Historic New England

Shelf Clock Dial

Of near square form, painted white and decorated with gilt gesso "twisted rope" triangles, enclosing pink and green floral spray in spandrels and a similarly painted floral wreath at the center. The dial is painted with black Arabic numerals.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 2693

Accession Number: 1991.918

Clock Face

Painted and gilt decorated tombstone clock dial with Arabic numerals. There is a gilt reserve with a rose sprig and rose sprig spandrels.

Date: 1800-1835

Maker: Whiting, Riley, d. 1835 (Maker)

Material: gesso, gilding, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2694

Accession Number: 1991.919

Clock Face

Paint and gilt decorated tombstone clock dial with Arabic numerals. It has gilt stars and a gilt reserve center with a floral arch and rose vine spandrels.

Date: 1800-1835

Maker: Whiting, Riley, d. 1835 (Maker)

Material: gesso, gilding, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2695

Accession Number: 1991.920

Sundial

Wooden sundial with a rounded base, painted brown with a hand-painted black dial.

Date: dated 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2696

Accession Number: 1991.921

Watercolor

Of oblong rectangular format, depicting the mock funeral of Lord Timothy Dexter of Newburyport in 1799. A row of small trees run along the foreground and in the register above, a hearse and gig are led by their drivers. On the bank, in the background, a catalfalque is surrounded by five mourners. Tw...

Date: 1801

Maker: Fuller, James, Mr. (Maker)

Material: ink, laid paper, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2697

Accession Number: 1991.922

Landscape Drawing

Drawing of a cart pulled by a team of oxen crossing a bridge. A church, houses, and trees are in the background.

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: Attributed to Derby, Mary Jane (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 2698

Accession Number: 1991.923

Writing Slate

A rectangular pine frame enclosing a conforming slate. The frame is printed with geometric shapes, architectural facades, perspectual images on one side, the alphabet and numbers, Roman numerals and a selecion of 32 four letter words on one side.

Maker: Wilde Bowler & Co. (Maker)

Material: slate (rock), pine (wood), printing (process)

GUSN: 2699

Accession Number: 1991.924

Writing Slate

A rectangular slate held in conforming wood frame of mortise and tenon construction.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, maple (wood), blackboard slate

GUSN: 2700

Accession Number: 1991.925

Writing Slate

A student's chalkboard in a case, both of rectangular shape. The case is of blueish-grey painted pine with extended top and bottom, hinged doors with a wire hook closure on either side. Inside the double-sided slate is a molded pine frame and leather chalkholder inside the door.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), nailing, pine (wood), blackboard slate, wire

GUSN: 2701

Accession Number: 1991.926

Writing Slate

A student's writing slate in a wooden case, of rectangular molded panel form. It is painted black with a double hinged opening to two slates and a wire closure.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), slate (rock), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2702

Accession Number: 1991.927

Aeolian Harp

Rectangular-shaped body of pine painted dark red. Three sets of sound holes in top and thirty-six small circular sound holes in one side of body. Four crudely carved wood tuning pegs at each end to attach strings.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), nylon, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2703

Accession Number: 1991.928

Tall Case Clock

Of simple country form with a rectangular hood with a glazed door opening to a painted wood dial with roman numerals, a lunette decorated with trees and grass and polychrome rainbow strips in spandrels. The case has a rectangular thumb molded door that has a single wood knob, and a raised molded edg...

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Perkins, John, 1801-1832 (Maker)

Material: graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2704

Accession Number: 1991.929

Blanket Chest

Pine blanket chest, with a rectangular lid with molded edge and cleats on a case with a single long drawer with turned wood pulls. On raised, shaped "bootjack" ends and shaped front apron. Grain-painted in yellow and brown-red to simulate pine. Drawer edge painted to simulate inlay.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, dovetail joints, iron (metal), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2705

Accession Number: 1991.930

Stool

The shaped saddle seat is raised on four slightly splayed bamboo turned legs. they are formed by bamboo turned front stretchers, bulbous turned side stretchers and a bamboo turned medial stretcher. It is painted red.

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2706

Accession Number: 1991.931

Terrestrial Globe

Terrestrial globe ona mahogany tripod stand. The spinning globe has a green cast on the frame with astrological signs. It rests in a carved/turned mahogany pedestal with three scrolled and splayed feet, on casters.

Date: 1838

Maker: Loring, Josiah (Maker)

Material: iron (metal), mahogany (wood), paper (fiber product), printing (process), varnishing

GUSN: 2707

Accession Number: 1991.932

Set of Bookcases

Set of four stacked pine graduated bookcases, of open rectangular form and equal width. The top case (shortest) has molded cornice and is black printed on top. It is all yellow stained on the outside with red-painted interiors.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2708

Accession Number: 1991.933A-D

Nightstand

A red-painted maple and pine Hepplewhite bedside table. It has an overhanging square top above a chamfered single drawer with a wood knob handle. It has a straight side and square tapering legs that are slightly splayed. It is small and low.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2709

Accession Number: 1991.934

Pair of Camphene Lamps

Pair of Victorian pewter camphene lamps; cylindrical toward top; bulbous below; domed upper end with short neck where a threaded disk has two brass wick tubes, tapered and flaring, on short baluster shaft; dished, circular, stepped and molded base.

Date: 1848-1854

Maker: Capen & Molineaux (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy

GUSN: 2710

Accession Number: 1991.935.1-2

Tin Stage Orders Box

Red-painted tin box with a hinged door with a key and a slot at the top for orders and way bills. It is decorated with scrolls in yellow paint. The body of the box is made from a single sheet of tin, seamed at the right side, center; the seam is reinforced with two strips of tin tacked perpendicular...

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2711

Accession Number: 1991.936.1

Bust Carving

Carved head and shoulders of a man with a high, standing collar and brushed back hair (to the center of his forehead). His features are small, the eyes incised, and the mouth wide.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2712

Accession Number: 1991.937

Portrait of a Man

Of rectangular format, a portrait of a man, waist length, with black hair, blue eyes and a black coat. He sits in a red upholstered arm chair with his right arm on the table with a green cover. A round ink well and a document are in front of him and he holds a quill pen in his right hand. In the bac...

Date: dated 1834

Maker: Gassner, George, Mr., 1811-1861 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2713

Accession Number: 1991.938.1

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with a shaped field of polychrome tones, within a border in the shape of a rustic frame of varrigated tans on a varrigated brown ground. Hooked on a burlap foundation and bound with cottontape.

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2714

Accession Number: 1991.939

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with squares filled with polychrome diagonal stripes. The edges are bound with cotton tape. The predominate colors are red, black, tans, blues, browns, orange and green.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2715

Accession Number: 1991.940

Rug

Hooked rug of long rectangular form, of cotton on burlap with a black tape edge. It is on a pink-beige/brown stripe ground with a navy/gray stripe border and 3 quadrafoil medallions resembling paper cut-outs badly centered along the ground.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 2716

Accession Number: 1991.941

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with a single rose sprig on a beige field within a varrigated brown/green border. It has gray/black cotton tape binding.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2717

Accession Number: 1991.942

Portrait of a Man and a Woman

Half-length portraits of a man and woman on separate canvases, painted to hang side by side. There is contiguous space suggested by a swag curtain at the top. He wears a black suit and white vest; she wears a grey dress with a gold belt buckle and red coral beads, lace collar and cap, and holds a fa...

Date: dated 1831

Maker: Smith, Royall Brewster, 1801-1849 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2718

Accession Number: 1991.943.1-2

Windsor Stool

Deep blue-painted Shaker wooden stool; rectangular seat with groove carved just under the seat; four round, slightly splayed legs that taper towards the bottom with conforming stretchers. Distinctive deep bright blue color, somewhat dainty.

Date: 1815-1840

Maker: Shaker Village (Maker)

Material: gluing, oak (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2719

Accession Number: 1991.944

Box

Important masonic rectangular lift-top box painted vermillion red ground with masonic designs (including pillars, compass & square, beehive, hammer & chisel, trees, eye of god) in gold, black and green on front and top. A single stepped oval handle on top of the hinged lid. Lock removed to reveal ...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2720

Accession Number: 1991.945

Box

Grain-painted rectangular box, umber over yellow vinegar/putty style decoration lift top with original hinges, dust lip inside, dove tailed construction.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: American linden (wood), graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2721

Accession Number: 1991.946

Overmantel-Landscape with Harbor Scene

Overmantel painting, landscape with houses along the left bank of a river. In the left foreground, is a large yellow house with a small connected outbuilding and fence. In the center is a dead tree with a large bird perched on the top branch. A hound scents a rabbit, which hides behind a rock at the...

Date: 1780-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 2722

Accession Number: 1991.948

Genre Painting

Small oblong rectangular format of a landscape with thatched cottages in the right foreground and left middle ground; three men in large hats, one with a beard, talk on the right; more figures are visible in the field in the middle distance at the left. Oil on wood panel.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2723

Accession Number: 1991.949

Candlestick

Brass candlestick on square base; cylindrical cup above vase and ring baluster shaft; raised circular drip-pan rim molded into raised square base; shaft welded into base (no marks).

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), welding

GUSN: 2724

Accession Number: 1991.950

Table and Two Benches

Table with rectangular overhanging top supported by five turned legs; the top is grainpainted in five different patterns in yellow and brown; wood supports screwed in underside; benches with long curve-ended crest rails supported by turned stiles and legs; conforming flat seat.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), graining

GUSN: 2725

Accession Number: 1991.951.1-.3

Rug

Shirred rug, wool on cotton ground with a bold flower design in red and green on black ground at center.Bordered by a stylized flowering vine on a yellow ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), shirring

GUSN: 2726

Accession Number: 1991.952

Applique and Needlework Rug

Applique and needlework rug with alternating ground blocks of taupe wool and navy blue felt. It has stylized floral and foliate scroll needlework on a applique border with flowers at each corner. The center has a large blue ground with a stylized tree-like flower at the center with balanced floral d...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), embroidering, felt (textile), needlepoint (needleworking), wool (textile), yarn

GUSN: 2727

Accession Number: 1991.953

Plover Carving

Carved and painted wooden bird representing a plover. It is painted black and yellow, with black beak and eyes and copper wire legs that are painted yellow and affixed to the base. The base bears lettering and there is some incising to create a feathered surface.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), carving (processes), copper (metal), metal, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2728

Accession Number: 1991.965

Emu Egg

Decorated emu egg showing a farm scene (pasture, fence, trees, barn, and two horses in the foreground). It is a naturally dark shell. It is skillfully carved to incorporate the natural color changes (grey to white) into its design. The scene is bordered by one band of outside color and one of medium...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Possibly Lund, V. (Maker)

Material: glassblowing, carving (processes), eggshell (animal material), incising, glass (material)

GUSN: 2729

Accession Number: 1991.954

Ostrich Egg

A large white ostrich egg painted with a ocean view of a square rigged ship, the Sea Witch, under full sail flying the American flag. It is bordered by a red band with a banner at top.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, eggshell (animal material), painting (coating), glass (material)

GUSN: 2730

Accession Number: 1991.955

Ostrich Egg

A large cream colored ostrich egg showing scenic hills with a bridge over water, and a sketch of a boy poling a raft and another in a small boat. A tiny pagoda is off in the background. The egg is decorated with Chinoiserie designs in reds, browns and gold leaf in japanned style. There are definite ...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, eggshell (animal material), japanning, painting (coating), glass (material)

GUSN: 2731

Accession Number: 1991.956

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

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