Historic New England

Combware Platter

Red earthenware, combed yellow and brown slip decoration. Notched edge. Oblong (almost rectangular) shape.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming), redware, slip (clay), lead glaze

GUSN: 8335

Accession Number: 1992.776

Ingrain Carpet

Rectangular strip of maroon wool carpeting with selvage sides and raw ends.

Date: 1835-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8336

Accession Number: 1993.868

Side chair. Maple, ash, rush seat. Grain-painted to imitate walnut. Curved crest rails with peaked ears and scooped center over vase-shaped splat. Molded lower rail. Rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Block-and-baluster turned front legs joined by baluster- and ring-turned front stretche...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), ash (wood), carving (processes), graining, painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8337

Accession Number: 1991.537.2

Side Chair

Side chair. Maple, ash, rush seat. Grain-painted to imitate walnut. Curved crest rails with peaked ears and scooped center over vase-shaped splat. Molded lower rail. Rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Block-and-baluster turned front legs joined by baluster- and ring-turned front stretche...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), graining, maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8338

Accession Number: 1991.537.3

Side Chair

Side chair. Maple, ash, rush seat. Grain-painted to imitate walnut. Curved crest rails with peaked ears and scooped center over vase-shaped splat. Molded lower rail. Rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Block-and-baluster turned front legs joined by baluster- and ring-turned front stretche...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), graining, maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8339

Accession Number: 1991.537.4

Side Chair

Side chair. Maple, ash, rush seat. Grain-painted to imitate walnut. Curved crest rails with peaked ears and scooped center over vase-shaped splat. Molded lower rail. Rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Block-and-baluster turned front legs joined by baluster- and ring-turned front stretche...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), graining, maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8340

Accession Number: 1991.537.5

Side Chair

Side chair. Maple, ash, rush seat. Grain-painted to imitate walnut. Curved crest rails with peaked ears and scooped center over vase-shaped splat. Molded lower rail. Rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Block-and-baluster turned front legs joined by baluster- and ring-turned front stretche...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), graining, maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8341

Accession Number: 1991.537.6

Breakfast table

Pembroke table with rectangular top, two hinged rectangular leaves, single drawer at one end with beaded edge and stamped brass plate with cast handle. Tapering square legs.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 8342

Accession Number: 1991.539

Stool

Rough-hewn bench (stool) fashioned from half log with three legs. Unpainted.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), birch (wood), hewing, roughness

GUSN: 8343

Accession Number: 1991.540

Settle

Pine settle with brown finish. Low seat with loose cover below which are four compartments. High back that tips backward. Side panels terminate in decorative scrolled arms.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 8344

Accession Number: 1991.541

Bench

Bench with boat-jack ends, medial stretcher and molded top.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, pine (wood), hewing, roughness

GUSN: 8345

Accession Number: 1991.542

Mortar and pestle

Green-painted, turned and chip-carved maple mortar with turned pine pestle.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: chip carving, maple (wood), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8346

Accession Number: 1991.543AB

Chair

Child's rush-seated chair with ladder back. Its high back has two cross splats. Side uprights teminate in turned knobs. Four short legs with stretchers. Painted dark red with dark yellow painted rush seat.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8347

Accession Number: 1991.544

Rocking chair

Turned posts with double cone-shaped finials hold two shaped slats. Splint seat. Simple turned front posts and stretchers. Very heavy rockers. Has seat cushion of homespun blue and white plaid.

Date: 1742

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood), oak (wood), splints (lighting devices)

GUSN: 8348

Accession Number: 1991.545

Candlestand

Cross stretcher-based ratchet candlestand with oval flat top.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), mortise-and-tenon joints, joining

GUSN: 8349

Accession Number: 1991.546

Candlestick

Hogscraper candlestick with lateral ejector. Painted dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 8350

Accession Number: 1991.547

Candlestick

Hogscraper candlestick with lateral ejector. Painted dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 8351

Accession Number: 1991.548

Candlestick

Hogscraper candlestick. Painted dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 8352

Accession Number: 1991.549

Candlestick

Hogscraper candlestick with lateral ejector. Painted dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 8353

Accession Number: 1991.550

Candlestick

Hogscraper candlestick with lateral ejector. Painted dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 8354

Accession Number: 1991.551

Peel

Oak peel fashioned from one piece of wood. Hole for hanging at end of long handle.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oak (wood)

GUSN: 8355

Accession Number: 1991.552

Armchair

Turned back posts with ring- and ball-turned finials hold four arched slats. Flat arm rests and sausage-turned stretchers join turned front posts with ball hand holds to back. Rush seat. Double sausage-turned front stretchers. Double turned side stretchers; single back stretcher. Old red paint.

Date: 1680-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood), painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 8356

Accession Number: 1991.553

Dower chest

Blanket chest with hinged lid; thumb-nail molded edge. Single drawer with fancy cut-out skirt. Sides have half-circle cut-outs for feet. Black and salmon freehand decoration over dry red. Drop pull handles.

Date: 1710-1740

Maker: Attributed to Lane, Samuel (Workshop, attributed)

Material: dovetail joints, nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 8357

Accession Number: 1991.554

Decoy Pattern

Flat wooden pattern for duck decoys.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: handmade, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8558

Accession Number: 1991.771.5

Decoy Pattern

Flat wooden pattern for duck decoys.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: handmade, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8559

Accession Number: 1991.771.6

Decoy Pattern

Flat wooden pattern for duck decoys.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: handmade, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8560

Accession Number: 1991.771.7

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8561

Accession Number: 1991.772.2

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8562

Accession Number: 1991.772.3

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8563

Accession Number: 1991.772.4

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8564

Accession Number: 1991.772.5

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8565

Accession Number: 1991.772.6

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8566

Accession Number: 1991.772.7

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8567

Accession Number: 1991.772.8

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8568

Accession Number: 1991.772.9

Stick-Up Decoy

One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), carving (processes)

GUSN: 8569

Accession Number: 1991.772.10

Decoy Box Strap

Originally shoulder strap for Box 1991.772.11.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 8570

Accession Number: 1991.772.12

Curlew Stick-up Decoy

Carved and painted wooden decoy of curlew, apparently sawn from same piece of wood as 1991.774, flat, with long bill, mottled gray and black paint, and iron rod.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), sawing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8571

Accession Number: 1991.775

Stick-up decoy

Silhouette decoy on 6-3/4" iron rod and base. Snipe shorebird with yellow legs or willet species. Flat with V wings; black wings and head. Grey speckled breast. Long whittled wood beak; large tack eyes. Three holes to body; stick at center.

Date: 1926-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 8572

Accession Number: 1991.780

Stick-up decoy

Displayed on wire stand with wooden base. Flat profile with brown backs and heads. White breast and underbelly. Painted black eyes.

Date: 1926-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8573

Accession Number: 1991.781

Stick-up decoy

Displayed on wire stands with wooden base. Flat profile with brown backs and heads. White breast and underbelly. Painted black eyes.

Date: 1926-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8574

Accession Number: 1991.782

Stick-up decoy

Stick-up type; flat shape, V tail, carved eye, round wooden stick beak (1-3/4"). Painted mostly black except for underside strip from beak to tail of black speckled horizontal lines. No base.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8575

Accession Number: 1991.783

Stick-up Decoy

Mounted on a piece of birch log. Long curved black bill. Painted black with brown and black plumage.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8576

Accession Number: 1991.784

Stick-up decoy

Full, rounded, solid body in one piece. Carved eyes; carved wood beak; V tail with carved definition to tail and wings. Black-painted body with characteristic white and golden- brown/yellow spots. White stripe over eye. On stick; crude, grey-painted base.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), painting (coating)

GUSN: 8577

Accession Number: 1991.785

Stick-up Decoy

Wings with V-shape. Scratch feather design. Black spots in grey breast. Long wooden bill. Small body. Black eyes.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8578

Accession Number: 1991.786

Stick-up decoy

A sleeping curlew with head turned over back. Long bill carved in relief. Small tack eyes.

Date: 1955-1961

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8579

Accession Number: 1991.787

Stick-up decoy

Full-bodied figure of a peep with metal tack eyes and wood bill. Painted in tan and brown to suggest natural coloring. A stick-up hole at underside for dowel.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: Rosato, Rachel (Vendor)

Material: painting (coating), papier mâché, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8580

Accession Number: 1991.788

Stick-up decoy

Full-bodied figure of a peep with metal tack eyes and carved wood bill. Painted in tan and black to simulate natural coloring. A stick-up hole at underside for dowel.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), papier mâché, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8581

Accession Number: 1991.789

Stick-up Decoy

Full-bodied figure of a snipe with metal tack eyes and wood bill. Painted in tan and black to suggest natural coloring. A stick-up hole at underside for dowel.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), papier mâché

GUSN: 8582

Accession Number: 1991.790

Stick-up decoy

Brown spotted paint and long bill. Streamlined in a pose of running or flying forward. Head pointing up.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8583

Accession Number: 1991.791

Stick-up Decoy

Robust form with short tail. Painted black and white; chestnut plumage. Black band on end tail.

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8584

Accession Number: 1991.792

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