Historic New England

Table cover

Blue wool ground; large woven pattern of arabesques in yellow and black; border of swags and tassels. Edged all around with hexagonal motifs. Hemmed top and bottom. Selvage sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 36218

Accession Number: 1933.1716

Slipcover

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36219

Accession Number: 1933.1719

Slipcover

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36220

Accession Number: 1933.1720

Needlework Picture

Decorative textile on a beige ground with thick blue, red, green, and yellow flower patterns.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36221

Accession Number: 1933.1721

Cigar Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 36222

Accession Number: 1933.1725AB

Cigar Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36223

Accession Number: 1933.1726AB

Cigar Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 36224

Accession Number: 1933.1727B

Cigar Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 36225

Accession Number: 1933.1728AB

Cigar Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, cloth, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 36226

Accession Number: 1933.1731AB

Bag Containing Tobacco

Soft cream colored paper bag with green fabric trim and green string tie. Bag contains tobacco.

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, tobacco (material)

GUSN: 36227

Accession Number: 1933.1732

Painting

House w/ additions and outbuildings at left, two large trees in yard.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: Poor, Emily E. (Artist)

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 36228

Accession Number: 1933.1741

Vase

Stoneware vase with bulbous shape tapered neck and flaring lip. Gray ground with black rim and molded black leaf decoration on body.

Date: 1890-1893

Maker: Stewart, John (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 36230

Accession Number: 1933.1744

trivet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36231

Accession Number: 1933.1745A

trivet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36232

Accession Number: 1933.1745B

Kiln Stilt

Three armed rests for holding pottery duing firing in a kiln.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36233

Accession Number: 1933.1746A

Kiln Stilt

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36234

Accession Number: 1933.1746B

Pedestal Table

Pedestal extension dining table; heavy, molded and carved scoll legs; molded pillar; round top with heavy skirt; extension leaves.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), chestnut (wood)

GUSN: 36235

Accession Number: 1933.1763

Chair

Upholstered chair with a carved crest, red plush and fringe, turned front legs on casters. One of three chairs and a sofa.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 36236

Accession Number: 1933.1775

Washstand

Washstand with flat, ogee-scroll bracket feet; cupboard doors; ogee molded drawer without pulls; round corners. Marble top is missing.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36237

Accession Number: 1933.1777

Pottery fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36239

Accession Number: 1933.1800

Circular green marble inkwell [a] with cover [b] and removeable glass inkwell [c]. Circular base has fluted sides. Interior has three small holes outlined by a brass ring and a central ink holder also rimmed in brass. Cover is inset with five cameos, four on lid and one on finial outlined with brass...

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), brass (alloy), cameos

GUSN: 36240

Accession Number: 1933.1805A-C

Bud Vase

Squat bulbous green glass vase with slight ridges that taper to neck with flaring lip.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 36241

Accession Number: 1933.1807

Pair of Stockings

White stockings with stains. Has a drop stitch pattern running vertically down the leg to the top of the foot alternating three rows of dropped stitch and three rows of knit stitches.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36242

Accession Number: 1933.1812AB

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36243

Accession Number: 1933.1819

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36244

Accession Number: 1933.1820

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36245

Accession Number: 1933.1823

Misfired vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36246

Accession Number: 1933.1824

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36247

Accession Number: 1933.1825

Base

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36248

Accession Number: 1933.1826

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36249

Accession Number: 1933.1827

Ceramic Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36250

Accession Number: 1933.1828

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36251

Accession Number: 1933.1829

Misfired pottery fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36252

Accession Number: 1933.1830

Serving Fork

Silver serving fork. Rounded handle with four tines. Kings pattern with an engraved foliate design.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Bailey & Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12235

Accession Number: 1971.1522.1

Serving Knife

Silver serving knife. Rounded handle with a notched blade. Kings pattern with an engraved floral design.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Bailey & Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12236

Accession Number: 1971.1522.2

Carving Knife

Silver serving knife. Rounded handle with a long blade. Kings pattern.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12237

Accession Number: 1971.1523.1

Carving Fork

Dimensional handle with a shell motif. Two-tined serving fork.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12238

Accession Number: 1971.1523.2

Corn Scraper

Silver corn scraper. Upturned tip, double swelled handle, and squared shoulders. Six short tines. Rectangular blade with conforming aperture. Kings pattern.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12239

Accession Number: 1971.1526

Floor Cloth

Checkerboard pattern. Squares with white background with a brown floral design alternating with all brown mosaic squares.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: oilcloth

GUSN: 12240

Accession Number: 1971.1527

Medicine Club

Bowling pin-shaped exercise clubs that have a spherical finial and are painted black. The neck has uniform incised rings. The bulbous body swells at the waist with indented ring-turning before the base, painted black, and tapering to the base.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, incising, painting (coating)

GUSN: 12241

Accession Number: 1971.1528.1-4

Carpet Bag

Rectangular shape shirred bag with elaborate floral scroll design in white, tan, gold and pink. Lined with unbleached linen. Interior has two sections. Partial brass lock remaining. Leather bottom has embossed lozenge design and an inscription.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 12242

Accession Number: 1971.1529

Trunk

Suede covered trunk with brass studs along the edges, forming a lozenge design in front and a rectangular motif on top. Two cast iron handles on the sides. The interior is lined with red printed white paper.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), lining (process), paper (fiber product), printing (process), suede, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12243

Accession Number: 1971.1530

Trunk

Leather covered wooden carcass with brass studs along the edges. Cast iron hinges and lock. Leather carrying strap. The interior has a blue and white polka-dot paper.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Nath'L B. March (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12244

Accession Number: 1971.1531

Box

Rectangular pine box covered with mahogany veneer. Front center has a keyhole opening. Center of the lid top has an inlaid rectangle of veneer (grain is a shade lighter the the remainder of the box). Lid opens via two metal hinges. Brass escutcheon on the inside of the front. Underside of the lid ha...

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 12245

Accession Number: 1971.1532

Hat

A black man's hat, with a wool band, and a grosgrain ribbon around the rim. It has an interior leather band.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Dunlap & Co. (Maker)

Material: appliqué (technique), felt (textile), cloth, hair, leather, ribbon (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 12246

Accession Number: 1971.1533A

Hatbox

Round leather case with embossed lozenges forming a circular motif on the front, leather straps, handle and brass clasp. The interior has a satin lining for the hat.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Dunlap & Co. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), leather, satin

GUSN: 12247

Accession Number: 1971.1533B

Portfolio

Brown tooled leather portfolio that has a silver-colored square lock plate at the front, center. On the right side, a flap folds over to close the portfolio. The flap has a scalloped edge and at the center it is silver plated, completing the escutcheon. Elaborately tooled design has scrolled corners...

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), leather, lining (process), paper (fiber product), silver (metal), plate (material), string (fiber product), tooling

GUSN: 12248

Accession Number: 1971.1534

Scale and Box

A) Oval tin box, painted black, has a single hinge at the back center. Flat top of the case is hand-inscribed. Ribbed edge on the lid. The inside of the lid is padded with pink satin(?). The bottom has a green velvet lining. B) Contained in the box are pieces of a small hanging scale and a rectangul...

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), satin, tin (metal), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 12249

Accession Number: 1971.1535AB

Document Box

Rectangular tin box, painted black, with a hinged lid with a beaded edge. The front center of the box has a circular brass keyhole. The center of the lid has a brass C-shaped moveable handle. The box has gold painted bands highlighting the edges. Thin red and gold lines form a rectangle on the cente...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), brass (alloy), painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12250

Accession Number: 1971.1536

Desk Box

Rectangular simple slant top form. Painted black with iron hinges and a lock.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12251

Accession Number: 1971.1537

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