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Collection: Boyle County Public Library Artifacts

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Elizabeth T. L. Wilkinson Fireplace Set

Fireplace Set under the portrait of Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson.

Tags: Elizabeth Wilkinson, fireplace set, fireplaces

Saber Tooth Tiger

Bronze cast from a fossil skull of a sabre tooth tiger sitting on a bronze and marble base. Work has a dark patina.

Tags: prehistoric, prehistoric mammals, Saber-tooth tigers, sculpture, Smilodon, tigers

Gettysburg Lincoln

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Bronze head of Abraham Lincoln with gold patina, mounted onto an acrylic base.

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, bronze, busts, Lincoln, sculptures

The Venus de' Medici

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Bronze sculpture, copy of The Venus de' Medici. A nude Venus with two putti riding a dolphin.

Tags: Aphrodite, bronze, dolphins, goddess, Grecian, Greece, Greeks, Hellenistic, putti, sculptures, Venus, Venus de' Medici

Albert Enstein - Bronze

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Bronze head of Albert Einstein mounted onto a square, dark wooden base. The original was modeled from life and completed in 1953. This is a cast.

Tags: Albert Einstein, bronze, busts, Einstein

John Ruskin

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A terra cotta bust of John Ruskin. Modeled by G. Atkinson and produced by Jabez Thompson.

Tags: busts, John Ruskin, terra cotta

Benjamin Franklin Bust

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Ceramic bust of Benjamin Franklin

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, busts

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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Commemorative plate for America's Sesqui Centennial featuring Norman Rockwell's Benjamin Franklin standing beside a desk, ready to sign the Declaration of Independance.

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence, Norman Rockwell, plates, Rockwell

Cast ceramic, plaque of a horse

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Cast ceramic plaque of a horse.

Tags: ceramics, horses, plaques

Flamenco: Body and Soul: Panel I, II, III

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Three panels created to describe the Flamenco dance. Using tie-dye, batik, applique and screen printing techniques. The first panel has a large heart in the center surrounded by a vine and hearts and flowers in the background. The second panel has…

Tags: batik, dancers, flamenco, flowers, hearts, suns, tie-dye, vines

Flowers and Two Birds

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A cast of two birds and flowers, painted with a brownish/red patina, made from expanding polyurethane foam filler

Tags: birds, casts, flowers, polyurethane

Female Doll

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Female, fabric doll with long, braided black yarn hair. She has glass eyes. Her head is formed with wood covered in fabric. She is wearing a white dress with short sleeves that has horizontal stripes in the skirt. She has a scarf that is orange,…

Tags: dolls, female, girls, Mexican, Mexico

Male Doll

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Male doll with a body made from leather and fabric clothes. He has short black hair made from horse hair?. He is wearing a woven straw hat and has a woven basket to his side and has brightly colored textiles around his body. His shirt is tan and his…

Tags: boys, dolls, male, Mexican, Mexico

Standing Bear

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Painting of a brown standing bear painted on a white feather with a black tip.

Tags: bears, feathers, paintings

Wolf

Painting of a wolf's head on a black feather.

Tags: feathers, paintings, wolves

Counting Pennies, Collage

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Felt collage composed of hand dyed wool fibers. Hand made felt is cut and stitched.

Tags: collage, felt, wool

Curious Flaming Flamingo

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Blown glass with murrini

Tags: blown glass

Black and Green Bowl

Green and black glass bowl type sculpture.

Tags: bowls, glass, shell

Time Zippy

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The work is a series of 365 blown glass orbs (10 inches) of various colors, hanging in an inverted cone from the ceiling of the vestibule.

Tags: balloons, blown glass, glass, glass orbs, hanging sculpture, time, year

Stained Glass

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Stained glass hanging from the ceiling between the Mahan house and the computers on the 5th level

Tags: glass, stained glass

Stained Glass Screen

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Stained Glass Triptich - 3 Panel

Tags: glass, screens, stained glass

John Christian Bullit Fireplace Set

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Fireplace Set that once belonged to John Christian Bullit, Graduate at Centre College 1824-1902.

Tags: fireplace set, fireplaces, John Christian Bullit

English Wrought-Iron Gates

Two English wrought-iron gates. Originally installed at the entrance of a Queen Anne style country manor north of London.

Tags: England, English, gates, iron, wrought-iron

Commodore Perry Scrimshaw

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An Ivory tusk with Scimshaw on both sides.
Side 1: Portrait of Commodore Perry, with banner underneath
Side 2: The Ship: Lawrence

Tags: boats, commodore, engravings, ivory, navy, Oliver Hazard Perry, scrollwork, ships

It's a Small World

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The work is a fabric hanging of the Earth with seven (7) children of various countries holding hands.

Tags: earth, fabric, multi-cultural, textiles, world

Young-Rodes Seal

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Young-Rodes Seal and Press, used on imprinting books

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Boyle County Public Library, Young-Rodes

Madonna

Oil on canvas on wood of Madonna icon.

Tags: Madonna, oil paintings, religious icon

Cascade of Knowledge

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Mixed media collage, incorporating: parts of books, leaves, stamps and other items of ephemera.

Tags: basketballs, books, dogs, leaves, Lincoln, maps, mixed media, stamps, statues, trumplets, Van Gogh, violins

One Third of a Dollar

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One third of a dollar, printed on paper. On front, image of sundial with the words: "FUGIO/Mind Your Business." On reverse, 13 interlocking circles with the names of the original colonies."

Tags: Continental Currency, Currency, Dollars, money, Philadelphia Hall & Sellers

Screen with Butterflies and Flowers

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A contemporary Yonkyoku byobu, four panel paper and silk screen with wooden frame work, depicting butterflies, flowers and birds.

Tags: birds, butterflies, flowers, paper silk screen, silk, Yonkyoku byobu

Audubon Museum Front

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A plaster replica of the Audubon Museum located in Henderson County, KY.

Tags: Audubon, buildings, museums, replicas, WPA

Ephraim McDowell Home

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Glazed, plaster replica of the Ephraim McDowell Home. Part of the WPA Kentucky Museum Project.

Tags: Ephraim McDowell, houses, mcdowell, plaster, replicas, WPA

Goethe

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Plaster sculpture of Goethe. He is standing, leaning against a tree stump with a scroll in his proper left hand and what appears to be a cloth (broken) in his proper right hand.

Tags: German, Goethe, literature, marble, novelists, plays, poetry, poets, sculptures, theater

Chinese Export Bowl

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Chinese export decorative bowl with dragon, bird, dog imagery in reds, greens and gold filigree on the interior sides; a blue lion on the base of the interior and blue landscape on the exterior

Tags: birds, bowls, Chinese, dogs, dragons, exports, lions, porcelain

United States of America 34 Star Flag

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Silk flag of the United States of America. Thirteen stripes (seven red, six white). 34 white stars in a star pattern on a blue background. Measures 9.5 by 14 inches

Tags: flags, silk, stars, stars and stripes., stripes

Boyle Silver Spoon

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Silver spoon made by the Duhme Company in the "double swell fiddle" pattern

Tags: Judge Boyle, silver, silver spoons, spoons

Map Table

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Hand painted coffee table with a map on the table top. Imagery of keys, maginifying glass, and pocket watch at the corners of the map. Has a glass top for protection.

Tags: keys, magnifying glasss, maps, pocket watches, tables

Man Riding Horse

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Tags: ceramics, horses, men

Handprints

The work is made up of eleven (11) white tiles with children's handprints in a variety of colors. They are surrounded by blue tiles to complete the wall panel. The grouting is white.

Tags: children, handprints, hands, kids

Checkerboard Bowl

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Wooden bowl made of two different woods in a checkerboard pattern

Tags: bowls, checkerboards, patterns, wooden

Woodpecker

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Carved wooden Black and White Woodpecker with Red spot on top of head. Bird is standing on a piece of wood.

Tags: birds, carvings, wood, woodpecker

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

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Two, small wooden sculptures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. They are attached to a granite base with screws.

Tags: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, statues

Kokpelli, Moon, Sun, & Gecko Table

Hand painted coffee table with a large green gecko in the middle and a sun, moon and Kokpelli around it. Each leg is painted in a different pattern.

Tags: geckos, moons, suns, tables

Totem Pole

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Painted, polychrome wooden totem pole with four figures. From top down: human, hawk, beaver, octopus.

Tags: beaver, hawk, human, octopus, totem poles, totems, wood

Wooden Ship

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Tags: boats, ships, wood

Toraja House Model

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Model of a Toraja house made from wood and bamboo and painted. It has the traditional saddle shaped roof. It was made for the tourist trade.

Tags: Bamboo, houses, Toraja house, wood

Fragata Espanola

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A model ship of the Fragata Espanola ano 1780 made from wood, plastic, canvas and string.

Tags: boats, canvas, plastic, ships, wood

Judge Cheek's Baby Blanket

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A wool blanket, cream with pink stripes. One edge has 1/4" silk edging and the other edge has 1/4" cotton edging.

Tags: babies, blankets, Judge Cheek, wool

Indo-Bidjar Oriental Rug

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Indo-Bidjar Oriental Rug. Made of woven wool with cotton fringe at two ends.

Tags: oriental, oriental rugs, rugs, wool, woven

Oriental Rugs

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Oriental Rugs on the 4th level of the library. These are in the Reading Room and in front of the Reference desk.

Tags: oriental, oriental rugs, rugs, wool, woven

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