Historic New England

Neckpiece

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28501

Accession Number: 1918.1469

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28502

Accession Number: 1918.1470

Flatiron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28503

Accession Number: 1918.1471

Key

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28504

Accession Number: 1918.1474

Cowbell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 28505

Accession Number: 1918.1476

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28506

Accession Number: 1918.1479

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28507

Accession Number: 1918.1479B

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28508

Accession Number: 1918.1479C

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28509

Accession Number: 1918.1479F

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28510

Accession Number: 1918.1479G

Basin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 28511

Accession Number: 1918.1481A

Charger

Delftware charger in grayish-white glaze with scalloped edge and blue border of bands of panels alternating lattice, scrolls, and petal forms surrounding central decoration of floral sprig.

Date: 1775-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 28512

Accession Number: 1918.1485

Pair of Stockings

Off-white; plain; toe and heel darned a lot; stockinette stitch.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Pierce, Hannah Cummings (Maker)

Material: knitting (process), linen (material)

GUSN: 28513

Accession Number: 1918.1486AB

Handkerchief

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28514

Accession Number: 1918.1487

Blanket

Blue and cream, large check blanket fragment in a twill weave.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 28515

Accession Number: 1918.1488

Wash Bowl and Pitcher

Earthenware wash pitcher and basin. Brown transfer-print.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 28516

Accession Number: 1918.1491AB

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28517

Accession Number: 1918.1492

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28518

Accession Number: 1918.1493

Globe

Newton's Improved Terrestrial Pocket globe with hinged sharkskin cover displaying the heavens.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28519

Accession Number: 1918.1494

Painting

Blue flowers in yellow cornucopia, pinpricked roses.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28520

Accession Number: 1918.1495

Foot Warmer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28521

Accession Number: 1918.1496

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 28522

Accession Number: 1918.1500AB

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28523

Accession Number: 1918.1502

Box of Sealing Wafers

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 28524

Accession Number: 1918.1504

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28525

Accession Number: 1918.1508

Berlin Woolwork Picture

Berlin woolwork picture depicting a child speaking with an old man (probably St Nicholas). Polychromatic threads. Ornate gilt gesso frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: Berlin woolwork, wool (textile), canvas

GUSN: 33509

Accession Number: 1930.925

Shutter Fastener

Iron catch to hold a shutter in place; removed from a house on Temple Street, Boston, in June 1930.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 33510

Accession Number: 1930.933

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33511

Accession Number: 1930.936

Needle Case

Very small brown leather needle case.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 33512

Accession Number: 1930.937

Thimble

Silver thimble made by Hansel, Sloan & Co., Hartford, Connecticut.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 33513

Accession Number: 1930.938

Drafting tool case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33514

Accession Number: 1930.943

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33515

Accession Number: 1930.944

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 33516

Accession Number: 1930.945

Measuring Tape

Wooden measuring tape spool with a green embroidered white ribbon.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 33517

Accession Number: 1930.946

Pin

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33518

Accession Number: 1930.954

Textile Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 33519

Accession Number: 1930.957

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 33520

Accession Number: 1930.959

Quilt

T-shaped; diamond block pattern; alternating rows of "plain" blocks and blocks with eight-pointed stars. Across top, two bands of pieced wool. Bound in cotton calico; quilted in chevrons and lines.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, machine sewing (technique), piecing, quilting, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 33521

Accession Number: 1930.963

Sewing Case

Rectangular maple burl sewing case with brass feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 33522

Accession Number: 1930.966

Cream; embroidered--two bands at front--one has crossed branches with diamond, other is eyelet meander with leaves; openwork; back section is embroidered with diamond and branches (same as band); drawstrings at side; two loops.

Date: ca. 1788

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 33523

Accession Number: 1930.967

Infant's Cap

Cream; double ruffle; front appliqued panel with simple scalloped edge, with dots; band of net/lace inserted at top; fullness at top/back section; drawstring neck.

Date: ca. 1788

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 33524

Accession Number: 1930.968

Shawl

This triangular-shaped shawl is machine-knit in cream silk diagonal stripes with a border of overlapping scallop shapes.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), knitted lace, knitting (process), machine knitting

GUSN: 33525

Accession Number: 1930.977

Veil

Black silk twist net; chain stitch (tambour); border of delicate sprays; dotted ground; motifs in brown thread; scalloped edges; floral trail on sides; drawstring.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 33526

Accession Number: 1930.981

Dressing table cover

This intricately worked dressing table cover is made of a shite cotton ground decorated with a central motif of a basket filled with flowers surrounded by an open wreath of feather vining wth a bow at the base. The fruit and flowers and feathered vines are trapunto work: a quilting technique that in...

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: Bedell, Penelope Thurston (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), quilting, whitework, trapunto

GUSN: 33527

Accession Number: 1930.988

Pouch

Cream and pink silk with bee and thistle stitched on.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 33528

Accession Number: 1930.989

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33530

Accession Number: 1930.991

Underskirt

White medium weight cotton, densely gathered to 1" waistband, no fastening; all except back panel embroidered at hem with grape-leaf design continuing up triangular front panel; scalloping at hem.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 33531

Accession Number: 1930.1003

Pair of Gloves

White gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33532

Accession Number: 1930.1004AB

Small Box

Small wooden box with colored print, possible chromolithograph, of "Earl of Ashburnham's House" affixed to exterior of hinged cover. Two small white nobs on either side of box, possibly ivory. Handwritten poem on interior of cover and note on base. Box contains two handwritten notes, a piar of silve...

Date: 1838

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 33533

Accession Number: 1930.1009

Bonnet

Tan lacy straw; serpentine pattern bands alternating with scalloped and meander bands; neck edged with straw chevron pattern bands; wire support; paper lining; retailer's tag stitched to brim at left.

Date: 1843-1852

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, paper (fiber product), straw (plant material), wire

GUSN: 33534

Accession Number: 1930.1018

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