Historic New England

Tea Kettle

Large tea kettle with tipper handle and cover fastened with chain.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 8432

Accession Number: 1991.636

Teakettle with Cover

Very large iron teakettle with tilter handle and three short legs.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 8433

Accession Number: 1991.637AB

Andiron

One of a pair of gooseneck andirons with cut-ball tops and double spit racks.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8434

Accession Number: 1991.638A

Andiron

One of a pair of gooseneck andirons with cut-ball tops and double spit racks.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8435

Accession Number: 1991.638B

Spit

Long rectangular shape, narrow at one end. Other end with quarter circle turn. Round handle with ball end; five rectangular holes along length of spit.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8436

Accession Number: 1991.639

Tea Kettle with Cover

Teapot has shaped fixed handle and painted cover and finial.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 8437

Accession Number: 1991.640AB

Trivet

Circular trivet with long handle standing on three legs.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8438

Accession Number: 1991.641

Rack

Stand with two trestle feet.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8439

Accession Number: 1991.642

Kettle hook

Swivel hook on elongated ring.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8440

Accession Number: 1991.643

Pot hook

Pot hook with two right angle hooks.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8441

Accession Number: 1991.644

Pot hook

S-shaped iron hook.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8442

Accession Number: 1991.645

Pot hook

S-shaped iron pot hook.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8443

Accession Number: 1991.646

Pot hook

S-shaped iron pot hook.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8444

Accession Number: 1991.647

Pot hook

Double-ended pot hook with slightly twisted shaft.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8445

Accession Number: 1991.648

Pot hook

Large iron pot hook.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8446

Accession Number: 1991.649

Trammel

Seven large iron rings with scrolled hanger on each end.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8447

Accession Number: 1991.650

Grisset

Wrought iron grisset. Has pouring spout and looped ends. Scroll-ended handle.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8448

Accession Number: 1991.651

Fireback

Large fireback of rectangular form with angled top corners.

Date: 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 8449

Accession Number: 1991.652

Box iron

Box iron with slug inside for heating. Lift door. Wooden handle.

Date: 1750-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 8450

Accession Number: 1991.653

Box iron

Box iron with hinged door and crooked handle.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 8451

Accession Number: 1991.654

Rug

Rectangular form patterned with oblong red scroll border enclosing polychrome floral ring on a variegated green ground. Worked on a burlap ground. Tan cotton tape binding.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8452

Accession Number: 1991.655

Box of Dominoes

A wooden box with a sliding cover with a thumbnail pull, enclosing 28 black and white wooden dominoes. The box is small and has dovetailed corners.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 2477

Accession Number: 1991.503

A coat-of-arms centering a gold shield with lion rampant on a checkerboard band, surmounted by a helmet and leafy mantling, and a bannerette with inscriptions below. The watercolor has worked in colors of red, gray, blue, black and white. Also, gold pigment and ink on paper. It has an original "Hoga...

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: Attributed to Searle, George, Mr. (Maker) Attributed to Cowan, Robert, Mr. (Maker)

Material: gesso, ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), pine (wood), sand, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2478

Accession Number: 1991.504

Whampoa with the Vessels of Different Nations Trading to Canton

Small rectangular format, with foreground landscape and numerous vessels flying British, Dutch and American flags in the middle distance before a mountain landscape with two temples in the distant background. It has the original bevel-shaped profile frame with gilded inner molding.

Date: dated 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2479

Accession Number: 1991.505.1

The American Ship Victory

Large, almost square format with a broadside view of the ship Victory at Whampoa. There are junks and other vessels nearby, with hills in the background. In original black carved Chinese frame with gold liner.

Date: 1850

Maker: Namcheong (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2480

Accession Number: 1991.506

Royal Coat of Arms

Coat-of-arms of Great Britian and Ireland. Royal arms of King George III carved in pine. The shield is enclosed in a garter with the motto of the Order of the Garter. Arms quartered: England impaling Scotland, France, Ireland; Brunswick impaling Lunenburg, a base point of Saxony, an escutcheon of Ha...

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), varnishing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2481

Accession Number: 1991.507

Acorn Mantel Clock

No description

Date: 1847-1860

Maker: Possibly Forestville Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 2482

Accession Number: 1991.509

Portrait of Anthony Waterman

Of rectangular format, portrait of a man, half length and facing slightly to the right. He has light brown hair that hangs long at the sides and his bangs over his forehead and brown eyes. He wears a high collar with a bow stock. It is in its original carved gold frame.

Date: dated 1798

Maker: Von Lyman, J. F. C. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2483

Accession Number: 1991.508

Portrait of a Minister

Large, rectangular format picture of a clergyman, shown half-length, facing right, with tabs and a black coat. He is wearing a white fitted wig. He has a full, ruddy face with a double chin and blue eyes. He holds white fabric in his hands (perhaps sugggesting baptismal, or other professional duties...

Date: September 8, 1789

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, paper (fiber product), oil pastels, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2484

Accession Number: 1991.510.1

Carpet

No description

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knotting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2485

Accession Number: 1991.511

Cape

A hand-sewn man's red and green plaid cape made of stiff wool and a carded stand-up collar. There are two floral carved buttons at the neck edge. It has side plackets for easy walking, and a lining of red wool in two shades.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: hand sewing, lining (process), linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 2486

Accession Number: 1991.512

Cape

A hand-sewn red, green and blue plaid woman's cape with a tan lining. It has a lined collar and small shoulder cape attached. The lining is soft and fine (possibly cotton woven with silk?)

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 2487

Accession Number: 1991.513

Shoulder Cape

A hand-sewn shoulder cape in red, green and black linen and lined in green. There is a hook and eye at the neck along with fabric tape for tying.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 2488

Accession Number: 1991.514

Portrait of a Cape Ann Builder

Rectangular format, bust length portrait of a man with black hair, gray eyes, pleated shirt and dark coat and vest; facing right side of painting; holds carpenter's plane in right hand; medium brown background; window view at right side of painting, showing a pitched roof yellow house with white tri...

Date: 1848

Maker: Wiggin, Alfred J. (Maker) Adams, J. J. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2489

Accession Number: 1991.515

Portrait of Mary Fitch Cabot (1724-1756)

Rectangular format, showing Mary Fitch Cabot, 3/4 length, sitting facing right. Behind her is a brown background and leafy trees to the left. Her brown hair is in curls at the back of her long neck. She has brown eyes and wears a silvery dress with a blue scarf over her right arm, holding a book in ...

Date: 1745-1752

Maker: Greenwood, John, 1727-1792 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2490

Accession Number: 1991.516

Wine Glass

Clear-blown wine glass of neo-classical style, with sway and tassle etched decoration with tiny cuts around the rim, fluted cut glass stem and plan foot.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, cutting (dividing), etching (corroding), etching (printing process), glass (material)

GUSN: 2491

Accession Number: 1991.517

Measuring Glass

Measuring glass, blown, cone-shaped with pouring lip, stemmed and on a wide round foot, etched with measurements for teaspoons, tablespoons, dram an drops in bold lettering and numbers.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, etching (corroding), etching (printing process), glass (material)

GUSN: 2492

Accession Number: 1991.518

Punch Strainer

Wooden punch bowl strainer fashioned from a single piece of fruitwood. It has a round bowl with pierced-carved holes at the center. It is balanced with two flat, shaped handles/rests at either side. It is very lightweight.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), fruitwood, piercing, turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2493

Accession Number: 1991.519

Decanter

Clear blown glass decanter of neo-classical style, with a cut fluting to the neck and base. It has etched decorative swags and tassles around the middle and a fluted 5-pointed stopper.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, etching (corroding), etching (printing process), fluting, glass (material)

GUSN: 2494

Accession Number: 1991.520AB

Caster

Brass caster with a domed, perforated top with a finial above a baluster shaped body (like a pepper shaker) of Geogian style.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 2495

Accession Number: 1991.521

Bowl

Imari-style bowl with fluted sides and a scalloped rim. The inside is decorated with panel scenes of figures, ships and floral motifs emanating from a center medallion. The outside has floral panels and drapering. There are reign marks on the bottom of the bowl- probably a Chinese version of a Japan...

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, porcelain, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2496

Accession Number: 1991.522

Dish, Saucer

Oblong dish with shaped sides that slopes to a well for a cup. Decorated in blue fan pattern on a swirling multi-patterned ground. Exterior is decorated with various spo motifs. The foot ring has a meander pattern.

Date: 1930-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 2497

Accession Number: 1991.523

Spoon Rest

Spoon rest tray of ovoid or bulb-like form. It is decorated with underglaze blue transfer print scenes of [illeg.] execution with floral motifs and a central rectangular panel of landscape.

Date: 1813-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), underglazing

GUSN: 2498

Accession Number: 1991.524

Cup Plate

A glass cup plate with a Henry Clay motif in the center with a star underneath. It has a scalloped rim and a paisley-like border suggesting a thistle and shield motif.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 2499

Accession Number: 1991.525

Cup Plate

Clear glass cup plate with Bunker Hill motif in the center surrounded by stars. This is encircled by swag and tassle border and a scalloped rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 2500

Accession Number: 1991.528

Cup Plate

A clear glass plate with a geometric design that suggests a pineapple. It has a scalloped rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 2501

Accession Number: 1991.531

Candlestick

Chinese export porcelain candlestick of trumpet shape with a small dish at the top and a wide outflared base. It is decorated overall with the "Rose Medallion" pattern of figures and floral motifs in polychrome enamels and some gilt.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 2502

Accession Number: 1991.533

Trinket Box

A handstitched leather box with a floral needlework and red velvet covering. The cover is hinged with simple string fastenings and there is a leather binding around three sides of the box top. The interior textiles have a tiny floral print on a pink ground.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, handmade, leather, needlepoint (needleworking), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 2503

Accession Number: 1991.534

Portrait of Mrs. Charlotte Phippen Lane

Miniature rectangular portrait of Mrs. Charlotte Phippen Lane, half length, sitting with her arm resting on a table. She wears a black dress, pronounced white lace collar, cuffs and a cap. In an elaborate gilded frame with glass.

Date: 1850

Maker: Chow-Kwa (Maker)

Material: ivory (tooth component), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2504

Accession Number: 1991.535.1

Fruit Bowl

A relatively heavy, swirled, aquamarine glass bowl with a rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 2505

Accession Number: 1991.536

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