Historic New England

Grease Lamp

Tear-shaped grease lamp with curved handle, original hook and pick, made from wrought iron, with riveted cover.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2513

Accession Number: 1991.562

Candle Holder

Copper candle socket on flat, circular drip pan with spike.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: Possibly Howard, W. E. (Maker)

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 2514

Accession Number: 1991.563

Canteen or `Pilgrim Bottle'

Pewter, bulbous form with three applied carrying loops.

Date: 1650-1749

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2515

Accession Number: 1991.564

Pipe Box

Hanging Shaker pipe box with one drawer, pine, painted dark red.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2516

Accession Number: 1991.565

Candlemold

Tin mold for two candles, painted green, top with turned back edge and wire hanger attached.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2517

Accession Number: 1991.566

Hanging Trammel

Hanging trammel used with Betty lamp, carved from pine, painted brown.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2518

Accession Number: 1991.567

Betty Lamp

Wrought iron, with hanger and wire wick pick on simple chain; handle has hole for hanging.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2519

Accession Number: 1991.568

Electrified Stoneware Jug Lamp

Large stoneware jug; bulbous form with small reeded neck; neck-to-body handle; gray color with incised decoration of caricature-like bust of a woman painted with blue glaze; touches of blue to handle area; now wired to function as electric lamp.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), salt glaze, stoneware (pottery), throwing (pottery technique), incising

GUSN: 2520

Accession Number: 1991.569

Firkin and Cover

Small firkin with turned tapering body; thick band at base and top; pegs hold swing handle in place; fitted cover with interwoven laps; painted blue.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2521

Accession Number: 1991.570AB

Pantry Box and Cover

Round; bentwood form; fitted cover; straight laps, painted blue.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2522

Accession Number: 1991.571AB

Pantry Box

Round bentwood form withs fitted cover, straight laps held with brass tacks, painted light blue over earlier green; box interior divided into four sections.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2523

Accession Number: 1991.572AB

Turned Treen Dish

Small, turned, with incised lines at rim, conforming incised lines on blue-painted underside.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2524

Accession Number: 1991.574

Grain Scoop

Cylindrical handle on long wedge-shaped scoop, painted blue.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2525

Accession Number: 1991.575

Dipper

Deep, round, with crooked handle, and painted blue-green.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2526

Accession Number: 1991.576

Kettle Tilter Hook

Small iron hook on twisted shaft with a turned and incised wood handle.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2527

Accession Number: 1991.577

Kettle Tilter Hook

Iron hook and iron ring, attached to wooden handle which is painted brown.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2528

Accession Number: 1991.578

Candlestick

Tapering, banded candle socket with flared rim on cylindrical shaft with ring turnings, medial drip pan and round, banded flaring bell-shaped base.

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 2529

Accession Number: 1991.579

Paint-decorated Wooden Tobacco Jar

A slightly domed round cover with turned mushroom-form knop on round, bulbous base with broad shoulders and saucer-like base. Painted and grained in yellow and brown in a dot and shell pattern.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2831

Accession Number: 1991.1283

Wall Mirror

Queen Anne mahogany and etched-glass wall mirror with molded rectangular frame, and crest with fret-carved scrolling edges, the glass copper-etched around the edges with swag-like scrolls, flowering vines, diapering and, at the bottom, 2 doves holding a floral swag between them, and standing on 2 he...

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), copper engraving (printing process), mahogany (wood), mirrors, glass (material), copper (metal)

GUSN: 2832

Accession Number: 1991.1287

Overmantel Landscape Painting

Overmantel, large, almost square format, heavily framed landscape view of a winding river with an arm of land on which is a mansion house with a white fence enclosing a garden. On the far bank to the right is a small town with church steeple; to the left in the distance are a series of hills and a ...

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: Unknown (Maker)

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

GUSN: 2833

Accession Number: 1991.1288

Coverlet

Linsey-woolsey coverlet of rectangular form with cut corners, comprised of panels of linen and wool ("linsey-woolsey") blend fabric, woven in a 'bird's-eye' pattern, light blue with butternut reverse.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: linsey-woolsey, quilting

GUSN: 2834

Accession Number: 1991.1289

Quilt

Rectangular form with two cut corners patterned with twenty-three stars with conforming rings connected by diamonds comprised of polychrome (red, blue/brown tan chintz printed patches on an off white field). Enclosed on three sides by floral patterned border, densely quilted with floral, diagonal a...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, printing (process), quilting

GUSN: 2835

Accession Number: 1991.1290

High Chest of Drawers

William and Mary brown-stained maple high chest of drawers, of two sections, the upper a chest of drawers with molded top above two small and three large drawers with brass drop-pullhandles (some replaced) and escutcheons, on molded base, fitted into a lower section, a frame with overhanding molded ...

Date: 1690-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), cedar (wood), eastern white pine (wood), dovetail joints, staining, turning (shaping process), veneering

GUSN: 2836

Accession Number: 1991.1292

Looking Glass

Painted wall mirror of rectangular shape with demilune-shaped crest (clock-face shape); the ground of red-painted pine on top of which is mounted a black single-arch molded frame with flat arched crest enclosing an oval floral medallion on reverse-painted glass, mirrored glass below (old glass).

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), reverse painting on glass (image-making), glass (material)

GUSN: 2837

Accession Number: 1991.1294

Wall Mirror

Queen Anne, paint-decorated wall mirror, with rectangular cushion-frame below shaped crest, black chinoiserie decoration on red ground; crest attached with wooden cleats and wrought-iron nails.

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: mirrors, painting (coating), wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 2838

Accession Number: 1991.1295

Fireplace Shovel

Ball finial on bulbous octagonal upper shaft tapering to rod like shaft and iron shovel.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 2839

Accession Number: 1991.1298

Fireplace Tongs

Ball finial on ringed, chamfered and notched shaft on tongue with arched shoulder and oval clamps.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 2840

Accession Number: 1991.1299

Lace Bobbin

An elongated handle with disc-like finial and two disc-like extensions at midsection with a bulbous and crudely-carved terminus; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2841

Accession Number: 1991.1301

Lace Bobbin

A pestle-like form with flattened chip-carved top on tapering standard narrows to rounded handle with mushroom-shaped finial.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2842

Accession Number: 1991.1302

Lace Bobbin

Egg-shaped terminus on tapering stem with reel-shaped device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2843

Accession Number: 1991.1303

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped terminus on tapering stem with reel-device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2844

Accession Number: 1991.1304

Bobbin Reel

A club-like form with a bulbous end with raised 'button' on top on a tapering handle with raised collar at mid-section and round-flat finial; natural finish.

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2845

Accession Number: 1991.1306

Bobbin Reel

A bulbous, rounded end on tapering shaft with carved reel at mid-section and flat round terminus.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2846

Accession Number: 1991.1307

Bobbin Reel

Flattened round end on tapering shaft with disc-like extension at mid-section; a button-shaped terminus; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2847

Accession Number: 1991.1308

Bobbin Reel

Cone-like end with flattened tip and chip carved band around widest point; tappers to thin shaft with ringed center and finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oak (wood)

GUSN: 2848

Accession Number: 1991.1309

Bobbin Reel

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2849

Accession Number: 1991.1310

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end on tapering shaft with reel-turned device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), incising, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2850

Accession Number: 1991.1311

Bobbin Reel

Flattened round end with chip-carved edge on tapering shaft with cuff-like extension at mid-secion; a button terminus.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2851

Accession Number: 1991.1312

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end incised with heart devices and hip-carved band on a tapering shaft with carved band at mid-shaft; flat button finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2852

Accession Number: 1991.1313

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end with flaring tip; tapering shaft with reel-like band at mid-section and a flattened, circular finial.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2853

Accession Number: 1991.1314

Rocking Settee

Step-down crest rail with over 14 spindles and bowed stiles with tapering arms with scrolled handholds supported by turned front post and simple secondary post; a plank seat with rounded front and grooved top; raised on 4 turned and incised splayed legs with rectangular front and back stretchers and...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2854

Accession Number: 1991.1315

Windsor Armchair

Comb-back crest rail on 5 spindles and 2 turned stiles with splayed scrolling arms supported by turned front post and 2 simply turned secondary supports; an oval plank seat raised on four splayed, baluster-turned legs joined by bulbous-turned side stretcher and medial stretcher; painted

Date: 1770-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2855

Accession Number: 1991.1316

Candlestand

Federal cherrywood candlestand, its sqare top with invected corners; on vase/baluster turned pedestal on tripod base, the 3 snake feet mortised into shaped cylindrical base; natural finish.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, nailing, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2856

Accession Number: 1991.1317

Pewter Chamberstick

Pewter chamberstick with laterally positioned injectors; saucer-like bobecheon ringed cylindrical shaft with injector and bulbous base on deep circular drip pan with fingerhold ring and disc-shaped rest.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2857

Accession Number: 1991.1318.2

Memento Mori

Painting: Small, rectangular format, white shaft placed against a black background. Flanked by pair of urns, and adorned with several religious inscriptions. Another inscription appears across the base of the image. Frame: Simple, mitered-cornered, black-painted, stencilled frame made by Anson ...

Date: 1794-1795

Maker: Saville, William, 1770-1853 (Maker) Clark, Anson (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2858

Accession Number: 1991.1319

Family Register

Small, rectangular format; a large, central tree with discs on which birth dates of chldren are entered. At bottom left a hip-roofed house with two chimneys and red door with pediment. At right a fenced grove of trees, and walking man in red coat with cane. At base of tree, five entwined hearts b...

Date: 1795

Maker: Saville, William, 1770-1853 (Maker)

Material: ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2859

Accession Number: 1991.1320

Portrait of Samuel Waters

Rectangular format, waist-length portrait of a man in a dark brown oval, facing slightly to the right; he wears a white collar, a dull blue coat, a rusty rose vest, and has dark eyes and his hair back in a queue.

Date: 1779

Maker: Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2860

Accession Number: 1991.1067.1

Whale Oil Lamp

Double whale oil burner on cylindrical reservoir on tapering ringed staudard and deep, circular, flar rimmed saucer-like base.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2861

Accession Number: 1991.1321

Whale Oil/Electric Lantern

Tin ring handle on a conical top with pierced cylindrical sides holding glodular clear glass globe, with a cylindrical tin base, glass bottom, tin painted gray and electrified.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2862

Accession Number: 1991.1322

Bedspread

Rectangular form with cut flower corners, white linen ground embroidered with white cotton yarn or candlewicked with a central oval reserve with a basket of flowers (or weeping willow). Enclosed by a ring of stars, palmettes and a diamond border. Three sides with deep linen flounce.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: Hobbs, Olive Curtis (Maker)

Material: candlewicking (embroidering), cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 2863

Accession Number: 1991.1324

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