Historic New England

Wedding Dress

Cream net embroidered with floral sprays; sleeves are long with leg-of-mutton shape and cuffs are hook and eye; bodice trimmed with ivory satin and has short puffed sleeves; linen waistband.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12598

Accession Number: 1990.500

Vase

Gray veined marble urn with a bulbed lower section surmounting a flared circular foot. It tapers into a cylindrical neck and flares again at the wide mouth.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 12599

Accession Number: 1971.1729

Lamp Font

Bulbous tin font sits on pierced foot ring and is surmounted by a perforated burner with four prongs to hold the chimney.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 12600

Accession Number: 1971.1730

Lamp Burner/Base

Green painted cylindrical font has rounded shoulders leading to the neck and wick opening. Circular applied handle.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 12601

Accession Number: 1971.1731

Rectangular shape. Flat top with molded edges and applied (nailed) cleats on the sides. Top board hinged to the back board on the interior. dovetailed sides, nailed(?) to the bottom board. Cutout keyhole on the side front, without an escutcheon. Steel lock to clasp. Wrought iron handle attached to a...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), iron (metal), nailing, pine (wood), steel (alloy), wrought

GUSN: 12602

Accession Number: 1971.1732.1-3

Wooden Box with Lid

Rectangular unpainted six-board box with a hinged lid. Dovetailed sides, nailed to the bottom board. Applied interior molding to support a (missing) tray. Brass hinges. Oval brass escutcheon. Steel lock (missing) and clasp. Wrought iron hinged latch and hook applied at a later date to the exterior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 12603

Accession Number: 1971.1733

Wardrobe

Rectangular case in plank construction sits on four elliptical feet. Base with a single full-length drawer with two mushroom-shaped brown handles and a center keyhole. Above the case it is divided in half vertically by two doors, opening out to the side. Right door has a beaded center edge with a ce...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 12604

Accession Number: 1971.1734

Dressing Glass

Simple trestle base has beaded or incised medial stretcher and tapered posts with corresponding incised bands. Encloses a simple swiveling molded frame with mirrored glass.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), beading (process), mahogany (wood), beading (edging pattern), incising

GUSN: 12605

Accession Number: 1971.1735

Barometer

Circular hanging barometer with a white dial. Two arrows point to the various positions,

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 12606

Accession Number: 1971.1736

Razor Strap

Rectangular leather cage encloses oblong leather strap mounted on two steel stretchers attaching it to the turned wooen hande.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12607

Accession Number: 1971.1737

Chamber Pot

Bulbous body has a ribbed neck and flared circular mouth. Applied C-handle, and a white ground with green foliage designs.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: T. Furnival and Sons (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 12608

Accession Number: 1971.1738

Mantel Clock

Rectangular case with projected facade on a molded base, with a straight body and conforming, overhanging top. Round face has a white dial with Roman numerals. Hinged brass glass enclosure, also on round opening in the base of the case. Very heavy.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: Bailey & Co. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), concrete

GUSN: 12609

Accession Number: 1971.1739

Empire Chest of Drawers

Empire chest sits on castors. Rectangular case has rounded front corners and a squared back. Sides have indented panel. Front encloses five drawers in two square over three long configuration. Each drawer has a center keyhole with two mushroom-shaped handles on either side. Rectangular splashboard, ...

Date: 1834-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12610

Accession Number: 1971.1740

Map of Saratoga

Print with a map of Lake Saratoga in the center surrounded by sketches of collegiate boathouses. Under glass on a white mat and in a walnut molded frame with a black outer edge.

Date: dated 7/24/1875

Maker: Davis, Theo R. (Artist)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12611

Accession Number: 1971.1741

Print

A print of a painting of the Moffatt-Ladd House's grand hallway. Set under glass in a heavily carved leafy wood frame with a gilt interior edge.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), gilding, leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12614

Accession Number: 1971.1742

Print

Black and white print of a pen and ink sketch of an interior view of the Rundlet-May parlor mantel. Under glass in a molded frame with a gesso decorated exterior edge.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12617

Accession Number: 1971.1743

Photograph

Black and white photograph ic view of the ruins of Colloseum Maximus. In a black frame under glass.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12622

Accession Number: 1971.1744

Chest of Drawers

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12624

Accession Number: 1966.761

Achievement Certificate

Certificate sealed with red wax. Framed under glass in a plain black frame.

Date: dated 1/19/1904

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wax, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12626

Accession Number: 1971.1745

Photograph

Waist length portrait of an older man with glasses. Framed under glass with a white mat in a gilt painted molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963 (Photographer) L.A. Bigelow, Inc. (Vendor)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12627

Accession Number: 1971.1746

Photograph

Black and white wedding portrait of a bridal couple. Framed under glass in a standing blue and gold vinyl frame.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, vinyl

GUSN: 12632

Accession Number: 1971.1747

Photograph

Black and white photo of the profile of a young woman from the neck up, her hair in a net. under glass in a gilt mat and orange velvet frame with gilt beaded inner edge and fleur-de-lis-like exterior edge. The back has a easel as well as a hanging apparatus.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), gesso, gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12633

Accession Number: 1971.1748

Photograph

Black and white portrait of a man seated in a chair, turned towards the front. He has short hair, glasses and a solemn look. Under glass in a black molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12634

Accession Number: 1971.1749

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a group of 12 men standing aboard a ship. Ralph May is in the back row, third from the right. Black painted wood frame has a beaded outer edge. Under glass with a tan colored mat with a beveled edge. Backed by pine board and with black paper.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), beveling, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12635

Accession Number: 1971.1750

Photographic Collage

Black painted molded wood frame. Under glass with a tan mat containing six photographs of Victorian gentlemen. Two vertical rows of three portraits. Pin board backing, covered with black paper.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12636

Accession Number: 1971.1751

Game Board/Box

Box has a mock book binding, marblized paper edges and checker-board front and back which make a full board when open. Opens to reveal a backgammon interior. Enclosed are checkers, dice and holders, dominos and small ivory playing pieces.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing, leather, marbling, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12640

Accession Number: 1971.1752

Photograph

Black painted wood frame has a rounded edge, and is under glass. A black and white photo of the downstairs hall at the Rundlet-May House. Ralph May stands at the left, in profile facing the staircase where two WACS and two WAVES stand looking at him. Brown paper backing.

Date: dated 7/23/1943

Maker: L.A. Bigelow, Inc. (Framer)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12642

Accession Number: 1971.1753

Photograph

Black painted wood frame has a rounded edge. Encloses under glass a black and white photo of WACS and WAVES in uniform. Standing on the front steps of the Rundlet-May House. Brown paper backing.

Date: dated 7/23/1943

Maker: L.A. Bigelow, Inc. (Framer)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12643

Accession Number: 1971.1754

Photograph

Black painted wood frame has beaded edge with ribbing in-between. Under glass with a grey mat are mounted two black and white postcards, side by side. The one to the right shows a running brook with a peaked mountain in the background, and trees on the sides. The left card shows a river or a lake in...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, reeding, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12644

Accession Number: 1971.1755

Photograph

Black painted molded wood frame encloses a black and white photo of a wedding party. A group of sixteen people standing in front of a white house with dark shutters. Ralph May is the first on the left in the back row. Black paper backing, under glass.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Montgomery's Music and Art Store (Framer)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12645

Accession Number: 1971.1756

Achievement Certificate

Brown stained wood frame encloses a white document. Paper backing, under glass.

Date: dated 6/21/1900

Maker: Milton Academy (Maker)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12646

Accession Number: 1971.1757

Achievement Certificate

Black painted wood frame with a rounded edge. Under glass. Document from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts appointed Ralph May a "Sergeant in the First Motor Corps of the State Guard".

Date: dated 9/10/1919

Maker: Massachusetts State Guard (Maker)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12647

Accession Number: 1971.1758

Flag Game Block

Blocks have papered front and back. Front side has colorful flag of country with name of the country above. Back side gives vital statistics of the country: type of government, religion, population, capital and location.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 12648

Accession Number: 1971.1759.1-34

Bear Statue

Carved wood statue of a grizzly bear, standing on a hind leg in stride. Its left front arm at its side, the right saluting. Over the right shoulder is a strap which holds a basket at each end. Mouth open. It has a round base and is roughly carved.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12649

Accession Number: 1971.1760

Rogers Group Sculpture - Huguenot Lovers

Flat ovoid base, hollow inside, and is painted tan overall. Man and woman embracing - the woman wears a long full skirt, short coat with puffled sleeves and peplum; the man wears long stockings, a short coat, a ruffled collar and cap. seventeenth century style.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: Sullivan, A. C. (Caster) Possibly Rogers (Sculptor)

Material: casting (process), painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 12650

Accession Number: 1971.1761

Battledore Racket

Battledore racket has a round shaft with a tapered handle. Leather hanging loop at the end of the handle. Wooden shaft is wrapped with leather grip. Frame of the racket is wooden and covered with tooled leather. Front and back of balloon-shaped head of the racket is covered with a thin baleen-type ...

Date: 1800-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: baleen, leather, paper (fiber product), tooling, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12651

Accession Number: 1971.1762

Trophy

Domed circular base with a raised border of leaves and a thin stem. Conical shaped bowl with two elongated C-shaped handles with scrolled spurs. Lip of the bowl is beaded with a border of raised leaves below.

Date: dated 9/4/1911

Maker: Dieges and Clust (Maker)

Material: leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), silver (metal)

GUSN: 12652

Accession Number: 1971.1763

Print

Molded wood frame encloses, under glass, a colored lithograph. It shows two four-man crew teams from Oxford and Harvard universities on the Thames River with the English countryside in the background.

Date: 1869

Maker: Currier & Ives (Maker)

Material: glass (material), lithography, mahogany (wood), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 12653

Accession Number: 1971.1764

Print

Black and white print depicting the start of a crew race. Two eight-man sculls are on the river with the umpire's boat and spectators in the background. Under glass in a black molded frame with gilt inner edge.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Dollman, J. C. (Maker)

Material: gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12654

Accession Number: 1971.1765

Powder and Shot Belt

Leather belt splits at the side into two leather tubes at the center with metal cylinders at the end. These have metal measuring levers. Metal buckle.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal

GUSN: 12655

Accession Number: 1971.1766

Document Box

Rectangular box, painted green. Hinged lid with a beaded lip. The lid has a scalloped D-shaped handle. The ends have D-ring handles. Front center has a lock.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), iron (metal), painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12656

Accession Number: 1971.1767

Burlap Pouch

Black painted burlap bag. Shoulder strap is white twill.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, twill

GUSN: 12657

Accession Number: 1971.1768

Powder Horn

Powder horn with pear-shaped body and embossed stylized hunt scene motif. Cylindrical nozzle at the end.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), embossing

GUSN: 12658

Accession Number: 1971.1769

Trophy

Chalice form with stepped foot and stem. Cup has bulbous base then tapers inward to cylindrical body. Two elaborately scrolled S-shaped handles.

Date: 1911-10-12

Maker: Dieges and Clust (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12659

Accession Number: 1971.1770

Wedding Dress

Bodice and skirt.

Date: 1902

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12660

Accession Number: 1992.345.1

Trophy or Mug

Mug shaped trophy has C-scrolled handle. Three sets of inscribed lines around center of body.

Date: 1899-12-18

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12661

Accession Number: 1971.1771

Baseball

Red leather covered baseball.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, string (fiber product)

GUSN: 12662

Accession Number: 1971.1772

Wedding Dress

No description

Date: 1939

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12663

Accession Number: 1992.343

Trophy

Domed copper base. Scrolled pierced metal stem. Ovoid bowl, C-shaped scrolled handles and a rounded lip.

Date: 1904

Maker: Manning, Bowman & Co. (Maker)

Material: copper (metal), piercing, white metal

GUSN: 12664

Accession Number: 1971.1773

Photograph

Brown stained oak frame. Under glass is a black and white photo of a squash team. Four seated men (Ralph May is the second from the right), and two men standing. In the backgroun is a squash court. Bown paper backing.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Material: glass (material), oak (wood), paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 12665

Accession Number: 1971.1774

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