Historic New England

Blanket

Two piece handwoven off-white blanket with center seam; embroidered in blue and rose wool yarns with inscriptions and floral sprigs; design is a heart flanked by two peacocks over medallions; bordered on three sides by loopy meanders

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Blair, Jane, Miss (Maker)

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 3099

Accession Number: 1991.1595

Doll

Unpainted, stylized female standing form; head and body are of one piece with crudely carved facial features; cylindrical wood arms are attached to body with metal pins; straight cylindrical legs and squarish feet are fitted into the bottom of the figure's torso.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3100

Accession Number: 1991.1596

Doll

Wooden body; ovoid head with gessoed and painted features and glass eyes inset; carved and painted jointed arms and legs painted white and attached to torso with metal pins; doll wears a printed wool dress of light brown with paisley like devices in red, yellow, green and white and a printed linen a...

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), gesso, linen (material), painting (coating), pine (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 3101

Accession Number: 1991.1597

Four Geese Carvings

Four carved wooden geese; one is standing upright, two are feeding, and one is grooming itself. Their wings and tails are carved and the eyes and bills are painted black and yellow; the wooden legs are applied and set into wooden bases. 1991.1599.1, .2, & .4 have rectangular brown painted bases wi...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3102

Accession Number: 1991.1599.1-4

Blanket

Heavy hand-woven wool blanket in bold brick-red and white plaid/check, with curly self-fringe on one end, two selvage sides, other end hemmed; tight weave; scattered holes.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: fringe, hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3103

Accession Number: 1991.1600

Netted Canopy

Rectangular form of undyed cotton yarns, knotted in an overall pattern of diamonds with six wide "stripes" of a pattern of open work, enclosed by a conforming open work double border; the ends are fringed.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knotting

GUSN: 3104

Accession Number: 1991.1601

Corner Cupboard

Projecting cornice carved with sawtooth band over cove molding, beaded and dentillated border over case; splayed, fluted sides; three winged thumbmolded doors and a molded and reed-carved waist; the upper two doors are rectangular, paneled with stepped and carved diamond devices, and closed with sha...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3105

Accession Number: 1991.1602

Tavern Table

Tavern table. Maple, oak, pine. Rectangular board top with molded bread board ends on base with horizontally fluted, straight skirt. Raised on four turned legs with two low fluted side stretchers connected by fluted medial stretcher; turned, oval shaped feet;. Retains some red finish.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, maple (wood), molding (forming), oak (wood), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3106

Accession Number: 1991.1603

Folding Bed

Square-turned front posts with spool-turned finials and bulbous turned lowers posts joined by rectangular headboard with cut corners and front and side rails; the side rails are hinged and fold just beyond a pair of square slanted legs. Foot posts conform in turnings to head posts and the legs are ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood), painting (coating), rope

GUSN: 3107

Accession Number: 1991.1604

Hood or Bonnet

Ladie's quilted silk hood with thin stripes of brown and black; lined with burgundy silk at the face and brown cotton to head; dark-brown satin ribbon tie and bow adornment to back; padded and quilted with ruffled edge around the face.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), quilting, ribbon (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 3108

Accession Number: 1991.1606

Wall Bracket

Rectangular overhanging top with rounded front corners on triangular, projecting shaped supports, comprised of 2 triangular-shaped boards nailed together at a 45 degree angle; unpainted.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, pine (wood)

GUSN: 3109

Accession Number: 1991.1607

Windsor Corner Stool

Thick, overhanging 'fanshaped' seat with two straight sides of right angle and long rounded sides raised on four turned (simplified sytle) splayed legs; joined by conforming box stretchers; painted brown, the top and legs heightened with gold/yellow pinstripes.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3110

Accession Number: 1991.1608

Board Chest

Chest with rectangular cotter pin hinged lid. Chest has a molded edge on conforming case and is raised on boot jack ends (with cyma curved cutout). Chest is painted a dark red.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3111

Accession Number: 1991.1609

Clothespins

Each with bulbous end and flaring prong-like tips.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3112

Accession Number: 1991.1610.1-8

Painted Cornice

A rectangular panel with squared dovetails at each end and two scllops at the right top with acorn-shaped finials surmounting each scallop point. Board painted with a scene of a house, trees and a garden at the left. Gate and fence in the center, with a bridge over the river at the center right. A...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3113

Accession Number: 1991.1611

Bonnet

Black and natural woven straw with a shallow gathered crown and long, arched brim; the edges are bound in brown straw binding tape and the neck and rear of the brim is bound in tan linen binding.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), straw (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 3114

Accession Number: 1991.1613

Stovepipe Hat

A short, oval brim with a tall stovepipe crown with flat top; black satin ribbon at base of crown with a silver buckle; lined with green, brown, white and rouge striped silk fabric and black leather inner band (all black exterior).

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: beaver (animal), skin (collagenous material), napping, brushwork

GUSN: 3115

Accession Number: 1991.1615

Landscape Painting

Rectangular horizontal view of a landscape with a yellow house and green shed; a road runs in front of house and trees ; blue and rose sky; original pine surround, painted to represent small-grained wood.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3116

Accession Number: 1991.1616

Landscape Painting

Bevel-edged board with square painting in center; trompe l'oeil nail at top edge and a brown painted frame. The image depicts a river with an island at the left and a sailboat at the right; on the left bank a black-haired shepherdess sits with her dog, three sheep and one lamb. On the right bank i...

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3117

Accession Number: 1991.1617

Weathervane Pattern

Unpainted, wooden carved silhouette of a running horse with a long, flowing tail- probably a pattern for a metal weathervane.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 3118

Accession Number: 1991.1618

Running Horse Weathervane

Weathervane of a silhouette of a wooden horse carved in the round. Weathervane has its original paint. Black eye, mane and tail and brown body. Original turned wooden pole.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), lead (metal), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3119

Accession Number: 1991.1619AB

Wine Measure

Square-sided shaft tapers to narrow end; each side is incised and paints; varying increments of measurement.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: Watts (Maker)

Material: cherry (wood), incising

GUSN: 3120

Accession Number: 1991.1620

Tailor's Measure

Rectangular length of wood with straight edge marked in inches (1 through 37); the upper edge is in a swooping odd arch shape.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 3121

Accession Number: 1991.1621

Two-foot Rule

Flat, rectangular form incised at inch and quarter intervals.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 3122

Accession Number: 1991.1622

Crutch

Tapering chamfer-edged rectangular shaft incised with inscriptions and decorative devices on all sides; tapers to end and arched arm; mortised on top.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3123

Accession Number: 1991.1623

Bedpost Pattern

A length of wood with a profile of a "cannonball" bed post on each side, unfinished.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Sanborn, Alfred B., Mr. (Maker)

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 3124

Accession Number: 1991.1624

Rule/Rod

A long iron rod with self loops at each end.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 3125

Accession Number: 1991.1625

Candlestick

A tin cylindrical candle cup and drip pan with a rolled edge, sloping sides and a flat bottom on an iron rod with a turned wood handle.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), tin (metal), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3126

Accession Number: 1991.1626

Yardstick

A rectangular straight sided shaft of curly maple with inscised lines at 5.5, 9, and 11". Nig finish.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), incising

GUSN: 3127

Accession Number: 1991.1627

Yardstick

A rectangular section of whalebone with a chamfered molded profile on one side with incised lines filled with black pigment marking the measurements. Marks are incised at 2.25, 4.5, and 18".

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: chamfering, incising, ink, baleen

GUSN: 3128

Accession Number: 1991.1628

Minature Chest

A rectangular lid with chamfered edges hinged to the conforming case, raised on all four squared legs with cut-out at the feet. Rose-head nail construction. The lid has an iron hasp which closes over the iron loop on the case, and an iron lock and key. The chest is unpainted.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), chamfering, iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3129

Accession Number: 1991.1629

Sewing Bird

In the form of an oversized clothes pin with a turned finial with flattened sides on a turned-flat sided, line incised clamp with threaded wood screw with heart shaped knob incised "1797" at one side. The clamp is surrounded by two ball-shaped green wool pin cushions retaining embroidered fragments ...

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3130

Accession Number: 1991.1630

Cordial Glass

Each of the glasses is colorless glass with deep circular bowls which rest on cylindrical stems and circular flat feet; the bowl is etched wtih five stripes below the rim and eight oblong dots on the sides of the bowl.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: etching (corroding), etching (printing process), glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 3231

Accession Number: 1991.1014

Water Pitcher

1991.1015A A slightly bulbous cylindrical form with a C-shaped handle, a short spout and rolled rim; enamelled canary yellow on the outside and white in the interior. 1991.1015B The cover is circular with a recessed ring about a circular knob and a tab at the rim to cover the spout; it is ename...

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, metal

GUSN: 3232

Accession Number: 1991.1015AB

Batter Pitcher

Tapered cylindrical form with wide banded rim which extends to form a spout; applied strap handles with a thumbrest above the terminal; brown and green glaze.

Date: 1940-1980 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), redware, throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3233

Accession Number: 1991.1016

Butter Dish

A. is a base of squared shallow form with molded handles extending from a slightly upturned dished rim. There are tapered curved sides, and a round cornered square foot ring. It is printed in blue with a willow pattern: the face has a traditional view, with scale, trellis and medallian border at the...

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 3234

Accession Number: 1991.1017A-D

Cake Plate and Cover

No description

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 3235

Accession Number: 1991.1018AB

Cover

They are each made of uncolored glass, with a high domed form and a mushroom shaped finial, also has a fat rib above tapered cylindrical base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 3236

Accession Number: 1991.1019.1-2

Salt & Pepper Shaker

They are both made of uncolored glass of compressed horizontally-ribbed sphere form with wide collared necks and cylindrical silver colored metal pierced caps. The salt has a top of cylindrical ribbed form with a ribbed circular disc top filled with lavender colored crystals- salt(?).

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 3237

Accession Number: 1991.1020.1-2

Percolater

Of a squat pear shape with a "S" shaped spout and a "C" shaped handle. Enameled in "wedgewood" blue, with a hinged lid of nickel(?) plated copper with a molded uncolored glass finial. The interior of the pot holds and aluminum(?) ground holder and stem for the perculator.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal), copper (metal), glass (material), metal, molding (forming)

GUSN: 3238

Accession Number: 1991.1021

Lamp Shade

Uncolored glass of conical form with flaring scallop-edged rim and cylindrical base. It is etched with two stripes at the top and bottom enclosing a band of curlicues and a stylized floral band.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: etching (corroding), etching (printing process), glass (material)

GUSN: 3239

Accession Number: 1991.1022

Punch Bowl

The bowl has a deep circular form with a tll slightly tapered foot ring and the interior is grey and hand painted with 8 green, yellow, sienna and blue fish. The exterior is "sprinkled" with purple.

Date: 1675-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, enameling, glazing (coating), painting (image-making), hand-painted, tin (metal)

GUSN: 3240

Accession Number: 1991.1023

Footed Strainer

The strainer is circular and shallow in form, with a rolled rim. It is pierced at the base with a design of hearts, diamonds, ellipses, and circles. It is raised on three applied tapered feet. Printed in blue with a willow pattern on the face enclosed by a trellis or scale border, the outside and r...

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3241

Accession Number: 1991.1024

Sugar Bowl

The bowl is of elongated baluster form with flared scallop-edged rim, a wide scalloped-edge shoulder, folliate scroll handles at each end and has a diagonally incised rolled rectangular foot. It is transfer printed in deep blue with a floral rim and shoulders over two tree enclosed scenes: one with ...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, incising, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 3242

Accession Number: 1991.1025A

Cream Pitcher

The creamer is of oblong baluster form with a flared rectangular-cut cornered base and large scalloped spout and a "D" shaped handle. It is printed in blue with a vintage (grape) pattern at the base, front and back, spout and handle. Also a scroll-edge reserve with a view of a fortress on a hill wit...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, impressing, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 3243

Accession Number: 1991.1026

Plate

The plate is of circular form with a dished rim and with a slightly scalloped edge. It is printed in blue, with a view of Wellcombe Castle; also a river in the foreground with a band of "bound reeding" and a wide floral and grape cluster border and a band of "cable" at the edge.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: E. Woods & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3244

Accession Number: 1991.1027

Plate

The plate is of circular form with a dished rim and a slightly scalloped edge. It is printed in deep blue with a view of the Blenheim Castle, river with swans in the foreground, and a floral and foliate scroll border.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: Adams (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3245

Accession Number: 1991.1028

Dinner Plate

The plate is of circular form with a gently scalloped edge. It is printed in deep blue with leafy scrolls enclosing floral sprigs and centering a beehive with roses and bees. The scrolls alternate with vines with flowers on a dot diaper ground.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: Ralph Stevenson & Williams (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3246

Accession Number: 1991.1029

Plate

The plate is of circular form with a dished rim and a slightly scalloped edge. It is painted, showing two hunters with dogs in a wooded setting with English country homes in the distance. It is within a wide floral border with a band of linked ovals at the edge.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: Herculaneum (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3247

Accession Number: 1991.1030

Plate

A plate of circular form with a scalloped edge. The center is printed in green with a two masted ship at sea, with clouds overhead all within a curly fern and beaded swag border.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Neptune Florentine China (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3248

Accession Number: 1991.1031

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