Maker: Unknown Medium: Shagreen (Shark Skin) and Brass Misc. 40, Museum Purchase in 1983 These tools are believed to have been owned by English-born William Buckland (1734-1774), architect of the […]
By Rachel Lovett, Curator & Assistant Director As this June marks the 100th year anniversary of women’s right to vote, it is appropriate to remember the development of female education […]
Set of Chairs, Cabinetmaker John Shaw (1745-1829), Annapolis, Maryland, c. 1780 Medium: Mahogany F170 Donated by Margaret Olivia Flint Proctor in 1979 During Annapolis’ Golden Age, from 1763 to 1774, the town became a political magnet […]
June 19th is Juneteenth, the celebration of emancipation as it reached the final enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy in 1865. It took more than two years for news of Lincoln’s […]
Maker: Wedgwood & Sons Medium: Jasperware C100 Gift of Dorothy Byerly in 2016 Classical figures set against a blue background have become popular symbols of the Wedgwood pottery company. Many people don’t know that these little vessels were […]
By Mark Wenger, Preservation Architect Plan and elevation for an undesignated project, inspired by the Matthias Hammond House. Thomas Jefferson. 1783-84. Thomas Jefferson, looking across what is now Maryland […]
Beginning in the 18th century, the Chesapeake became a center for sports–including English- style hunting and horse racing. English hunt engravings inspired scenes on painted Chinese ceramics in an East […]
Download the PDF Silhouettes HERE Welcome to the fifth in the children’s series offered by the Hammond-Harwood House. The title, A Silhouette Duet, refers to two men and a machine […]
By Rachel Lovett, Curator & Assistant Director The Front Door The front door of Hammond-Harwood House makes an immediate impression. Often called the ‘most beautiful doorway in America (fig 1), […]