Historic New England

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 28195

Accession Number: 1918.554

Soup Spoon

Shiny pewter spoon; re-cast, with no ornmentation.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28198

Accession Number: 1918.566

Pocket

Printed cotton pocket.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 28199

Accession Number: 1918.567

Pair of Stockings

Cream-colored stockings with a shell or scalloped pattern from top of the shin to the toes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28200

Accession Number: 1918.568AB

Alphabet Sampler

Unfinished alphabet sampler. Narrow linen strip. Green cross stitched border with one green alphabet. One black row of cross stitching divides the space in two. Alphabets: #1-complete.

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 28201

Accession Number: 1918.569

Soap Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 28202

Accession Number: 1918.583

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28203

Accession Number: 1918.599

Sugar Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28204

Accession Number: 1918.601

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28205

Accession Number: 1918.606

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28206

Accession Number: 1918.607

Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28207

Accession Number: 1918.627

Mug with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28208

Accession Number: 1918.628AB

"An Emblem of England"

Print of a woman wearing greek style robes holding a flag. Framed.

Date: 1799

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28209

Accession Number: 1918.635

Six Quart Pitcher

Hound-handled pitcher. Body of pitcher has a scene in relief of stags being chased by hounds. Brown glaze with yellow highlights.

Date: 1852-1894

Maker: Possibly United States Pottery Co. (Maker) Possibly Norton Pottery (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery), enamel (fused coating), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 28210

Accession Number: 1918.642

Windsor Chair

Thumb back, plank seat, brown with green seat.

Date: 1840-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28213

Accession Number: 1918.648

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28214

Accession Number: 1918.663

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28216

Accession Number: 1918.669

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28217

Accession Number: 1918.673

Stool

Tall work stool; square legs, 8 stretchers, footrest; leather seat.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), leather, ash (wood), chestnut (wood), birch (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28218

Accession Number: 1918.714

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28219

Accession Number: 1918.718

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28221

Accession Number: 1918.721

Cloth Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz, burgundy background with pink floral garland.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27919

Accession Number: 1917.1344

Cloth Fragment

Rose print on brown and white abstract ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27920

Accession Number: 1917.1345

Cloth Fragment

Red, black, and cream printed plain weave cellulosic textile fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27921

Accession Number: 1917.1347

Textile Fragment

Blue and black printed plain weave cellulosic textile fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27922

Accession Number: 1917.1349

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27923

Accession Number: 1917.1353A

Pencil

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27924

Accession Number: 1917.1354

Smelling Bottle

Purple glass smelling bottle with original stopper painted red.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27925

Accession Number: 1917.1356

Needles in a Case

Scrimshaw needle case with needles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 27926

Accession Number: 1917.1357

Mustache Comb

A hinged mustache comb with a tortoise shell handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 27927

Accession Number: 1917.1358

Top

Turned wooden top, metal tip.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27928

Accession Number: 1917.1361

Curtain Fragment

Blue and red floral print on natural ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27929

Accession Number: 1917.1362

Nearly square, red and white, hemmed. Two couples, one gentile, the other harlequin-like, flanked by architectural pedestal with pomegranate tree in classical urn on one side, classical ruin on other. Below, mansion with padlock on door; black man foreground picking up basket. Framed in floral grou...

Date: 1768-1775

Maker: Bickerstaff, Isaac (Artist, Designer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27930

Accession Number: 1917.1363

Bed Curtain Fragment

Rectangular; figured woven blue and white tape binding two edges. Image in blue on white ground of fancy tailed cock duck with hen in center; large scale rococo floral scroll, flowers and fruit.

Date: 1765-1775

Maker: Bromley Hall Printworks (Printer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing

GUSN: 27931

Accession Number: 1917.1365A

Side curtain from set of bed hangings

This panel from a set of bed curtains is block printed with repeats of trailing floral vines with large blooms similar to crysanthemums. The panel is rectangular and finished with linen tape binding along hem and one side.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27932

Accession Number: 1917.1366B

Toile Fragment

White ground printed in red with flowering branches. Hemmed on three sides; selvage on fourth.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27933

Accession Number: 1917.1367

Curtain Fragment

Red and white toile of a man fishing and a canoodling couple.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27934

Accession Number: 1917.1368

Curtain panel

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top, bottom and one side. Seven woven tape tabs at top. Stamped in blue, red and green pigments. Alternating columns of oval bead-like chain in blue; floral sprigs in blue, red and green.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 27935

Accession Number: 1917.1369

Window Curtain panel

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top and bottom; selvage sides. Four woven tape hanging tabs across top; 5" wide panel hemmed to top edge supporting back. Woven stripes; color in warp uneven red and blue stripes and blue ikat "spots" on white stripe.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, ikat, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 27936

Accession Number: 1917.1370