Historic New England

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a coffin shaped handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Jones, John B. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49311

Accession Number: 1976.27

Cann

Tulip-shaped pewter cann with band foot and S-shaped handle.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 49315

Accession Number: 1976.96.1

Basin

Pewter communion basin with flattened, reeded rim and incised bands around brim and well.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 49318

Accession Number: 1976.97

Plate, Communion

Large, round pewter communion plate. Part of a set from Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 49319

Accession Number: 1976.98

Communion Plate

Round, pewter communion plate. Part of a set from Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 49320

Accession Number: 1976.99

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49321

Accession Number: 1976.100

Porringer

Round, pewter porringer with convex well and flower handle.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 49322

Accession Number: 1976.114

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a downturned spatulate handle and a pointed oval. Floral design.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: Beal, Caleb, 1746-1810 (Silversmith)

Material: bright cutting, silver (metal)

GUSN: 49323

Accession Number: 1976.116

Sauce Ladle

Silver sauce ladle with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, and an elliptical bowl.

Date: 1816-1821

Maker: Welles & Gelston (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49324

Accession Number: 1976.117

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Salem, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49325

Accession Number: 1976.119

Luncheon Knife

Silver luncheon knife with an oval handle and a rounded blade. Beaded pattern.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: Jones, Ball & Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49326

Accession Number: 1976.120

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a rounded handle and a pointed oval bowl. Threaded edge and a floral design.

Date: 1920-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49327

Accession Number: 1976.121.1

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: Possibly Dodge, Nehemiah (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49328

Accession Number: 1976.122

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: E.E. Bailey & Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49329

Accession Number: 1976.123

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: Theophilus Bradbury & Son (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49330

Accession Number: 1976.124

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a coffin shaped handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49331

Accession Number: 1976.125

Demitasse Spoon

Silver demitasse spoon with a twist handle and pointed oval bowl. Queen Bess design.

Date: 1885

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49332

Accession Number: 1976.126

Easy chair frame. Mahogany front legs and side and medial stretchers; hard maple rear legs and rear stretcher; ash arms; white pine cone-shaped arm supports; soft maple and other secondary wood. Straight crest. Stiles and rear legs of one piece. scrolled arms, block-and-vase-turned side stretc...

Date: 1760-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), ash (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood), silver maple (wood)

GUSN: 49333

Accession Number: 1976.129

Sugar Tongs

Silver sugar tongs with tapered square arms, pointed shoulders, and oval bowls.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Williams, Deodat, 1794 C-1857 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49334

Accession Number: 1976.130

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49335

Accession Number: 1976.131

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Fiddle handle with rounded shoulders and an oval bowl.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Keyes, W. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49336

Accession Number: 1976.132

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper. Meandering floral pattern block printed in bright hues of green, blue, yellow, pink, red, gray and purple on light peach satin ground. Laid paper sheets.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49337

Accession Number: 1976.133.1

Ingrain Carpet

Rectangular strip; selvage sides. Rows of cartouches, each negative of last. Foliate cartouche with corner blocks and floral motif inside alternating with cartouche in negative with large scale floral motif; border of stringy branches. Ground of alternating stripes of reds and greens. Patched with s...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49339

Accession Number: 1976.140AB

Ingrain carpet fragment

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven in overall floral pattern of clusters of red and yellow tri-partite leaves, vines and sprigs on cellular patterned ground of mottled red, yellow and green.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49341

Accession Number: 1976.141AB

Fireboard

Board with foliate pattern wallpaper (A) and Renaissance Revival pattern border (B). Roller printed in green, black, and gray on ungrounded paper. Cutouts made for andirons.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 49342

Accession Number: 1976.144AB

Trim

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49343

Accession Number: 1976.152

Fichu

Black lace scarf with gold leaf edge and Stars of David pattern throughout.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49344

Accession Number: 1976.153

Infant's Cap

Cream sheer cotton embroidered with band of circles and petal shape along face and neck, and randomly along cap; serpentine floral stem with net inserted in flowers; net insert at back--large flower; scalloped and floral trim at back circle; drawstring neck and face.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Lincoln, Deborah, Miss (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 49345

Accession Number: 1976.154

Infant's Cap

Cream; sheer; eyelet embroidery--allover; with scalloped edge around face embroidered with foliate meander; drawstring neck.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Lincoln, Deborah, Miss (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 49346

Accession Number: 1976.155

Purse

Green and white floral patterned purse with a red silk opening and a silk tassel drawstring.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49347

Accession Number: 1976.156

Shawl

White center with 15" border with repeating botehs; 1 1/2" inner border of tilted botehs with corner botehs, mostly blue with touches of red and yellow; sewn-on fringe.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49348

Accession Number: 1976.158

Tray

Rectangular w/ deeply canted corners. Painted black w/ floral and foliage stencilled inside rim. Red stripe painted on the outside rim. Cutouts in each used as handles.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 49349

Accession Number: 1976.172

Infant's Cap

Cream; net embroidered along two bands with stylized flower encircled by dots; two tucks; narrow lace band along neck.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 49352

Accession Number: 1976.179

Table

Chair table with round top; rectangular board sides with circular handholds; seat grooved into sides; nailed box below seat; sides mortised and tenoned into shoes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49357

Accession Number: 1976.223

Armchair

No description

Date: 1760-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, maple (wood), upholstering, rush (material), painting (coating)

GUSN: 49359

Accession Number: 1976.230

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48741

Accession Number: 1972.137

Sheet

Rectangular, off-white linen sheet, seamed, hemmed top and bottom with selvage sides.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, linen (material), piecing

GUSN: 48742

Accession Number: 1972.139

Satinet Sheet

White, plain weave, seamed satinet with selvage edges and hemmed ends.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Wood, Susana Bennet (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 48743

Accession Number: 1972.140

Satinet Sheet

White, plain weave, seamed satinet sheet; selvage sides with hemmed ends.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Wood, Susana Bennet (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, weaving, machine-made, piecing, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 48744

Accession Number: 1972.141

Wool Sheet

Rectangular, cream-colored wool sheet; seamed; hemmed ends with selvage edges.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: Wood, Lucy Ann (Miller), 1816-1897 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand sewing, hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 48745

Accession Number: 1972.142

Wool Sheet

White, plain weave, seamed wool sheet with selvage sides and hemmed top and bottom.

Date: 1785-1830

Maker: Cobb, Hannah Francis, 1767-1846 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 48746

Accession Number: 1972.143

Satinet Sheet

White, plain weave, seamed wool sheet with selvage edges and hemmed ends.

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: Champlin, Caroline T. (Wood) (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, weaving, machine-made, piecing

GUSN: 48747

Accession Number: 1972.144

Wool Sheet

White, plain weave, seamed, wool sheet with selvage sides and hemmed ends.

Date: 1805-1830

Maker: Wood, Olive Cobb, 1789-1858 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 48748

Accession Number: 1972.145

Quilt

T-shaped; body comprised of pieced diamonds; alternating rows of glazed pillar print and diamonds; pieced eight-point star of various calicos. Fill around edges of double pink calico. Edges bound in brown floral calico. Quilted in zig-zags around stars.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: calico, chintz, cotton (textile), glazing (coating), linen (material), piecing, quilting

GUSN: 48749

Accession Number: 1972.148

Quilt

Body comprised of alternating rows of diamond blocks, one of yellow and black floral print on red ground, the other of bands of rainbow colors on white ground. Top and bottom bands of glazed red and black floral chintz; "Pumpkin Seed" design; white ground. Edges bound in printed cotton. Body quilted...

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: calico, chintz, cotton (textile), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48750

Accession Number: 1972.149

Coverlet

Blue and white, reversible; overall geometric design of rows of blocks; interiors divided by gridwork. Sashing of gridwork of alternating dark and light bands; solid intersections. Applied woven border; leno twist work and fringed edges except across top. Bottom corners rounded; top edge bound. Frin...

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), drawn thread work, fringe, gauze, weaving, piecing, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 48751

Accession Number: 1972.152

Dress

A=Bodice; B=Skirt. Cream satin ground with printed purple velvet sprays. A=Bodice - drawstring scooped neckline with small thread loops all around; puffed short sleeves with gathered cuffs; V-shaped silk tulle gathered at necline and waist; pointed waist at front. Pleated waistband; boned; lined ...

Date: ca. 1896

Maker: Chapman, J. E. (Maker)

Material: hand sewing, satin, silk (textile), taffeta, tulle (meshed textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 48752

Accession Number: 1972.157AB

Dress

Three-piece dress, bodice (a), skirt (b), and bow (c). Chartreuse corded silk with pale pink and chartreuse lampas. Bodice (a) broad drawstring neckline with chartreuse piping; exaggerated puffed sleeves of pink and green lampas; lampas woven with abstract swirls and small flowers (recalls bizarre s...

Date: 1895-1896

Maker: unknown

Material: cord (fiber product), stitching, lampas (textile material), machine-made, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 48753

Accession Number: 1972.158A-C