Historic New England

Bedkey

Rough hewn rectangular block of wood with a 'U'-shaped cut-out at one end and a crudely chamfered handle piercing the other end.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11159

Accession Number: 1992.487

Carving

Small, rectagnular format; yellow eagle, carved in relief, affixed to a black wood panel; their are fifteen painted stars around head and the motto: "all for one" below the bird.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), gilding, oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 11160

Accession Number: 1992.488

Cat Figurine

Figure of a seated cat on an oval disk-shaped base; painted brown with whiskers and collar heightened in black. Presently wearing a sateen collar in peach.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), papier mâché

GUSN: 11161

Accession Number: 1992.489

Rectangular form with central floral wreath flanked by vases of flowers within a contiguous border of striped circles; the pattern is in raised, clipped silk; the ground is worked in horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, blue, black, and beige on a beige ground; there is a black green wool fringe ...

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: sewing (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 11162

Accession Number: 1992.490

Wooden Doll

Carved wood; painted stylized head and shoulders on jointed and painted torso.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Insam, Hier (Maker)

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

GUSN: 11163

Accession Number: 1991.1963

Pattern Drafting System

Contents of box include: Pattern scroll Drafting edge Tracing wheel Bound book of testing scales Paper patterns with markings 4 Paper patterns partially completed (?) 29 Cardboard rulers for assorted bust sizes All in red cardboard box

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), printing (process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11164

Accession Number: 1992.181

Loom

Large, four harness weaving loom with squared posts and rails painted red with many accessories; appears to be complete.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hardwood, painting (coating), pine (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 11165

Accession Number: 1991.1684

Sphere

A white opaque ball with a swag pattern of blue and pink melding into a single swirl at the base. The ball hangs from a string.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 11166

Accession Number: 1991.1689

Ball

An opaque white glass sphere decorated with 8 sections of blue and deep pink swags with an 8 pointed star pattern at the base.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 11167

Accession Number: 1991.1690

Table Mat

A nearly square form, the beige ground is printed with a floral pattern of carnations, "feathery" tulips and other flowering sprigs in shades of: brown, pink, and red. Three sides are hand-hemmed, one side is a salvage edge.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 11168

Accession Number: 1992.424

Custard Cup

Redware custard cup with straight tapered sides on a rolled foot rim, unglazed exterior with dark brown glaze to the interior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 11169

Accession Number: 1992.728

Stove

Footed example on cabriole-type legs in green enamel. The top with large rectangular tiered back shelves fitted with a center stove-pipe, above four burners, over an arrangment of ovens each with a circular thermometer dial, and an ashpit. Trimmed in plated nickel. Temperature dials porcelein.

Date: 1927

Maker: Kaufman, S. (Maker) Day Indicator Co. (Maker)

Material: enamel paint, nickel (metal), porcelain

GUSN: 11170

Accession Number: 1996.70

Glove Stretcher

A long tapering cylindrical dowel; ovoid turned handle; incised three rungs.

Date: 1775-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11171

Accession Number: 1992.463

Two-Handed Pitcher

Two-handled redware pitcher; globular form with an outflared rim and small spout; dark brown glaze; narrow, unglazed foot; two reeded handles.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 11172

Accession Number: 1992.740

Andirons

Faceted ball finials on "goose neck" and chamfered blade form shafts on arched legs ending in small rounded flat feet. Right and left dogs.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 11173

Accession Number: 1991.1180A

Andirons

Faceted ball finials on "goose neck" and chamfered blade form shafts on arched legs ending in small rounded flat feet. Right and left dogs.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 11174

Accession Number: 1991.1180B

Portrait of Queen Mary

Unframed engraving of Queen Mary.

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 11175

Accession Number: 1915.125

Watercolor

Pair of paintings in almost square format, vases of flowers in shades of rose, green, blue and yellow. Double matted with a pink inner mat and burgandy outer mat. They are in gold leafed frames. Watercolor on hand woven linen.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11176

Accession Number: 1991.1192.1

Watercolor

Pair of paintings in almost square format, vases of flowers in shades of rose, green, blue and yellow. Double matted with a pink inner mat and burgandy outer mat. They are in gold leafed frames. Watercolor on hand woven linen.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11177

Accession Number: 1991.1192.2

Watercolor

In square format, a pair of vases of flowers done in pinks and green with delicate stems in an ivory colored background. Plain cream colored wood frames with mitered corners. Each flower was composed by multiple stencils.

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11178

Accession Number: 1991.1195.1

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 11179

Accession Number: 1917.13

Watercolor

In square format, a pair of vases of flowers done in pinks and green with delicate stems in an ivory colored background. Plain cream colored wood frames with mitered corners. Each flower was composed by multiple stencils.

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11180

Accession Number: 1991.1195.2

Garniture Vase

Pair of Dutch Delftware garniture vases, of hexagonal beaker form with a wide outflared scalloped rim, and tapered body with conforming base. It is decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue in a floral design of Chinese inspiration; the front three panels are covered with decoration and the back w...

Date: 1690-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, lead glaze, molding (forming), painting (coating), underglazing

GUSN: 11181

Accession Number: 1991.1197.1

Sugar Bowl Lid

The domed rectangular cover has a flower blossom knop and a mount printed with a floral motif.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, incising, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 11286

Accession Number: 1991.1025B

Box

Home-made.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11287

Accession Number: 1917.949

Artificial Flower

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11288

Accession Number: 1917.950

Artificial Flower

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11289

Accession Number: 1917.951

Artificial Flower

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11290

Accession Number: 1917.952

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, homemade

GUSN: 11291

Accession Number: 1917.958

Hairnet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11292

Accession Number: 1917.959

Portrait of a Woman

Rectangular, vertical format portrait of a seated woman, three-quarter length. Companion portrait to Cyrus French. She is wearing a shawl and cap.

Date: 1786

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 11293

Accession Number: 1991.1041.2

Trestles

A pair of crude trestles with wood branches for supporting poles, which are minimally curved and pegged into the cross bar- a square rough pine piece. The wooden crossbars are 2" square, between the legs at the base it is 17 1/2".

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 11295

Accession Number: 1991.1049.2

Book

No description

Date: 1810-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11296

Accession Number: 1917.965

Taper

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11299

Accession Number: 1917.971

Ticket

Ticket to Boston Exhibition.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11300

Accession Number: 1917.966

Ticket

Ticket to Boston Exhibition.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11301

Accession Number: 1917.967

Rubber Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11302

Accession Number: 1917.972

Portrait of Lucy Cogswell Burnham (1813-1879)

This portrait of a seated woman with corkscrew curls, black hair, dark eyes and facing slightly to her right is one of a pair. She is wearing a black dress with a lace-edged collar, and a gold-framed hair brooch pinned to her bodice. She wears a white-edged black shawl off her left shoulder, and her...

Date: 1849

Maker: Wiggin, Alfred J. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 11303

Accession Number: 1991.972.2

A Calm

One of two. A small rectangular format print of marine subjects; labeled below the image in large letters, A CALM. In turn, under this in small letters is another inscription. The picture depicts a harbor with numerous boats, clipper/sail/rowing; in the background are rolling green hills. In the imm...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Possibly Fuirburn, J. (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11304

Accession Number: 1991.1652.1

A Storm

One of two. A small rectangular format print of marine subjects; labeled below the image in large letters, A STORM. In turn, under this in small letters is another inscription. The scene depicts a wind-swept sky, a stormy green sea tossing a large clipper ship with a union jack side to the left. On ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Possibly Fuirburn, J. (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11305

Accession Number: 1991.1652.2

Picture of a Bird

Of rectangular format, of a bird composed of feathers. A brown and white flecked bird, with grey painted legs and beak, the eye of cut-out paper; it is standing on a jutting rock in a minimally sketched island of landscape. The land scape consists of a patch of grassy area, a white flower at the rig...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11306

Accession Number: 1991.1653.1

Picture of a Bird

Of rectangular format, of a bird composed of feathers. A bird with a blue head and neck and a brown body flecked with blue and green-brown. The birds stands in a small oval of landscape, the mirror of 1991.1653.1, except that instead of pines there is a sinuous tree with four feathery, leaf laden br...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11307

Accession Number: 1991.1653.2

Painted Tavern Sign

Round of wood with two half-moon landscapes of romantic scenes, with lettering in gold leaf, in two pink painted billiard balls. The wooden edge is painted green. The upper scene is of a castle and manor house with a female figure in the landscape. The lower scene depicts a farmer in a village cotta...

Date: 1859

Maker: unknown

Material: mica (mineral), oil paint (paint), panels (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11308

Accession Number: 1991.1655

Painting

A rectangular format landscape scene, with a river containing sailboats and one rowboat. On the banks of the river at in the foreground is a road leading into the picture and a grove of trees at the center, with a tall tree and cabin at the right, and a cliff to the left. In the middle ground is a s...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Possibly Bradey (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 11309

Accession Number: 1991.1656

Bed

It has "sleigh bed" form head and foot boards with rolled top rail and eurolinen uprights with oval feet enclosing rectangular panels. It is painted a creamy white/grey and heightened with decorative blue pinstriping and corner scrolled devices centering a polychrome floral spray. It has shaped side...

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 11310

Accession Number: 1991.1657

Architectural Panels

Pair of relief carvings consisting of crossed flaming torches and fasces encircled by a laural and oak wreath tied with a bow knot. Enframed in a 4" molding. Painted all over in white.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Attributed to McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 11311

Accession Number: 1991.1658.1-2

Framed Cogswell's Grant Sign

A rectangular, vertical format sign. It is painted white with black molding on two lateral edges, with white ground with black letters, on two separate boards.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material), stenciling

GUSN: 11312

Accession Number: 1991.1659

Wide Pine Board

Wide pine board; painted with landscape; dovetailed on either end.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11313

Accession Number: 1991.1661

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