is an engraving of William Pitt, the younger (1759-1806). William Pitt, the younger (1759-1806) was a gifted […]

Marine Painting

Apr 6, 2022

Visitors to the Hammond-Harwood House often ask about the feature in the dining room that looks like a picture frame attached to the wall above the fireplace. This is known […]

Nicholas (MacCubbin) Carroll

Mar 16, 2022

Early American miniature portraits were typically watercolor on ivory. Miniatures were enclosed in oval cases which often had a lock of the sitter’s hair behind a sliver of glass on […]

William Buckland

Mar 4, 2022

The penetrating eyes of architect William Buckland reveal a confident and capable professional who is at ease in his surroundings. In front of him lie the plans for Hammond-Harwood House […]

Side Chair

Feb 18, 2022

This unique Chinese Chippendale style side chair made of Cuban mahogany was part of a set that once graced the halls of Westwood Park, the seat of the Packington family  in Worcestershire […]

Game Table

Jan 28, 2022

During these long winter evenings, it is always great to try your hand at a card game with some close friends or loved ones. In England card playing was one of […]

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