As part of our mission to present quality objects from our material culture and to share our knowledge of the people who created them, the Bodenheimer-Mayer House features items that are known to have been produced within certain geographic areas. Elements from Ohio’s material culture are presented on this page. Items attributed to a specific county are organized under the county name. Items that are more broadly interpreted to be part of Ohio’s material culture are grouped together at the bottom of the page. Items currently available from Butler, Columbiana, Fairfield, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Holmes, Mahoning, Muskingum, Portage, Seneca, Warren, Washington and Wayne counties may be found by clicking on the county name. Clicking here will take you to the photographs of items more generally classified as having been produced in Ohio.
Butler County |
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Corner Cupboard, 1 piece, 16 light (2 x 8) attributed to Butler County Ohio |
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Columbiana County |
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Silhouette; John and Catherine Beard |
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Fairfield County |
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Ohio Sheraton Chest; 3/3 drawers; One board top with applied molding; reeded stiles; Attributed to Jacob Bope |
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Painted Blanket Chest, signed on the back T. Van Sickle, Rushville O |
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Work Table with early red finish and scrubbed top; Great verticality and turned legs |
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Four Drawer Empire Chest; Carved Sunbursts flank the top drawer; Roundels are carved into the plinth blocks above the legs; Turned half pilasters |
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Tall Case Clock; Moon dial movement; Original weights and cossack pendulum; Bowed waist door and base; Cherry, mahogany, and curly maple; Attributed to L. Breitenbaugh; 8′ – 6″ |
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Franklin County |
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Leuty McGuffey Manahan; The Dinner Bell – 1942; To see other works by the artist, click here |
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Jane Eckleberry – Girl on a Rocking Horse – SOLD |
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Hamilton County |
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2 Over 4 Chest of Drawers; Cherry and Tiger Maple; Solid tiger maple drawer fronts; Full turned rope pilasters |
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Hancock County |
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Covered Sugar Bowl; Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton Co.; Findlay Ohio, c1889 |
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Holmes County |
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Berlin Ohio Birth Fraktur; Watercolor and ink; Mounted on a paper backing with stickers and cut outs from trade cards attached; Signed by artist; 16 5/8″ x 12 5/8″ framed |
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Mahoning County |
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Mourning Fraktur; Records the birth of Maria Herntzelmann on June 15, 1829 in West Salem, Mercert County, Pennsylvania; And, her death on March 19, 1849 in Jackson Township, Mahoning County Ohio; Written in both German and English; 17 3/16″ x 14″ framed |
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Muskingum County |
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Pair of Half Arrow Back Windsor Chairs; One chair marked J(ames) Huey, Zanesville, Ohio; Both retains their original paint decoration |
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Zanesville Globular Bottle; 24 ribs swirled left; Rare medium aqua blue color; Open pontil; Rolled lip |
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Zanesville Globular Bottle; 24 ribs; Dark amber color; Open pontil; Rolled lip; Possibly White Glass Works |
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Shepard’s Masonic Flask; GIV-32; Aqua |
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Dr. Blocksom’s Chemical Warehouse Zanesville; Applied square collar top; Tubular open pontil; 4 1/4″ |
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Pattern Molded Open Salt; Cobalt blue; 24 vertical ribs; six petal applied base; Attributed to a Zanesville glass house; c1825; 2 7/8″ H , 2 1/2″ diameter – SOLD |
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Stoneware Piggy Bank, Attributed to a Roseville Pottery House |
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Conch Bowl, Magnolia pattern; Roseville Pottery |
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Sampler; Stitched by Julia Ann Williams, Age 10 Muskingum County Ohio; c1831; 15″ x 16 1/2″ |
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Portage County |
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Blue Opalescent Salt; Blown glass; Rough Pontil; Either Franklin; Kent or Mantua Glass Works; c1825;2 3/4″ H 2 5/8″ D |
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Seneca County |
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Dutrow’s Livery Trade Sign; William and David Dutrow ran a livery, sale, and feed stable in Tiffin; 183/8″ x 6 5/8″ c 1890 |
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Warren County |
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Child’s Chest of Drawers; Made by a civil war soldier at the Zoar Furniture Company; Warren County, Ohio; Made as a gift to his niece Emma; Each drawer contains a poignant message to Emma from her uncle |
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Washington County |
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Clerk’s Desk; Cherry; Single dovetailed drawer below a deep well; Interior with 3 dovetailed drawer and 11 pigeon holes; Descended through a Watertown Ohio family; Provenance available |
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Wayne County |
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Paint Decorated Blanket Chest; Attributed to a Sonnenberg (Kidron) Anabaptist/Swiss Mennonite/Amish community; Yellow allover outlining; Floral motif on front; Shaped apron; Exhibited at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio exhibition of early Ohio furniture |
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Generally Attributed to Ohio |
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Pottery Hall Dog; Signed on Bottom W T M or W M T; Unusual glaze – SOLD |
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Sewertile Owl on a Branch; 13″ H. |
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