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![Rochester Castle transfer print plate, James and Roalph Clews Pottery, Staffordshire, England, 1815-1834 Image of Rochester Castle transfer print plate, James and Roalph Clews Pottery, Staffordshire, England, 1815-1834.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Transfer_Plate_Blue_Pattern.jpg?itok=6Ae-cYKT)
James and Ralph Clews Pottery
Staffordshire, England
1815-1834
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![Cradle used by the Lincoln children. Image of the cradle used by the Lincoln children.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/LIHO5401_Cradle.jpg?itok=QE3m7e0R)
a. Cradle used by the three youngest Lincoln boys
b. Object was most likely made by a furniture manufacturer in New York or North Carolina
c. Purchased by the Lincolns at John Williams Dry Goods Store in Springfield probably around the time Edward Baker Lincoln was born in 1846 and used by the Lincolns’ sons until at least 1854.
d. Proper Name: Cradle
e. Unknown carpenter or manufacturer
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![Bench from Lincoln's home. Image of bench from Lincoln's home.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/WO8J0416.jpg?itok=lgq5gzWk)
a. Wooden bench owned by the Lincolns
b. Object was made in Springfield, IL
c. Object was made circa 1845 and used by the Lincolns until 1861
d. Proper Name: Settee or Bench
e. Object was made by local Springfield carpenter Solomon Conant
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![General Grant on horseback, hand-carved and painted wood sculpture, Frank Pierson Richards, ca. 1880-1888 Image of General Grant on horseback, hand-carved and painted wood sculpture, Frank Pierson Richards, ca. 1880-1888](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/1966_10_12_General_Grant_lowrez.jpg?itok=bU1QJQPS)
General Grant on Horseback
ca. 1880-1888
hand-carved and painted wood
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Richards, Springfield, Illinois
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![Bressmer Pharmaceutical bottle. Image of Bressmer Pharmaceutical bottle.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Druggist_Bressmer.jpg?itok=bvCWMACv)
Ca. 1889-1914
Embossed “THE John Bressmer/ Co./ SPRINGFIELD, ILL” and “C.L.G. CO”
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![Broadwell Pharmaceutical bottle. Image of Broadwell Pharmaceutical bottle.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Stuart_Druggist_Bottle.jpg?itok=C52BZmiI)
“Meet me at Broadwell’s.”
They said this in “Young Mr. Lincoln’s” time – and they say it today.
~“Young Mr. Lincoln” was a theater production advertised in 1939.
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![Brown Pharmaceutical bottle, The Golden Lion. Image of Brown Pharmaceutical bottle, The Golden Lion.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Golden_Lion_Bottlejpg.jpg?itok=6uCKRRjv)
Springfield, Illinois
1880-1897
Embossed “J.B. BROWN/DRUGGIST/&/BOOKSELLER/SPRINGFIELD/ILL”
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![Clarkson Pharmaceutical bottles. (shows tall Clarkson bottle back left and small version front right) Image of Clarkson Pharmaceutical bottles. (shows tall Clarkson bottle back left and small version front right)](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Pharmacy_Bottles.jpg?itok=0mO4iqsc)
Springfield, Illinois
Ca. 1906-1930
Embossed: “ROBERT CLARKSON/MODERN DRUGGIST/SPRINGFIELD, ILL” and on the base, “C.L.G. CO.”
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