Historic New England

Salad Spoon

Silver salad spoon. Louis XV pattern.

Maker: Whiting Manufacturing Co.

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 51627

Accession Number: 1987.403

Pastel Set

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51628

Accession Number: 1987.408

Settee

Settee. Walnut. Arms and back pierced with Moorish arches and trefoils, relieved front rail. Rests on architectural legs and stiles.

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, upholstering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 51629

Accession Number: 1987.409

Table

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51630

Accession Number: 1987.410

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 51631

Accession Number: 1987.411

Portrait of Rosamond Sears (1910-1992)

Portrait of an older woman with white hair wearing a dark blue satin shirt and black shawl. Sitter is wearing pearl earrings and a double strand of pearls around her neck. Pastel on paper, plain wood frame.

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: Hunter, Robert Douglas, 1928- (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51632

Accession Number: 1987.412

Vase

Squat rounded body stoneware vase with rough black glaze and gray border of fish swimming.

Date: 1900

Maker: Crook, Russel G. (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 51633

Accession Number: 1987.414

Portrait of a Girl

Bust-length portrait of a girl with blond hair, black bow, brown dress.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Stuart, M. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51634

Accession Number: 1987.415

Inkwell

Square, footed arts and crafts-style inkwell with bronze filigree and green and white glass panels with colorless glass insert.

Maker: Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.) (Maker)

Material: bronze (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 51635

Accession Number: 1987.416.1AB

Calender Stand

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51636

Accession Number: 1987.416.2

Blotter with Decorative Copper End Pieces

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51637

Accession Number: 1987.416.3A-C

Piano Stool

Cabriole legs; claw and ball fee; carved knees, skirt and feet; horsehair cushion with floral velvet upholstery.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: horsehair, upholstering, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51638

Accession Number: 1987.417.2

Bust

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51639

Accession Number: 1987.418

Coastal Scene

Landscape painting depicting a green pasture and several white buildings on a riverbank, two masted sailboat at right. Oil on canvas. Plain gilt painted wood frame.

Date: 1887

Maker: Woodbury, Charles Herbert (American painter and etcher, 1864-1940) (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51640

Accession Number: 1987.419

Bird Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51641

Accession Number: 1987.420.1

Bird Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51642

Accession Number: 1987.420.2

Sculpture "Setter Carrying a Pheasant"

Patinated bronze sculpture of a setter holding a dead pheasant in its mouth. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Green baize bottom.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: Dubucand, Alfred, 1828-1894 (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 51643

Accession Number: 1987.422

Pheasant Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51644

Accession Number: 1987.423

Bowl

Small earthenware decorative bowl with mottled blue-green glaze, interior white bands and small rosettes.

Date: 1910

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 51645

Accession Number: 1987.424

Serving Fork

Silver serving fork with a pointed oval handle and four tines.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 51646

Accession Number: 1987.426.1

Serving Spoon

Silver serving spoon. Pointed oval handle with an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 51647

Accession Number: 1987.426.2

Wall Vase

Green, torpedo-shaped, earthenware vase with one hole in back for hanging.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 51648

Accession Number: 1987.427

Rocking Chair

Rocking chair. Maple posts; ash stretchers, upholstery. Upholstered over four-slat back; long upholstered skirt.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 51649

Accession Number: 1987.429A

Table

Turned legs and ball feet, box stretchers; rails and stretchers (formerly) molded

Date: 1715-1745

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 51650

Accession Number: 1987.430

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 51651

Accession Number: 1987.431

Table

3 sausage-turned legs, round top.

Date: 1885-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, ebony (color), oak (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 51652

Accession Number: 1987.432

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51653

Accession Number: 1987.433

Child's Rocking Chair

Child's rocking chair with a three-slat back; turned finials; round legs, posts, stretchers; short rockers.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51655

Accession Number: 1987.437

Chair

Chair. Wood, rush seat, painted black. Four-slat back; turned rear posts; acorn finials; turned front stretchers; turned urn below seat frame.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: rush (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51656

Accession Number: 1987.438

Slate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 51657

Accession Number: 1987.439

Bookcase

Oak bookcase with 4 doors, 3 glass panels each. Simple molded base and cornice.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51658

Accession Number: 1987.441

Loiness Sculpture, Bayre Copy

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 51659

Accession Number: 1987.444

Child's Sack-Back Chair

Child's sack-back Windsor Chair. Plain spindles; turned arm supports. Rests on turned legs.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Paine Furniture Company (Manufacturer)

Material: ash (wood), oak (wood), staining

GUSN: 51660

Accession Number: 1987.445

Portrait Painting

Half-length, man in profile, black jacket, white collar.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 51661

Accession Number: 1987.446

Shot Glass

Colorless shot glass with rounded foot and hand-painted decoration of crest with bird below a crown flanked by red and gray leaves. Gray and white dots around foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 51662

Accession Number: 1987.447

Windmill

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51663

Accession Number: 1987.448

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51664

Accession Number: 1987.449

Spoon

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51665

Accession Number: 1987.451.2A

Glass Bear

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51666

Accession Number: 1987.452

Bookcase

Small bookcase with two flat shelves and one slanted stand; pierced trefoil and quatrefoil designs; visible tenons with keys through sides.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 51667

Accession Number: 1987.453

Morris Chair

Slat back with serpentine stiles, seat rails form rear legs; arm supports carved similar to spindles.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Morris (Designer)

Material: ash (wood), cherry (wood), staining, ebony (color), leather, upholstering

GUSN: 51668

Accession Number: 1987.454

Sampler

This combination verse and alphabet sampler was worked on a linen ground in silk thread, depicting a house surrounded by leafy trees, hills and birds. Above the scene is a verse and above that is an alphabet. Below the scene is an inscription with the needleworker's name and age. A green and white s...

Date: 1800

Maker: Glezen, Nancy (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 51669

Accession Number: 1987.456

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51670

Accession Number: 1987.457

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51671

Accession Number: 1987.458

Punch bowl

Interior border: underglaze blue herringbone band w/ stylized "leaf" chain; central decoration: rocks and exotic grasses on pond; exterior has 2 scenes: 1) smaller exotic grass scene and 2) larger exotic grass scene w/ fence.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), grass (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), underglazing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 51672

Accession Number: 1987.459

Saucer

Slightly lobed body with scalloped gilt edge; central heraldic device: bird, facing left perched atop shield with gilt floral spray surrounded by olive branches.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 51673

Accession Number: 1987.460.1

Landscape Picture

Framed watercolor of Bald Mountain.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51563

Accession Number: 1987.308

Certificate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51564

Accession Number: 1987.309

Painting

Still life, oil on canvas.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51565

Accession Number: 1987.310A

Picture Frame

Empty wooden frame, no hanging mechanisms.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51566

Accession Number: 1987.311

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