Historic New England

Baby Stroller

Basket-like; for 2 children; braided finish; 4 spoked wheels

Date: 1880-1899

Maker: F. A. Whitney Carriage Co. (Maker)

Material: caning, iron (metal), maple (wood)

GUSN: 65668

Accession Number: 1970.1230

House Model

2 tone green house; 3 green. gothic gables ea. side; ctr. porch

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: Possibly Bowen, Paul Holt, 1868-1895 (Maker)

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 65669

Accession Number: 1970.1232

Wagon-drawn Rake

Bent wood form; forked shaft; cross bar with nailed & tenon teeth

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 65670

Accession Number: 1970.1233

Lantern

Trapezoidal; tin frame; 4 red white & bl. panels; panes with many motfs

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 65671

Accession Number: 1970.1300

Statue

Man on rearing horse; holds wooden lance; black wood pedestal

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 65672

Accession Number: 1934.221

Candlestick

Lt. bl. with white dec. ribbed bell shape; white. sprig chain; oval rsrvs

Date: 1900

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65673

Accession Number: 1949.1090.1

Candlestick

Lt. bl. with white dec. ribbed bell shape; white. sprig chain; oval rsrvs

Date: 1900

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65674

Accession Number: 1949.1090.2

Table Mat

Rectangular; cotton gauze backing; crm. silk damask floral embroidery

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, gauze, silk (textile)

GUSN: 65675

Accession Number: 1982.89

Footed Bowl

Rounded foot with high kick; interior gilt; exterior with white flowers and vines

Date: 1891-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material), silvered glass, silver (metal)

GUSN: 65676

Accession Number: 1986.877

Painting

Yng. man; black hair; short beard; black suit & cravat; red chair

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65677

Accession Number: 1966.479

Painting

Yng. man; black hair; jacket, bow & print vest; brown eyes; red face

Date: 1840-1846

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65678

Accession Number: 1966.478

Painting of a Ship

Schooner; black hull, gold volutes; four masts; American flag; blue sky.

Date: 1900

Maker: Stubbs, W. P. (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65679

Accession Number: 1918.1429

Side Chair

Side chair. Walnut, woolen velvet upholstery. Carved seat back; turned stiles; green velvet upholstered back and seat.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65680

Accession Number: 1920.369

Side Chair

Round. arched crest continuous to stiles; pierced splat; florals

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), cherry (wood), cotton (textile), mahogany (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 65681

Accession Number: 1929.82

Portrait of a Man

Waist-length portrait of an elderly man with sword at his left. Wears a wide collar and 17th century dress.

Date: 1890

Maker: Smith, Henry Wright, b. 1828 (Maker) AFTER Rembrandt (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65682

Accession Number: 1929.664

Photograph

Photographic print, three-quarter length view of a man wearing a wig and eighteenth century dress; he is holding a rolled document; seaview in background.

Date: 1890

Maker: Smith, Henry Wright, b. 1828 (Maker) AFTER Smibert, John (American painter, 1688-1751) (Maker) Hastings & Davenport (Framer)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65683

Accession Number: 1929.665

Portable Desk

Portable writing desk.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 65684

Accession Number: 1930.879

Fireplace Tiles

Set of twenty-five tinglazed earthenware tiles with waterside scenes in roundel; purple underglaze; cross on circular motf.

Date: 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 65685

Accession Number: 1931.795

Banjo Clock

Circular face with roman numerals; case; mirrored "S" scrolls over box

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), gesso, gilding, mahogany (wood), veneering

GUSN: 65686

Accession Number: 1931.1337

Bell

Lambrequin ornament; ringed handle; knop with hole; baluster clapper.

Date: 1840-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 65687

Accession Number: 1932.723

Photograph of Henry James (1843-1916)

Sepia-toned photograph in three-quarter length of Henry James wearing an overcoat, holding a glove, and leaning on a chair.

Date: 1880

Maker: Murphy, T. J. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65688

Accession Number: 1933.1020

Photograph of Henry Wadswoth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Sepia-toned photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow seated in chair leaning his left elbow on an elaborate cupboard.

Date: 1880

Maker: Barton, S. A. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65689

Accession Number: 1934.1987

Photograph of Charles Dickens and His Daughters

Black and white copy of an illustration of a Charles Dickens in a wire chair reading to two young women.

Date: 1880

Maker: AFTER Anfray, F. (Maker)

Material: phototypes (prints)

GUSN: 65690

Accession Number: 1934.2313

Footstool

4baluster legs; molded side rails; bl. twill uphl. central wreath

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65691

Accession Number: 1934.2916

Print

Shoulder length black and white portrait of a man facing left; The sitter has long sideburns and is balding

Date: 1890

Maker: Benjamin, W. E. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65692

Accession Number: 1935.848

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Waist-length sepia portrait of a man, seated, with coat, holds hat; moustache.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65693

Accession Number: 1935.849

Painting

Wooded landscape; blues, greens, browns

Date: 1891

Maker: Fenno, Almira T. (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 65694

Accession Number: 1935.1559

Photograph

View of white house, fence and street foreground; candles in windows

Date: 1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65695

Accession Number: 1937.1366

Photograph With Poem on Reverse

Portrait of a woman reading at table; small vase of wildflowers; handwritten. poem on back

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65696

Accession Number: 1938.1444

Rug

Rectangular; borders in bls, pnks, beige & white; red ground/bl. cntrl. diamond

Date: 1850-1939

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 65697

Accession Number: 1939.497

Pillow

Piping; maroon with flowers & insects; greens, pinks, blues, yellow, red.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, silk (textile)

GUSN: 65698

Accession Number: 1942.1490

Armchair

Barrel back chair with cariole legs, tufted upholstery in a striped patterned silk.

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: moiré, oak (wood), pine (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 65699

Accession Number: 1947.795

Photograph

Black and white photograph of an elderly woman, facing right and wearing an ermine stole; bust-length portrait

Date: 1910

Maker: Possibly Foster Brothers (Framer)

GUSN: 65700

Accession Number: 1949.1084

Bookcase

Cove cornice; 2hinged doors with glass; lower 4drawer cabinet

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 65701

Accession Number: 1949.1104

Bird's Eye View Map

Map of South Berwick, Maine. Three dimensional view depicts the concentration of population, names of streets, horse drawn carts, and pedestrians. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1877

Maker: Ruger & Stoner (Publisher) Jos. A. Richards & Co. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65702

Accession Number: 1966.382

Fireplace Shovel

Steel; bell shaped shovel; brass egg & ring shaft

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 66375

Accession Number: 1952.265.4

Photograph

Black and white photograph of two dolls: one Dutch, one colonial costume, in a striped chair

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66377

Accession Number: 1976.465

Painting of Flowers

Bouquet of white and red hollyhocks; light blue ground; textured orange ground.

Date: 1850-1950

Maker: Sewall, Jane (Painter)

Material: particle board, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 66378

Accession Number: 1955.272

Candlestick

Square base; canted cornrs, sloped sds; conicl ft; cylindrical socket; pushup

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 66379

Accession Number: 1960.122.1

Candlestick

Square base; canted cornrs, sloped sds; conicl ft; cylindrical socket; pushup

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 66380

Accession Number: 1960.122.2

Silhouette Picture

Bust length silhouette depiction of a woman facing left; hair with comb; black on white; lace collar

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66381

Accession Number: 1966.480

Photograph

Sepia photographic portrait of a man; bust length; beard and mustache, faces right; oval format

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66382

Accession Number: 1966.1972

Bust length reproduction portrait of Caroline Frances Perry Jewett (Sarah Orne Jewetts Mother) facing right; small white cap, black buttoned dress. In pressed brass frame with embossed floral design. cardstock backing with paper grained design and metal stand. Original portrait is housed in the L...

Date: 1890

Maker: Whittemore, A. J. (Maker) Whittemore, A. J. (Maker)

GUSN: 66383

Accession Number: 1966.1975

Calendar

Rectangular; japans. dec. mat; 2dowels, calendar scrolls betw:scns. ea. mo

Date: 1886

Maker: Mitchell, John A. (Artist) Taylor, W. E. (Artist) C. A. Hack & Son (Publisher)

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66384

Accession Number: 1966.1976

Photograph

Portrait of a man with a beard; graying; facing right; on card; bust length; suit

Date: 1850

Maker: Smith, Horatio G. (Maker)

GUSN: 66385

Accession Number: 1966.1978

Conch Shell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 66386

Accession Number: 1966.1979

Photograph

Sepia photographic portrait shoulder. length; woman looking left; bow at neck, button blouse

Date: 1900

Maker: Richard Nichols & Son (Framer)

GUSN: 66387

Accession Number: 1966.1980

Photograph

Sepia; woman; seated at table; ruffled dk. blouse; book, flowers

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66388

Accession Number: 1966.2055

Hatpin

Brass. fittings each side of basketweave. carved bone ball; long pin

Date: 1885-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 66389

Accession Number: 1966.2122

Wall Mirror

Rectangular; flat frame; gesso florals; scallop borders, basketwv. ground

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material), pine (wood)

GUSN: 66390

Accession Number: 1966.2123

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