Historic New England

Muff

Dark brown fur muff- barrel shaped. Dark/chocolate brown silk lining. Has a black satin (?) ribbon threaded through center and tied via knot/bow, but is otherwise unattached to muff. Short smooth, silky fur.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 180363

Accession Number: 2006.13

Goblet

Handblown glass footed goblet of green and gold iridescent vertical stripes. Applied textured knobs along body and a clear glass handle in the form of a dragon.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180365

Accession Number: 2006.44.1946.1

Collection of wallpaper tools and equipment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180367

Accession Number: 2009.28.1

Metal toolbox

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180368

Accession Number: 2009.28.2

Custom made wooden box/board

Custom made wooden box/board used as a portable work surface/toolbox.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180369

Accession Number: 2009.28.3

"The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle"

Watercolor on paper, "The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle". Signed lower right: "Gertrude Beals Bourne". Interior scene of a room with beamed ceiling. Large open fireplace with metal hood in center of room. Hanging lamp, glass globes, and porcelain pitchers hang from ceiling beams. Green windsor ch...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: Bourne, Gertrude Beals, 1868-1962 (Artist)

GUSN: 180370

Accession Number: 2009.29.1

Muff

.1- Tan mink muff with strips with brown- medium to long furs- dark brown silk lining, has a brown car/loop attached at one end.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 180371

Accession Number: 2006.14.1

Muff Box

.2- Green box

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 180372

Accession Number: 2006.14.2

Muff Box Lid

.3- cover made of cardboard - inside rim of cover has a red edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 180373

Accession Number: 2006.14.3

Refrigerator

Monitor-top refrigerator; white enamel with chrome (?) trim, handle and hinges; one door; four short legs with pad-shaped feet; latch handle; interior iron rack; condenser coils on the top are visible (not enclosed); top is rounded on sides and flat on top.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: General Electric Company (Manufacturer)

Material: enamel (fused coating), metal

GUSN: 180393

Accession Number: 2006.15

Norge Gas Stove

White enameled iron stove; box-like shape; four black "spoked" gas burners on PR top half; smooth surface to PL of burners; backsplash of rear of stove top, front of stove has four doors/drawers with chrome-plated horizontal iron handles that taper at the ends and are ribbed at the center; five whit...

Date: 1950s

Maker: Norge (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 180394

Accession Number: 2006.17

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180397

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.19

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180399

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.17

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180400

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.13

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180401

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.23

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180402

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.25

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180403

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.11

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180406

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.16

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180409

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.26

Bowl

Double handled bowl with moss green exterior glaze and golden yellow interior glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 180410

Accession Number: 2006.44.1797

Bowl

Yellow ware bowl with three white bands around body of bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 180412

Accession Number: 2006.44.1796

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180414

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.15

Bouillon cup set

Set of eleven porcelain bouillon cups and thirteen saucers. Decorated with a raspberry colored band and delicate floral gilt.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180415

Accession Number: 2006.44.3048

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180416

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.14

Mixing bowl

White mixing bowl with ribbed sides. Green band decoration around top of bowl, crackled glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 180418

Accession Number: 2006.44.1798

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180419

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.21

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180421

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.24

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180422

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.20

Mixing bowl

Small yellow ware mixing bowl with spout. Fluted sides with slightly flared rim. Part of a set of three.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 180423

Accession Number: 2006.44.1793.1

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180424

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.12

Bouillon cup

Porcelain bouillon cup. Decorated with a raspberry colored band and delicate floral gilt. Ear shaped handles shaped with swirls.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180425

Accession Number: 2006.44.3048.3

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241604

Accession Number: 1998.1522.10

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241605

Accession Number: 1998.1522.11

"Palais-Royal" Wallpaper

French Scenic wallpaper "Palais-Royal" pattern. Twenty length pattern depicts groups of men and women walking, sitting, riding horses, reading, and playing games. Each panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block printed in grisaille on blue ground. Original manufacturer...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241606

Accession Number: 2010.27.1

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments with three dimensional geometric pattern of blocks (parallelopipedon) and chains printed in green and brown on green ground. Fragment [B] has an attached border of a three dimensional pattern in black and white on blue ground with orange accents. Block printed. Found underneath F...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241607

Accession Number: 2010.27.2A-D

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241608

Accession Number: 1998.1522.12

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241609

Accession Number: 1998.1522.13

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241610

Accession Number: 1998.1522.14

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241611

Accession Number: 1998.1522.15

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241612

Accession Number: 1998.1522.16

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241613

Accession Number: 1998.1522.17

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241614

Accession Number: 1998.1522.18

Curtain Rod

Cylindrical form, oak rod with belted brass ball finial.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), oak (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 241616

Accession Number: 1983.168.17

Bookends

Pair of hammered copper bookends. Rectangular shape with smooth center panel. Green felt glued to bottom edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), felt (textile)

GUSN: 241640

Accession Number: 2006.44.3539AB

Desk globe

Terrestrial globe on bent wire stand. Paper globe depicts all of the continents and oceans. Major countries are labeled with their capitals.

Date: 1909

Maker: Weber Costello Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), copper (metal)

GUSN: 241641

Accession Number: 2006.44.3540

Needlework Picture

Oval-shaped mourning picture depicts a plinth surmounted by an urn, with a willow tree on the left and a kneeling woman in a white Empire-waisted dress and several small houses in the background to the right. The plinth is inscribed (see Inscription field for text). The picture is worked on an ivory...

Date: 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), watercolor (paint), ink

GUSN: 241643

Accession Number: 1974.445

Mug

Large cylindrical shaped mug with twisted rope handle. Blue and white glaze with printed scenic decoration of a Chinese pagoda, mountains, river, and bridge. Three band blue border around rim. Unglazed bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 241645

Accession Number: 2006.44.3541

Pen holder

Cylinder shaped container with carved and openwork design and concave bottom. Appears to have been carved from a large gourd. Design includes carved flowering trees and people sitting in a pagoda.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241647

Accession Number: 2006.44.3542

Side Chair

Classical klismos form embellished with stylized anthemions and raised veneered panel on the crest rail; swag-carved splat. Reproduction leather slip seat.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, leather

GUSN: 241658

Accession Number: 1963.342B

Portrait of a Sea Captain

Pastel portrait of a sea captain; three-quarter length man wearing a dark blue coat with red vest trimmed in gold; black top hat; telescope tucked under right arm; ship in distance with US flag; in oval gilt frame.

Date: 1794

Maker: Attributed to Hirschmann, Franz Ludwig, 1775-1875 (Pastelist)

Material: pastels (visual works)

GUSN: 241695

Accession Number: 1942.1661

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