This category contains many personal objects belonging to the Rosenbach family as well as those collected by Philip Rosenbach; this category is also highly represented within the Marianne Moore collection. Just over 200 objects of these designations were cataloged for the first time in 2002-2003, including a collection of walking sticks, snuff boxes, decorative stone bottles and cases, eyeglass and card cases, bookmarks, thimbles and sewing kits, small plaques in various media, as well as jewelry dating from antiquity to the 20th century. Within this group, the objects tend to be functional yet highly decorative and represent a wide range of media including precious metals, precious and semiprecious stones, wood, glass, enamel, and ceramics. Many are associated with notable people or families other than the Rosenbachs, including the ancient Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, and the Bonaparte family.

Fine and Decorative Arts

Fine Arts

Metal, Ceramics, and Glass

Portrait Miniatures

Furniture, Clocks, Looking
Glasses, Lighting, and Textiles

Vertu and Jewelry

Rare Books, Manuscripts,
Maps, and Broadsides

Americana

English, American, and
Continental Literature

Book Arts, Incunabula,
Maps and Broadsides

Judaica, Children’s Literature,
and Rosenbachiana

Collections Highlights

James Joyce's Ulysses

Marianne Moore Archive

Maurice Sendak Collection