Historic New England

Barometer

Hanging barometer and thermometer with a glass rod with a bulbed end mounted on a long rectangular stem with chamfered edges and mahogany veneer. It flares out to a wider rectangular box with a hinged glass lid. this encloses the tip of the barometric glass tube which runs the length of the piece, a...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Pastorelli, J. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer, metal, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12503

Accession Number: 1971.1635

Photograph

Blue toned photograph of a crew race on the Thames River. The two sculls are surrounded by ships with many flags flying from their masts. Under glass in simple dark stained frame. Backed with pine boards.

Date: dated 1906

Maker: Morison, W. T. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12504

Accession Number: 1971.1636

Lap Desk

Rectangular veneered lap desk with a brass lock plate on the center of the front side. Same shape (rectangle with inward curving sides) repeated on the lid center. The inside reveals a slanted surface, covered with a blue-green velvet. The surface lifts from the front side of the box revealing an op...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: Starkey, N. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneer, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 12505

Accession Number: 1971.1637

Evangelist Bell

Bronze bell with pierced sides decorated with molded symbols of the four New Testament evangelists. A U-shaped handle sits on a stepped top. Inside is a S-shaped hook for a clapper.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), molding (forming)

GUSN: 12506

Accession Number: 1971.1638

Trinket Box

Four footed platform base with three stacked rectangular boxes progressively smaller in height with a detached lid at the top. Outside it is painted gold overall. The top of the lid, top of the base bottoms and insides of the boxes are speckled with metallic dusts. Inside the top box are three small...

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12507

Accession Number: 1971.1639

Chueh Vessel

Bronze Oriental ceremonial libation vessel has three triangular legs. Bulbous body has two elongated spouts, and the side has a C-shaped handle. Incised Imperial decoration overall.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 12508

Accession Number: 1971.1640

Breton Peasant

Bust-length view of a peasant, executed in brown tones. Swarthy-faced man with long hair, wide brimmed hat, holding a pipe to his mouth with one hand and lighting it with the other. Set in an elaborate gilt and gesso frame with beading, and shell and foliate decorative elements. "Breton Peasant afte...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), gesso, gilding, oil paint (paint), canvas, shell (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12509

Accession Number: 1971.1641

Harvard College Yard

Print of pen and ink drawing of Harvard College Yard. Under glass in a black molded frame.

Date: copyright 1890

Maker: Wiseman, Robert R., Mr. (Artist) Frederick A. Stokes Co. (Printer)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12510

Accession Number: 1971.1642

Portrait of a Boy

Sepia toned print of a little boy leaning on a large wooden barrel. He is wearing ragged clothing and has curly hair. Under glass on a white mat, set in a simple gold molded frame with a thin black stripe.

Date: 1900 -1933

Maker: Boucher (Artist)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12512

Accession Number: 1971.1644

Photograph

Series of seven postcard-like photographs of views of Mt. Desert Island, ME. Under glass, in a thin black molded frame and set on an off-white mat.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12513

Accession Number: 1971.1645

Scatter Rug

Coarsely woven rug with three borders of yellow-red-beige decorated with simple geometric patterns. Red central rectangle decorated with simple geometric shapes. Short fringe at both ends.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 12514

Accession Number: 1971.1646

Dressing Glass

Four scrolled feet on a trestle base with a medial stretcher vase and ring turned. Stiles are ring-turned with and urn and ball finial. Movable rectangular mirror has a mahogany veneer frame. Doweled to stiles at the center. Mirror backed with pine board.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12515

Accession Number: 1971.1647

Ladies' Fan

Cotton folding fan with hand painted birds and blossoming tree branches. Bamboo frame. Embossed foliate design on the frame ends, painted green. Stamped foliate design on the inner frame stays, painted green and gold. Brass handle at the bottom.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), brass (alloy), cotton (textile), embossing, painting (image-making), hand-painted, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 12516

Accession Number: 1971.1648

Inkwell

Cast in the shape of a kitten in a shoe. The kitten has a single hinge at the back of the neck where the case opens, revealing an enclosed cylindrical glass ink bottle inside the shoe. The inside of the kitten is hollow.

Date: 1868 -1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), casting (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 12517

Accession Number: 1971.1649

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Portsmouth Athenaeum doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12518

Accession Number: 1971.1650.1

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Jacob Wendell House doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12519

Accession Number: 1971.1650.2

Empire Dressing Table

Empire period dressing table with four identical turned legs with bulbed feet, foliate carving, and ring turning surmounted by straight case and slightly overhanging top. Long bowed rectangular drawer in front with mushroom handles. Similarly proportioned recessed case set up on five short bulbed tu...

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12520

Accession Number: 1971.1651

Print

Black and white print of a crouched fox, centered, looking at a rabbit in a trap in the foreground. Molded and gilt wood frame, under glass.

Date: 5/1/1845

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12521

Accession Number: 1971.1652

Print

Framed print called "American Feathered Game", a picture of birds strung up by their feet against a gray oval ground and a white background. Under glass in a plain gilt painted frame. 1) Has birds with predominately browns and greys. 2) Has birds with predominately grey, green and blue.

Date: dated 1854

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Printer) Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905 (Painter) Kniersch, O. (Engraver)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12522

Accession Number: 1971.1653.1-2

Photograph

Sepia tone photograph of a frescoed interior by Tiziano in the Academia di Belle Arti. In a molded walnut frame, painted black on the lower edge and sides.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12523

Accession Number: 1971.1654

Mahjongg Game with Case

Box has a upward sliding front lid (b). Inside reveals five drawers, each has a turned silver-colored handle at the center. Top four drawers, equal in size, have carved and decorated ivory game tiles (a). Larger bottom drawer is divided into three compartments. Each holds long rectangular ivory bett...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12524

Accession Number: 1971.1655AB

George Washington Figurine

Circular base. Figure shown in stride, holding a rolled paper in his right hand, left arm bent clutching his toga to his chest. Under his toga, he wears his colonial attire, buckled shoes and stockings.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12525

Accession Number: 1971.1656

Allegorial Figure

Standing figure of Athena with a helmet and shield. Dressed in Greek apron and toga.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Reproduction of Thorwaldsen, Albert Bertel, 1770-1844 (Sculptor)

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12526

Accession Number: 1971.1657

Victorian Occasional Table

Marble top. four elaborately scrolled bracket feet resting on castors. Feet curve out, then turn sharply inward, joining a turned central pedestal. Below the pedestal is a bulbous-shaped drop finial. Four shaped legs curve outward, leaving the pedestal to rejoin at the top. Oval marble top rests on ...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), red oak (wood)

GUSN: 12527

Accession Number: 1971.1658

Print

A black adn white print of the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist. Wood frame, painted black with raised quatrefoil motif with flower and leaf design. Inner edge gilded. Enclosed under glass. Circular reserve contains a seated Madonna holding the Child in her lap, John stands behind and to the ...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Lanxio, Ralph (Maker)

Material: gesso, gilding, glass (material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12528

Accession Number: 1971.1659

Water Pitcher

Conical shaped body has a pinched neck, and a scrolled spout with a conforming lid and a mushroom shaped enamel finial. Applied C-handle and it is painted brownish-orange.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12529

Accession Number: 1971.1660

Watering Can

Green painted watering can has a cylindrical body which tapers at the top. Base and lip are molded and stepped. C-Shaped bail and handle. Angular two-part spout. black, red and gilt band above and below the spout. The inside is painted blue and the bottom is black.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12530

Accession Number: 1971.1661

Looking Glass

Late Empire period. Rectangular molded frame with a curved top and rounded bottom corners. Frame covered with gesso and painted black on the outer frame and gilded on the inner frame. Sawn pine paneled back boards.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12531

Accession Number: 1971.1662

Photograph

Black and white panoramic photograph of the 15 year Reunion of Harvard Class 1904, at the Harvard Boat House. Molded wooden frame painted black.

Date: dated 1919

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12532

Accession Number: 1971.1664

Portrait of a Renaissance Woman

Black and white engraving in an oval reserve of a woman in a Renaissance period costume with a lace bonnet and is holding a tray. Framed under glass. Molded wooden frame with applied gesso and gilt. Painted black on an outer edges.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Possibly Carlos, William (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), gesso, gilding, glass (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12533

Accession Number: 1971.1663

Portrait of Benjamin West

Black and white engraving of portrait painter Benjamin West. He is dressed in a long robe and standing in front of his easel. Molded wooden frame with an interior band of gesso and gilt.

Date: 1/1/1842

Maker: Rolls, Charles (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), gesso, gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12534

Accession Number: 1971.1665

Slat-back Rocker

Round stiles have acorn-like finial, enclosing two rectangular slats that hold four rectangular spindles. Woven rush seat. Round legs. Two front, two side, and one back dowel stretcher. Rectangular rockers with rounded ends pierce legs. Painted white.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), rush (material), weaving

GUSN: 12535

Accession Number: 1971.1666

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a painting of snow-capped Mt. Washington, N.H. Under glass with a black painted wood frame.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer) Huntings Studio (Painter)

Material: cardboard, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12587

Accession Number: 1971.1721

Landscape with Volcano

Tempera painting of an erupting volcano at night. On the mat is a gold spear-like outline. In a black painted wood frame. Under glass with a white mat.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), tempera, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12588

Accession Number: 1971.1722

Watercolor

Rectangular watercolor. Foreground of evergreens, hills at the sides, and background of blue mountains. Tan sky. Pine board backing, and covered with black paper. Brown painted oak frame with gold swatches, and ribbed lines at the center. Enclosed under glass on a white mat.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oak (wood), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12589

Accession Number: 1971.1723

Victorian Towel Rack

Two trestle legs have block and ring-turnings and urn-shaped finial at the center. Four bulbous feet. Two ring-turned posts project upward from each leg and join at the top via C-shaped carved stretcher. Five round stretchers, two per side, and one top center serving as a towel bar. Doweled joints.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 12591

Accession Number: 1971.1725

Victorian Towel Rack

Scrolled trestle base peaks upward at the center stretcher. Sides consist of an elongated U-shaped, turned post. Front and back have two round medial stretchers; top has single round medial stretcher or towel bar. Doweled joints.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 12592

Accession Number: 1971.1726

Watercolor

Panoramic polychrome view of a medieval procession, probably a ceremony or marriage scene. Molded wooden frame with applied gesso and gilt. Foliate motif on the frame border.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12593

Accession Number: 1971.1727

Hat Rack

Four bulbous feet on vase and ring-turned splayed legs joined at a stepped, domed base. Bobbin-turned pedestal has six vase-turned projecting hangers at the top, with metal rosette-like caps at each end.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 12594

Accession Number: 1971.1728

Wedding Dress

White silk taffeta; Bodice (.1a)-- Neckline and cuffs trimmed with pleated tulle; epaulettes with lace cut ruffle and pearl beads; cuffs have 2 self-bands with cream satin piping and lace ruffle; straight waist; boned; lined with tan cambric; waist and cuffs lined with tan silk; large pearl buttons ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, silk (textile), taffeta, tulle (meshed textile), wax

GUSN: 12595

Accession Number: 1990.393.1-3

Wedding Dress

Blush/ beige silk brocaded wedding gown with floral sprays in plum and pink, with background of monochromatic floral trails. Bodice (a) has broad, square neckline; 3/4 length sleeves with double ruffle with cotton lining (stiffened); fitted waisted, curved in front, pointed and boned center back; ne...

Date: 1760-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 12596

Accession Number: 1990.394A-C

Wedding Dress

Cream net embroidered with floral sprays; sleeves are long with leg-of-mutton shape and cuffs are hook and eye; bodice trimmed with ivory satin and has short puffed sleeves; linen waistband.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, net (textile)

GUSN: 12598

Accession Number: 1990.500

Vase

Gray veined marble urn with a bulbed lower section surmounting a flared circular foot. It tapers into a cylindrical neck and flares again at the wide mouth.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 12599

Accession Number: 1971.1729

Lamp Font

Bulbous tin font sits on pierced foot ring and is surmounted by a perforated burner with four prongs to hold the chimney.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 12600

Accession Number: 1971.1730

Lamp Burner/Base

Green painted cylindrical font has rounded shoulders leading to the neck and wick opening. Circular applied handle.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 12601

Accession Number: 1971.1731

Six-Board Chest

Rectangular shape. Flat top with molded edges and applied (nailed) cleats on the sides. Top board hinged to the back board on the interior. dovetailed sides, nailed(?) to the bottom board. Cutout keyhole on the side front, without an escutcheon. Steel lock to clasp. Wrought iron handle attached to a...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), iron (metal), nailing, pine (wood), steel (alloy), wrought

GUSN: 12602

Accession Number: 1971.1732.1-3

Wooden Box with Lid

Rectangular unpainted six-board box with a hinged lid. Dovetailed sides, nailed to the bottom board. Applied interior molding to support a (missing) tray. Brass hinges. Oval brass escutcheon. Steel lock (missing) and clasp. Wrought iron hinged latch and hook applied at a later date to the exterior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12603

Accession Number: 1971.1733

Wardrobe

Rectangular case in plank construction sits on four elliptical feet. Base with a single full-length drawer with two mushroom-shaped brown handles and a center keyhole. Above the case it is divided in half vertically by two doors, opening out to the side. Right door has a beaded center edge with a ce...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 12604

Accession Number: 1971.1734

Dressing Glass

Simple trestle base has beaded or incised medial stretcher and tapered posts with corresponding incised bands. Encloses a simple swiveling molded frame with mirrored glass.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), beading (process), mahogany (wood), beading (edging pattern), incising

GUSN: 12605

Accession Number: 1971.1735

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