Oval wooden bandbox and lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) are covered in paper printed with yellow, blue and pink flowers and bow motifs on pale pink ground (ground color is now considerably faded). Bottom of bandbox is lined with undientified newspaper dated 1836.
Date: 1836-1845
Maker: unknown
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 27444
Accession Number: 1917.287AB
No description
GUSN: 27445
Accession Number: 1917.290A
GUSN: 27446
Accession Number: 1917.290E
GUSN: 27447
Accession Number: 1917.313
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27448
Accession Number: 1917.325
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 27449
Accession Number: 1917.327
GUSN: 27450
Accession Number: 1917.330A
GUSN: 27451
Accession Number: 1917.330B
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 27452
Accession Number: 1917.332
Material: stoneware (pottery)
GUSN: 27453
Accession Number: 1917.334
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 27454
Accession Number: 1917.337AB
GUSN: 27455
Accession Number: 1917.338
GUSN: 27456
Accession Number: 1917.339
This mourning picture depicts a man and a woman under a weeping willow tree, standing on either side of a monument surmounted by a large urn. The man points toward an inscription on the plinth. The sky and their hands and faces are painted in watercolor. This picture was worked primarily in long a...
Date: 1805
Material: embroidering, painting (coating), silk (textile)
GUSN: 27457
Accession Number: 1917.341
GUSN: 27458
Accession Number: 1917.343
Papier-mache hat form in the shape of a lady's head.
Material: papier mâché
GUSN: 27459
Accession Number: 1917.348
Ward V.. Whig mass Convention ribbon. September 19th, 1844.
Material: textiles
GUSN: 27469
Accession Number: 1917.368
Rectangular; red and white (or brown) image of cupid bound to tree and his bow being broken by three women in classical attire. Cupid's mother, Venus, approaches in chariot pulled by doves. Large tree in center.
Date: 1785-1800
Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material), copper (metal)
GUSN: 27471
Accession Number: 1917.373
Fragment rotted at one end of hardwood pin.
Material: hardwood
GUSN: 27474
Accession Number: 1917.392
GUSN: 27475
Accession Number: 1917.393
Blue and white, reversible; overall pattern of gridwork of bars and diamonds with stars inside; bar and table weave producing variation of "Pine Bloom" pattern. Hemmed top and bottom; selvage edges.
Date: ca. 1780
Maker: Fifield, Mary (Sanborn) (Maker)
Material: cotton (textile), weaving, wool (textile), piecing
GUSN: 27476
Accession Number: 1917.397
Date: 1790-1840
Material: painting (coating), poplar (wood), staining
GUSN: 27478
Accession Number: 1917.399
GUSN: 27481
Accession Number: 1917.404
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 27482
Accession Number: 1917.406
GUSN: 27483
Accession Number: 1917.409
GUSN: 27484
Accession Number: 1917.411
GUSN: 27486
Accession Number: 1917.415
GUSN: 27487
Accession Number: 1917.416
GUSN: 27489
Accession Number: 1917.419
Dark brown; rich grain; ivory handle of octagonal shape; stick carved w/ octagonal shape extending 6-1/2" from handle; metal ring between handle & stich which narrows at tip.
Date: 1830
Material: ivory (tooth component), rosewood (wood), silver (metal)
GUSN: 27491
Accession Number: 1917.421
GUSN: 27492
Accession Number: 1917.422
GUSN: 27493
Accession Number: 1917.428
Rectangular, off white; woven in M's & O's weave of bar and honeycomb pattern. Hemmed on three of four edges; fourth is raw.
Date: 1815-1830
Material: hand weaving, linen (material)
GUSN: 27495
Accession Number: 1917.456
GUSN: 27496
Accession Number: 1917.460
GUSN: 27497
Accession Number: 1917.461
GUSN: 27498
Accession Number: 1917.462
Conductor's hand lantern with red and white colored glass globe.
GUSN: 27499
Accession Number: 1917.463
GUSN: 27500
Accession Number: 1917.465
Plate cut at top and bottom assymetrically; cast handle with bands. Lever tapered and turned down.
Date: 1768-1833
Material: casting (process), cutting (dividing), iron (metal)
GUSN: 27503
Accession Number: 1917.486
Round profiled handle bolted through fully profiled plate and through door. One iron bolt, nut, and washer extant. Other replaced with countersunk woodscrew. Tapered rectangular iron lever with flat head. Lever bend down slightly at end, and head only is brass-clad.
Date: 1800-1833
Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)
GUSN: 27504
Accession Number: 1917.487
Tapered strap. Spear head on end. Barrel side only.
Date: 1700-1725
GUSN: 27505
Accession Number: 1917.489
Rectangular section stock; round hammered loop and hook ends.
Date: 1700-1750
Material: hammering, iron (metal)
GUSN: 27506
Accession Number: 1917.490
Tang forged at end of square shaft. Keeper is simple flat plate with end tapered and bent up to form loop handle. Evidence of having been painted.
Material: iron (metal), wrought
GUSN: 27507
Accession Number: 1917.1491
GUSN: 27508
Accession Number: 1917.1494
Material: stone (rock)
GUSN: 27509
Accession Number: 1917.502
GUSN: 27510
Accession Number: 1917.510
Small earthenware pitcher with black transfer-print "Cottage" pattern. Border of flowers and scrolls on a diaper background encircles the rim. Landscape scene on body of Alpine-style buildings and landscape. Scalloped rim and molded scroll handle.
Date: 1840-1860
Material: earthenware, transfer printing, molding (forming), ceramic glaze
GUSN: 27511
Accession Number: 1917.511
Date: 1800-1825
Material: cotton (textile), weaving, piecing, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27200
Accession Number: 1914.17
T-shaped quilt with a star pattern made with yellow, red, blue, and white diamonds.
Date: ca. 1850
Material: calico, cotton (textile), stitching, piecing, quilting, printing (process), rolling up
GUSN: 27201
Accession Number: 1914.18
Date: 1860 c.
Material: fringe, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27202
Accession Number: 1914.19