Historic New England

Staple

No description

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27998

Accession Number: 1917.1453

Hinge

Forged from flat bar stock. Loop at each end to be retained by and to fit over "staple." End turned up at locking end.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27999

Accession Number: 1917.1455A

PINTLE

Forged one-piece construction. Round pin turned up from square tapered bar. Tagged "Small size gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead. E. Lexington"

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28001

Accession Number: 1917.1456

Catch

Wrought from flat stock with square tapered tang and rat-tail. Tagged "catch-tailed. Robbins House, Lexington."

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28002

Accession Number: 1917.1457

PINTLE

Two-piece construction. Square bar. Round pin with conical top. Forged. Tagged "large gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead, E. Lexington."

Date: 1775-1789

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28004

Accession Number: 1917.1460

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Rectangular plate, patterned on each end. Handle missing. Lever tapered and turned down with concave head. Accession card: part of a latch, thumb piece and escutcheon.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28005

Accession Number: 1917.1461

Slide Bolt

Cut plate with riveted bolt collars (?); six nail holes (rod missing).

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28006

Accession Number: 1917.1462

Handle

Rectangular plate cut decoratively, though simply, at top; straight lever; painted black.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: filing, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28007

Accession Number: 1917.1464

Bottle

Blue-tinted, pear-shaped glass bottle with molded scrolls on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28008

Accession Number: 1917.1465

Teapot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28009

Accession Number: 1917.1467

Bottle

Blown glass bottle with a cork stopper. Organic material fills the inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28010

Accession Number: 1917.1468

Hook

Wrought from square stock. Hook and loop ends hammered round. Twisted shank.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal)

GUSN: 28011

Accession Number: 1917.1470

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28012

Accession Number: 1917.1471

Catch

Hand-wrought. Rectangular tapered tang. Traces of olive paint over black. Tagged "E. Robbins Stone House, Lexington."

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28013

Accession Number: 1917.1474

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28016

Accession Number: 1917.1477

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28017

Accession Number: 1917.1478

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28018

Accession Number: 1917.1479

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28019

Accession Number: 1917.1480

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28020

Accession Number: 1917.1481

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28021

Accession Number: 1917.1483

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28022

Accession Number: 1917.1484

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27701

Accession Number: 1917.978

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27702

Accession Number: 1917.981

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27703

Accession Number: 1917.989

Clothespin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27704

Accession Number: 1917.992

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27705

Accession Number: 1917.993

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27706

Accession Number: 1917.994

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27707

Accession Number: 1917.995

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27708

Accession Number: 1917.996

Lard Peg Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27709

Accession Number: 1917.997

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27710

Accession Number: 1917.998

Container

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27711

Accession Number: 1917.1003

Ladle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27712

Accession Number: 1917.1004

A: Lock B: Key Wood box lock with iron works mortised in. Three partial iron cover plates on back, two over bolt and one over keyworks. Front of box shows grained finish. Deadbolt key operated from both sides.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oak (wood)

GUSN: 27713

Accession Number: 1917.1006AB

Pepper Shaker

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27714

Accession Number: 1917.1007

Butter Paddle

Wooden disc butter print with carved decoration on either side.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27715

Accession Number: 1917.1013

Corkscrew

A corkscrew with a carved ivory handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), metal

GUSN: 27717

Accession Number: 1917.1023

Darning Egg

Darning egg made from a hollowed vegetable.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27719

Accession Number: 1917.1028

Piece of Shirt

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 27721

Accession Number: 1917.1031

Vesting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27722

Accession Number: 1917.1032

Vesting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27723

Accession Number: 1917.1033

Vesting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27724

Accession Number: 1917.1035

Vesting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27725

Accession Number: 1917.1036

Stocking

Cotton cream-colored stocking with two bright pink bands at the top and an open, lacey zigzag pattern from shin to toe with an embroidered floral pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27726

Accession Number: 1917.1038AB

Pair of Stockings

White/cream silk knitted stockings with elaborate clock - open diamond enclosed by whitework embroidery; two beige bands knitted into top. Heels and toes have been darned.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 27727

Accession Number: 1917.1039A-B