Historic New England

doll's blouse

Light green background with brown, blue, red and green polka dots, green ribbon trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1147

Accession Number: 1969.6801.1

doll's skirt

Light green background with brown, blue, red, and green polka dots, with green ribbon trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1148

Accession Number: 1969.6801.2

doll's blouse

Smock-like style, short sleeved, fastens at neck with ties. Lavender(varying shades) dots and stripes on white

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1149

Accession Number: 1969.6802

doll's shoe

Small blue with blue flower

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1150

Accession Number: 1969.6803

Doll's cape

Red with simulalted ermine edge

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 1151

Accession Number: 1969.6804

Doll's Dress

Smock shaped, gathered at neckband. Pagoda sleeves. Purple dots and checks on white. Gold ribbon at neck

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 1152

Accession Number: 1969.6805

doll's socks

One pair white

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1153

Accession Number: 1969.6806

doll's shawl

Pink center, grey and white checked edging, long grey, white and pink tassels

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1154

Accession Number: 1969.6807

doll's pantaloons

White with eyelet trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1155

Accession Number: 1969.6808

doll's dress

Black and lavender criss-cross pattern on white background. Elbow length sleeves

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1156

Accession Number: 1969.6809

doll's cape

Brown

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1157

Accession Number: 1969.6810

doll's apron

Black with blue trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 1158

Accession Number: 1969.6811

Doll's skirt

Pink and dark pink abstrackt snowflake-like pattern on white background

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1159

Accession Number: 1969.6812

doll's skirt

Double-flounced with horizontal bands of pink white, black, checked black and white. Gathered to waistband. Lined with brown and black net.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), net (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1160

Accession Number: 1969.6813

doll's dress

Blue and white printed. Gathered waistline, long sleeves, and a flounce at hem

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1161

Accession Number: 1969.6814

doll's shoes

Brown with white soles

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), leather

GUSN: 1162

Accession Number: 1969.6815

doll's moccasins

Pink, blue, and white beads and red cuffs

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), chamois (animal material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1163

Accession Number: 1969.6816

doll's petticoat

Off-white with eyelet trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1164

Accession Number: 1969.6817

doll's dress

A. orange and tan print on white. Deep collar over shoulders, flared sleeves, pointed waist, gathered skirt. 6 rows of white tape on collar and sleeves.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), shell (animal material)

GUSN: 1165

Accession Number: 1969.6818.1

doll's sleeves

A. orange and tan print on white. 2 buttons and loops. Narrow

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), shell (animal material)

GUSN: 1166

Accession Number: 1969.6818.2

doll's bodice

White with fitted bodice with low waist and peplum and pagoda sleeves.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting

GUSN: 1167

Accession Number: 1969.6819

doll's dress

Blue and white pleated front and back. Long sleeves, decorated with two rows of braid. Lined with white cotton

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1168

Accession Number: 1969.6820

doll's dress

Blue and white, deep pleating across the bodice and shoulders. Pointed waistline, gathered skirt, tucks

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1169

Accession Number: 1969.6821

doll's combination

One piece garment of bodice and pantaloons, white. It has 5 buttons

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1170

Accession Number: 1969.6822

doll's shawl

White

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1171

Accession Number: 1969.6823

doll's cape

Trimmed with grey ribbon. Deep collar. Fastens with loops and buttons. Lined with grey-green lining

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 1172

Accession Number: 1969.6824

doll's two piece dress

White with blue pattern. eyelet edging

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1173

Accession Number: 1969.6825.1

doll's two piece dress

White with blue pattern. eyelet edging

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1174

Accession Number: 1969.6825.2

doll's mantel

Black, shaped at shoulders, two bands of braid and rows of black

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 1175

Accession Number: 1969.6826

Doll's mantle

Black

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1176

Accession Number: 1969.6827

doll's bodice

Long-sleeved, off white, woven stripe, cotton bodice with pleated peplum with lace edge.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1177

Accession Number: 1969.6828

doll's apron

Black, skirt style, tightly gathered at waist with ribbon/sash ties

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 1178

Accession Number: 1969.6829

doll's skirt

Blue and white plaid stripe

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1179

Accession Number: 1969.6830

doll's combination

White

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1180

Accession Number: 1969.6831

doll's undersleeves

White

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 1181

Accession Number: 1969.6832

doll's undersleeves

Dotted white

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1182

Accession Number: 1969.6833

doll, sunbonnet

Black, and white checked cotton, colored ribbons, which tie under the chin and in the back.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1183

Accession Number: 1969.6834

doll's bonnet

Pink and lined. Trimmed with looped braid with roses and ribbons

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), net (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1184

Accession Number: 1969.6835

doll's handkerchief

No description

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1185

Accession Number: 1969.6836

Fire Bucket

A) Cylindrical leather tapered body; leather bail handle; back painted in vertical stripes; scroll painted on front. B) Bag: muslin, rectangular, open at top, drawstring enclosure.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, muslin, painting (coating), tanning

GUSN: 5220

Accession Number: 1971.586AB

Fire Bucket

A) Cylindrical leather tapered body; leather bail handle; back painted in vertical stripes; scroll painted on front. B) Bag: muslin, rectangular, open at top, drawstring enclosure.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, muslin, painting (coating), tanning

GUSN: 5221

Accession Number: 1971.587AB

Homeward Bound

Oil on canvas painting of a middle-aged fisherman smoking a pipe with a pensive look on face sitting in an empty dory holding the rudder; water and sky in background.

Date: 1878

Maker: Brown, John George, 1831-1913 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 5222

Accession Number: 1971.588

Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Lord Morrison

Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Lord Morrison dressed in black, with white collar and cap. Torso turned right; head toward viewer, seated in chair. 1971.820.

Date: 1874

Maker: Tenney, Ulysses Dow (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 5223

Accession Number: 1971.589

Rural New England locale; clouded sky; snow covered fields with wooded area at left; fallen tree in foreground; two farmhouses with barns at center right with three skaters on pond in center; two people with oxen pulling sleigh-load of wood in front of pond.

Date: 1851

Maker: Titcomb, William H., 1823-1888 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 5224

Accession Number: 1971.590

Looking Glass

Rectangular, pairs of twist colonnettes flank the lower mirror; pairs of small twists fill the hollow colonettes flanking the upper mirror; on the architrave rosettes flank a drapery swag, on the frieze stylized anthemion alternate with leafy wreaths.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 5225

Accession Number: 1971.591

Portrait of Elizabeth Rundlet Homer

Portrait of seated woman with hands folded in lap; body turned three-quarters with head facing front; dark curly hair, parted in middle; wears off-the-shoulder dress, gold with lace cape-like collar; red shawl; entwined behind waist held by forearms; background brown tones. Molded gilt frame has scr...

Date: 1835-1838

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 5226

Accession Number: 1971.592

Hanging Hall Lamp

Hanging hall lamp with glass shade. Lamp has a central cast brass candle socket [A] depicting a circular pierced cluster of leaves with a central pendant. Glass shade [B] is bell-shaped with an etched grape and floral design. Stamped foliate designs on brass bands at base and rim. Shade has three s-...

Date: 1807

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 5227

Accession Number: 1971.593A-C

Carpet

Geometric floral pattern; three borders enclosing a diagonally striped central rectangular panel; predominant colors orange, dark blue, white, yellow; tied fringe.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 5228

Accession Number: 1971.594