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Bark Cone

Cone fashioned of birchbark

L2024.3.57

These quickly twisted bark cones, usually found in Canada, were meant to hold maple sugar. This one has a good Southern Quebec, Eastern Townships It does not seem old at all, so it may be a revival piece from the 1970’s or later.

Blender

A hand mixer, made into a 'blender' of sorts. The body of the piece is a Kerr, straight sided, canning jar. Into the screw lid is placed the neck (of the beater) of a single blad hand mixer. To the blade is soldered a piece of tin with another piece soldered perpindecularily to the first. The tin pieces are rectangular and would produce a better mixing action than the single beater of the original mixer. To the top of the screw lid is soldiered a tin stabilizer around half the circumrerence of the lid. The mixer gear has a patent date on it of Feb. 9, 1904.

1986.25.1a-b

Bottle

Green glass wine bottle with gold foil on the neck. The bottle has a paper label showing a winter sugaring scene with the label "Vermont Wineries / Vermont State Maple Wine" in large green and gold lettering. The bottom of the label reads, "Chill Before Serving / MADE AND BOTTLED BY / VERMONT WINERIES, INC. / DANBY, VERMONT 05739 / ALCOHOL 12% BY VOLUME" in dark green lettering. The base of the bottle is stamped from the mold, "4/5 QUART" four times around the bottom edge.

1976.48.3

Made by Vermont Wineries, Inc. in Danby, Vermont

Box

Printed cardboard box for maple candy. The box is printed with a dark red background and features a cartoon figure with short brown hair, puckered lips, and a bright red sweater with white bands around each upper arm and a large turquoise "D" on the front. Beside the figure are the words, "PURE MAPLE / SAP SUCKERS" in white and yellow/orange lettering. There are additional words about the weight and contents of the candy inside below the main text and on the back of the box.

1984.16.1

Bracelet

Light blue "rubber" bracelet with the words: " Stop the F-35/Save our skies." This came in the original cello-packaging.

2013.32.20

Mission statement from the organization that produced this bracelet.
"Our mission is to cancel the basing of the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter at the Vermont Air National Guard Station located at the Burlington, Vermont International Airport. We oppose the basing in order to protect the over 6,600 people living around the airport from the dangers associated with its basing. Some of these include adverse health impacts on children and adults, cognitive impairment in children, reduction in property values, classification of thousands of affordable homes as being unsuitable for residential use, disproportional negative impacts to minorities and people with low incomes, risk of loss of life from crashes, and nuclear threats from and to Vermont."

From the Associated Press in September of 2019 - "The first two of an eventual 20 F-35 jets arrived Thursday at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, the first Guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter. "

Butter Mold

Wooden butter mold. The mold consists of a rectangular box frame, a closely-fitted rectangular insert, and 4 square presses, or stamps. The frame is held together at the corners with box joints, and there are 2 wooden bars running horizontally across the base. The bottom is left open. There is an oval hole on each side end. The insert has slightly flaring sides and is held together with screws. 1 end piece has been replaced, as have all but 2 screws. There are 3 dividers across the insert, separating it into 4 pieces. The four square stamps are each carved with a different floral design: a branch with 3 berries and several leaves; a tied sheaf of wheat; a branch with 3 acorns and 3 leaves; a thorned stem with a rose, a bud, and 3 leaves. Each stamp has a chip carved border. The stamps are not attached, but holes in both the stamp pieces and the insert indicate that they were originally attached.

2022.65.1a-f

Attributed to John Hand Varnum of Peacham, Vermont.

Button, Political

A green and white button with the image of a flower emerging over the words Green Up, which is an annual clean up event in Vermont in the spring.

2015.51.1

The first Green Up Day was held on April 18, 1970. In a letter written in 1984, former Gov. Deane Davis explained the origin for the now annual event. Robert Babcock, reporter for the Burlington Free Press, came to Davis after being appalled at the roadside litter that appeared as the snow melted in March 1969. He suggested to Davis that the state should sponsor a clean-up day. Davis liked the idea and set up a planning committee. Rather than rush to hold the event in 1969, the committee scheduled it for 1970. Babcock got a leave from the newspaper to work full-time on planning the event. For the first event, the interstate was closed from 9 a.m. to noon.

Coffee Mill

Coffee mill consisting of a cast iron grinder on a wooden box. The grinder is a round bowl with a central pillar. A metal grinder is inside the pillar and turns with the use of a curved, horizontal handle. A vertical wooden handle that attached to the end of the handle is now missing. The grinder sits on a hollow, square wooden base with a drawer. There is a round wooden knob at the center of the drawer face.

1960.115

Coffeepot

Tin coffeepot with metal handle. Simple design with an upper and lower band of beading. Dome lid with black (medal?) knob. Handle is a simple design with flourishes at the top. The back part of the handle is missing. 'Drip' of solder on the seam of the spout.

2004.38.9a-b

Made by George W. Simmons in North Bennington, Vermont

Corn Popper

Popcorn popper

2000.42.20

Made by Herb Neill of Plainfield, Vermont. Neill worked on the grounds crew at Goddard College and was a skilled blacksmith.

Flatware Tray

Bentwood silverware box. The rectangular tray has high sides, steamed to bend around curved corners. There is a center divider that rises to connect to a turned wooden handle.

1999.49

Made by either Samuel Ingalls or Barnard Hoyt.

Frying Pan

Iron frying pan with applied handle. The round pan has a flat base and angled, hand-shaped sides with a slightly irregular top edge. The attached handle is made from a second piece of iron and has squared edges. The handle is upturned at the same angle as the sides, then is bent to be horizontal, before angling sharply down to create a hook-like end for storing.

1960.74.4

Glass Suncatcher

Hand-blown and hand-stamped colorless glass suncatcher from AO Glass. The circular suncatcher has a hole near the top with a pale tan ribbon through it for hanging. The central design shows the moon nearly covering the sun, with a diamond-like sparkle to indicate the moment just before totality during the eclipse. The hand-blown glass round was stamped with a graphite stamp designed by Justin Harris.

Harris writes, "Since 2012, AO Glass has been crafting stamped sun catchers and ornaments with a mastery that reflects their expertise in interpreting graphic symbols through the medium of glass. With a keen eye for capturing the interplay of light within the confines of a flat circle, they have honed their craft to perfection. Spearheaded by Justin M Harris, this particular piece represents a meticulous transformation journey from image to graphite and finally to glass. Harris's vision was to encapsulate the essence of that awe-inspiring 'diamond ring' moment just before the full totality, translating it into a tangible work of art."

Process photos courtesy of Brian MacDonald Photography.

2024.17.2

Graphite Stamp

Graphite stamp designed by Justin Harris at AO Glass to create custom suncatchers for the 2024 total eclipse in Vermont. The graphite cylinder is smooth on the sides and top and bottom surfaces, with a laser-cut design of the "diamond" moment just before totality. The underside of the stamp has a circle of stars around the edge that were part of an old, discarded design.

Harris writes, "Since 2012, AO Glass has been crafting stamped sun catchers and ornaments with a mastery that reflects their expertise in interpreting graphic symbols through the medium of glass. With a keen eye for capturing the interplay of light within the confines of a flat circle, they have honed their craft to perfection. Spearheaded by Justin M Harris, this particular piece represents a meticulous transformation journey from image to graphite and finally to glass. Harris's vision was to encapsulate the essence of that awe-inspiring 'diamond ring' moment just before the full totality, translating it into a tangible work of art."

2024.17.1

Hard Hat

White hard hat. The hat is made of molded plastic, with strapping lines running front to back, and a narrow brim. A green "label maker" sticker runs across the front brim that reads, "GOVERNOR DEANE C. DAVIS". Above that sticker was a sticker for Green Up Day, now missing. The hat is signed all over in grease pencil.

1998.17

Worn by Gov. Deane Davis at the first Green Up Day.

Jar, Food-Storage

8 ounce clear glass jar of maple cream. The green and gold paper label indicates this is from Bragg Farm Sugarhouse and Gift Shop on Route 14, East Montpelier. The screw-on lid is gold color metal. The receipt for the purchase is in the attached poly bag.

2014.52.33

Jug

3.4 oz. maple syrup jug received as a wedding favor. Tan with green lettering on front: "DAKIN FARM/ PURE/ VERMONT/ MAPLE SYRUP"; panel on left: "EST/ 3.4 FL. OZ." and panel on right: "1792/ Seal of Quality/ Vermont" Printed in a box on back: "OUR PURE VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP" with information re processing procedure, address, etc.

Black plastic cap has white label reading: "VERMONT/ GRADE A/ MEDIUM AMBER"

1992.54.1

Maple Sugar Mold

Maple sugar mold carved from a single piece of wood. Three concave designs arranged vertically top to bottom: cross, heart, and quatrefoil.

L2024.3.76

These molds, usually found in Canada, were originally meant to mold cooling maple syrup into solid decorative chunks. They were an adaptation or evolution of the bark sugar cone. This one, crafted in maple, has a good Vermont Abenaki family provenance from the Demars Family of Highgate, Vermont, a family that has provided important Abenaki oral history used in the Missisquoi and Nulhegan state recognition petitions. The quatrefoil at the bottom of the mold is shaped similarly to the “Wabanaki quatrefoil” beaded design examples from 30 – 50 years before.

Pan, Pie

Tin fluted pie pan with patch applied over hole in center. The patch is 8 sided and is applied to the inside of the pan. Handmade. See tracing on Worksheet.

1984.24.14

Owned by a member of the Knapp family

Political Button

Round yellow button printed with the inscription, "RECYCLE TODAY... / TOMORROW IS TOO LATE" around the edge and the triangular recycling symbol in the center. The symbol, which consists of three arrows pointing around a triangle, is filled with a pattern of the earth seen from space.

2022.4.2

Political Button

White button with green lettering: "I'M AN ENERGY SAVER'' Green silhouette of State of Vt. next to slogan. Label on back: "1976 distributed by Vermont branch of American Automobile Assoc., Montpelier."

1976.37.6

Gas price spikes and supply disruptions beginning in 1973 led to a national discussion about how to respond. One result was nationwide maximum speed limit of 55 mph. The American Automobile Association created a "Gas Watchers Guide" in 1975 that offered ways that its members -- car drivers -- could cut their gasoline costs and use. This pin may have been part of that campaign that encouraged car pooling, modest speeds, consolidating trips and keeping cars in tune.

Political Button

Yellow/green button/pin reading "Vermonters/ Organized for/ Clean-Up/ JOIN US". In lower center are 4 images: Chemistry bottle, test tube, an oil drum(?), and 3 smoke stacks with fumes. The writing is in calligraphy. The words are arranged so the letters VOC fall one above the other. Pin has safety clasp.

1985.18.1

The organization, Vermonters Organized for Clean-up" was incorporated on April 19, 1984 as an environmental protection business. It is listed in 2020 as inactive. It's official address was Williamstown, also the address for its two directors, Theresa Freeman and Marianne Miller.

Political Button

"Save the Long Trail" pin. Black printing on pale green paper - mounted on a pin back.

2009.14.2

No information was found to explain the purpose of this pin. However, the following excerpt from the Green Mountain Club's website (https://www.greenmountainclub.org/conservation/protecting-long-trail/)
explains the ongoing efforts to protect the trail from one end of the state to the other.

"Since the 1980s, the Green Mountain Club has sought to secure a permanent route for the Long Trail. While in the early years, the club could rely on simple handshake agreements with landowners, a few threats of trail closure and development near the trail inspired the club to kick off its Long Trail Protection Campaign.

The Long Trail Protection Campaign has resulted in the conservation of more than 25,000 acres of Vermont forest land through which the Long Trail and its side trails cross. The club has protected more than 78 miles of the Long Trail and continues to strive to conserve the remaining 6.5 miles of the trail (Note: much of the trail was conserved before this campaign thanks to the national forest and state lands). With only a few miles left unprotected, the club continues to work with willing landowners to provide the public with long term certainty that the trail will never close.

The club’s Long Trail Protection Campaign has always relied exclusively on willing landowner sales and easements. The club has partnered with the state of Vermont to transfer many of the lands it has conserved into the state forest system."

Political Button

Round button with a wide red border and a red line spanning the white center. Beneath the line is the black silhouette of a fighter jet, and on the line is the white inscription, "STOPtheF35.COM".

2013.52.18

Made to oppose the basing of the F-35, a Joint Strike Fighter at the Vermont Air National Guard Station in Burlington, Vermont.

Political Button

Round white pin with red lettering and images. At the top, the word, "Vermont." At the bottom, the words, "Conservation Celebration" in a scroll. In the middle, two hands seems to release two birds, a fish, a flower and leaves (one oak and the other a maple).

1989.47.1

An all-day (9 a.m. -6 p.m.) Conservation Celebration was held by the Vermont Natural Resources Council on Sept. 16, 1989 on the lawn of the Statehouse. The event included workshops by various environmental organizations on topics such as town planning, weather, forestlands, woodcarving, composting and recycling. Gov. Madeleine Kunin spoke as did environmental advocates. there was music and other entertainment and activities for children.

Political Button

This blue button/pin has an image of water, a loon, and pond grass or reeds. Black letters state: "PROTECT BERLIN POND". There is a pin attached to the back.

2014.52.15

Background from a commentary published in 2014 by "Page Guertin, a Montpelier resident and member of Citizens to Protect Berlin Pond, the group that has filed a petition with the Agency of Natural Resources to protect the pond from recreational access.

Berlin Pond has been Montpelier’s water supply source for 130 years, and during most of that time it was protected from human access, and therefore a relatively pure water supply. Now a combination of governmental action (or inaction) and a Vermont Supreme Court ruling has turned that history on its head, and Montpelier’s water supply is seriously threatened by human recreation on the pond. Montpelier owns most of the land around the pond, but a disputed area is being surveyed for the possibility of installing a gravel launch ramp for boats, to be built and financed by our Department of Fish and Wildlife (F&W).

The ramp was built and opened in 2018.

Promotional Button

Metal pin, painted white with green lettering and graphics. Pin back has a safety clasp. Face reads: "Vermont/GREEN UP/VOLUNTEER"
white, green

1989.58.2

The first Green Up Day was held on April 18, 1970. In a letter written in 1984, former Gov. Deane Davis explained the origin for the now annual event. Robert Babcock, reporter for the Burlington Free Press, came to Davis after being appalled at the roadside litter that appeared as the snow melted in March 1969. He suggested to Davis that the state should sponsor a clean-up day. Davis liked the idea and set up a planning committee. Rather than rush to hold the event in 1969, the committee scheduled it for 1970. Babcock got a leave from the newspaper to work full-time on planning the event. For the first event, the interstate was closed from 9 a.m. to noon.
Besides a copy of Davis' account, there are materials about the fifth anniversary in 1983 of the state's 1978 bottle return law.

Promotional Pin

Round metal pin with green and white enamel. The silver metal pin shows two white mountains in the center surrounded by green mountains and a large green tree. The edge is ringed with the inscription, "VERMONT GREEN UP / BEAUTIFY".

1990.7.1

Produced for the 20th anniversary of Green Up day, in 1990.

Sap Bucket

Brown-painted wooden sap bucket. The staves are secured by three hoops, one at the top just below the rim and two at the base. There is evidence of a second hoop at the top of the bucket, below the extant one, based on paint lines that show where the paint was applied when the bucket was completed. There is a hole drilled into the top of one stave approximately 1 inch from the top edge. The inset bottom has the initials "S.H.," likely for Samuel Hurlburt of Vergennes, Vermont.

2024.5.1

Separator, Egg

This yellow plastic egg separator advertises: SHADOW CROSS FARM/"Good Eggs To Deal With"/Colchester, VT./ Tel. 655-0444".

2014.52.41

Souvenir Paperweight

Pentagonal dodecahedron souvenir paperweight (a) with box (b). The white plastic paperweight's twelve sides each feature a different Vermont landmark with one side showing the outline of the state with the words "VERMONT THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE" in gold lettering. Landmarks are in metallic green, blue, black, red, and gold outlining. They feature the Lake Champlain ferries, making maple syrup, a covered bridge, the Hermit Thrush (Vermont's state bird) and red clover (Vermont's state flower), Bennington Battle Monument, Quechee Gulf Gorge, the State Capitol building, Granite Quarry at Barre, winter sports, Battery Park in Burlington, and a mountain chairlift. The blue cardboard box has white-edged pentagonal wording and cut-outs explaining the shape of the paperweight and identify it as "The Keepsake Souvenir Paperweight WITH YOUR FAVORITE VIEWS," and highlights that it will be, "A real conversation piece guaranteed to arouse curiosity and comment."

2024.12.5a-b

Still

Part of a copper grappa still.

2011.37.1

Syrup Bottle

Brown glass syrup bottle with metal twist-off cap. The front of the bottle has a paper label that reads, "Special Bicentennial flask/LOG CABIN SYRUP".

1996.16.44

Produced to commemorate the United States Bicentennial

Syrup Sampler

Sampler of four glass bottles of maple syrup inside a plywood display case. The case is made of five pieces of plywood and fronted with glass. The top of the case has a drawer handle and the handwritten label, "Pawlet VT." An index card secured to the inside of the glass panel reads, "THIS SYRUP MADE FROM SAME SUPER BUSH SAME FAMILY, ONE ON RIGHT MADE IN [IRON] KETTLE". Inside the case are four bottles, held within a custom divider system created from repurposed styrofoam packing materials. Each bottle has a handwritten paper label giving the year the syrup was tapped (left to right: 1945, 1922, 1888, 1877). In front of the divider is a wooden tap spout.

1994.35a-f

Made by the Moore family of Pawlet, Vermont.

T-Shirt

White t-shirt with image in center of a green creature picking up trash. Printed above in green letters: "GREENASAURUS SAYS" and below: "GREEN UP VERMONT" Label at neck gives maker, washing instructions and size (L 42-44)

2001.31.15

T-Shirt

White t-shirt with image in center of a white cow with green spots, Printed above in blue letters: "GREEN UP " and below: "VERMONT" Labels at neck gives maker (Fruit of the Loom)and size (L), care and fabric content. Printed on back in green: "GREEN UP VERMONT" in circle in center; "Proud Partners" printed above, with names of partners printed on either side, and below: "Green Up Day/ 2000/ 30th/ Anniversary" Also printed below circle: "Logo printing Donated by/ Bear-graphics/ Screen Printers/ Signmakers/ . . . . Brownington Ctr., VT"

2001.31.17