Historic New England

Sauce Dish

White porcelain sauce dish with thick gold band around rim and two thinner gold bands on interior of dish. The innermost band is barely visible.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 30446

Accession Number: 1924.859.3

Sauce Dish

White porcelain sauce dish with thick gold band around rim and two thinner gold bands on interior of dish. The innermost band is barely visible.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 30447

Accession Number: 1924.859.4

Sauce Dish

White porcelain sauce dish with thick gold band around rim and two thinner gold bands on interior of dish. The innermost band is barely visible.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 30448

Accession Number: 1924.859.6

Vase

Tan stoneware vase of irregular cylinder form, unglazed, with applied, molded decoration of squirrels on tree branches.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), relief (sculpture techniques), stoneware (pottery), ceramic (material)

GUSN: 30449

Accession Number: 1924.860

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 30450

Accession Number: 1924.862

Wallet

Wallet made from light brown-colored leather with a scalloped flap and leather strap closure with "X" on front and back; 7 compartments (fan-style); one has scalloped flap and tongue.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Possibly Marshall (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 30451

Accession Number: 1924.863

Bee's Wax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 30452

Accession Number: 1924.864

Watercolor Set

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30453

Accession Number: 1924.865

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30454

Accession Number: 1924.866

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30455

Accession Number: 1924.867

Dinner Fork

Silver dinner fork with a fiddle handle, threaded edge, rounded shoulders, and four tines.

Date: 1768-1774

Maker: Aubrey, Claude-Auguste (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 30458

Accession Number: 1924.870

Dinner Fork

Silver dinner fork with an upturned spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and four tines. Foliate and scroll pattern.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Possibly Jones, John B. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 30459

Accession Number: 1924.871

Child's Apron

White; ribbed; waistband and border of brown printed check with brown dotted center; two pockets separated by border of brown check; one pearl button.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: dimity

GUSN: 30460

Accession Number: 1924.872

Pouch

Tan cotton with blue trim and star shaped multicolored stitched decoration at top and bottom. Drawstring are woven at gathering. Tag reads: "Made by a sailor at Charlestown Navy yard about 1863."

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30461

Accession Number: 1924.873

Sugar Lozenge in Box

Small round cardboard box with blue, gold and white decoration containing a sugar lozenge with painted decoraiton of a bird surrounded by red flowers and leaves.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, sugar

GUSN: 30462

Accession Number: 1924.875

Wallpaper

"Pompeiian"; open swags; garlnds; scrolls; red, black, yellow, pnk on gry

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product), handmade, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30463

Accession Number: 1924.896

Wallpaper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30464

Accession Number: 1924.898

Wallpaper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30465

Accession Number: 1924.899

H-Hinge

7 nails holes on each strap; foliate ends; painted white. Flat strap; no taper.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 30466

Accession Number: 1924.905AB

Nail

Handwrought; rosehead.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30467

Accession Number: 1924.906.4 AB

H-Hinge

Flat; small; foliated ends; painted brown over white.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 30468

Accession Number: 1924.906.1-3

Butterfly Hinge

Two-part hinge. Two wrought nailheads extant. Painted gray.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 30469

Accession Number: 1924.907

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap to squared end (no head). Attached to vertical strap with patterned ends.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30470

Accession Number: 1924.908

Strap Hinge

Two-legged strap; each leg tapered to end. Legs set 90 degrees from each other at barrel. Round head at end. Barrel side only. Vertical leg bent in, horizontal bent out.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30471

Accession Number: 1924.909

Strap Hinge

Tapered iron strap with round head at end. Attached to butterfly-type pin/plate.

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30472

Accession Number: 1924.910

Cross Garnet

Tapered straps with spear head end. Attached to butterfly-type pin/plate. 1 has three wrought nailheads; 2 has four.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30473

Accession Number: 1924.911BC

Nail

Hand-wrought nail stuck in a card labeled "Rev. Prescott House. Strap hinge w/ butterfy plate mid 18th"

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30474

Accession Number: 1924.911A

Powder Horn

Engraved powder horn with faceted tip, molded throat, brass ring at plug end, flat wood plug. Engraved images include forts, cities, birds, dragon, and other animals.

Date: 1755-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30477

Accession Number: 1925.1

Dress

Green, black, and blue striped silk dress.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), linen (material), satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30478

Accession Number: 1925.2AB

Tassel

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30479

Accession Number: 1925.4

Cord

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30480

Accession Number: 1925.5

Quilt with gold silk ground. Central ring medallion with floral center framed by diamond and rope pattern in silk thread. Outside border comprised of saw tooth and abstract florals. Edged in loop and lines and additional motifs. Back of gold glazed wool.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, quilting, silk (textile), textiles, wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 30481

Accession Number: 1925.6

Petticoat

Blue strie silk satin quilted underskirt; plain yoke, diamond quilted pattern below with quilted border of large scale foliate meander with large floral sprays beneath meander; ivory satin waistband; skirt pleated at back; tan silk panel inserted at back at waist possibly for a bustle; cream wool li...

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30483

Accession Number: 1925.8B

Pair of Stockings

White; open work clocks; openwork area outlined by whitework embroidery of zig-zag pattern with stylized tree at top of clock; top of stocking has two blue threads knitted in.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, machine knitting

GUSN: 30484

Accession Number: 1925.9AB

Pair of Stockings

White; clocks of openwork with white work embroidery and diamonds; two blue lines knitted into top band.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine knitting

GUSN: 30485

Accession Number: 1925.10AB

Pair of Socks

Lacy socks with a scalloped top and a scalloped or shell design down to the top of the foot.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30486

Accession Number: 1925.11

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler with open work and heart border. Lines separated by decorative needlework, verse flanked by two geometric podiums. Distinctive densely worked geometric border below verse. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Rectangular, long and thin. Alphabets: #1 complete, #2 complete, #3...

Date: 1826

Maker: Millerd, Mary Elizabeth, 1817- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 30487

Accession Number: 1925.12

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30617

Accession Number: 1925.379

Toothbrush

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 30618

Accession Number: 1925.380

Collar

Cream milkweed sewn on in rows over linen foundation.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Thompson, Lucia C. (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 30620

Accession Number: 1925.388

Mortise Lock

1) Lock: iron box and works. Rising latch bolt (partial bevel) is knob-operated from both sides via square spindle. Deadbolt (1" x 1/2" x ?" long) is key-operated both sides. 2) Striker: brass strike plate. Two bolts. Fastened with two countersunk screws. Yellow paint.

Date: 1830-1837

Maker: Young and Company (Patent holder)

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), painting (coating), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 30621

Accession Number: 1925.389.1-2

Doorknob

White porcelain knob with iron base set-screwed on square iron spindle.

Date: 1830-1837

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), porcelain

GUSN: 30622

Accession Number: 1925.389.3

Inkwell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 30623

Accession Number: 1925.391

Inkwell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 30624

Accession Number: 1925.392

Clasp

Metal clasps and chain used to hold skirts from the ground.

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30625

Accession Number: 1925.398

Coverlet

Reversible coverlet of blue wool and white cotton. Overall geometric pattern of repeating large scale wheels with crosses in center. Overlay pattern of diamond gridwork and blocks with crosses inside at intersection. Hemmed top. Applied border at sides and bottom, double round leno twist with fringe...

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), drawn thread work, fringe, gauze, weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 30626

Accession Number: 1925.401

Hood

Gray silk strie'; five drawstring casings: brim has ruffle and blue silk ribbon drawstring; the others are linen drawstrings; quilted with thin batting; crown is a round insert, gathered all around, and quilted with star pattern; neck ruffle is rectangular shape, not gathered, and has thin batting; ...

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilting, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30627

Accession Number: 1925.402

Candlesnuffer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 30630

Accession Number: 1925.404

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30631

Accession Number: 1925.409

Child's Dress

Plain white; narrow woven stripes (vertical); long sleeves with lined cuffs; plain neckline; dress gathered at neckband; one pearl button at back.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 30632

Accession Number: 1925.433

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