Historic New England

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22725

Accession Number: 1998.4219

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22726

Accession Number: 1998.4220

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22727

Accession Number: 1998.4221

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22728

Accession Number: 1998.4222

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22729

Accession Number: 1998.4223

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22730

Accession Number: 1998.4224

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22731

Accession Number: 1998.4225

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22732

Accession Number: 1998.4226

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22733

Accession Number: 1998.4227

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22734

Accession Number: 1998.4228

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22735

Accession Number: 1998.4229

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22736

Accession Number: 1998.4230

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22737

Accession Number: 1998.4231

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22738

Accession Number: 1998.4232

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22739

Accession Number: 1998.4233

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22740

Accession Number: 1998.4234

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22741

Accession Number: 1998.4235

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22742

Accession Number: 1998.4236

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22743

Accession Number: 1998.4237

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22744

Accession Number: 1998.4238

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22745

Accession Number: 1998.4239

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22746

Accession Number: 1998.4240

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22747

Accession Number: 1998.4241

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22748

Accession Number: 1998.4242

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22749

Accession Number: 1998.4243

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22750

Accession Number: 1998.4244

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22751

Accession Number: 1998.4245

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22752

Accession Number: 1998.4246

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22753

Accession Number: 1998.4247

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22754

Accession Number: 1998.4248

Squab feeding bowl

Terra cotta watering/feed bowl for squab. Round and unornamented, w/ sides that flare out from base.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 22755

Accession Number: 1998.4249

Chest

Rectangular form. Six-board chest w/ bracket feet on front and ogival arches on ends; hinged top has thumbnail molding on front edge only. Painted dull blue w/ black and red freehand decoration.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, pine (wood)

GUSN: 25258

Accession Number: 1935.294

Military Commission Certificate

Black and gilt molded frame w/ glass; encloses military commission of Joshua Coffin, dated March 23, 1767, Boston.

Date: 1767

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25259

Accession Number: 1941.1671

Military Commission Certificate

Black and gilt molded frame w/ glass; encloses military commission of Joshua Coffin, dated June 8, 1767, Boston.

Date: 1767

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25260

Accession Number: 1941.1672

Fireplace shovel

Dished, bell-shaped iron shovel, head on plain round metal shaft; ring-and-vase brass handle terminating in round knob finial.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), metal

GUSN: 25261

Accession Number: 1963.111A

Chest

Six-board chest; hinged lid has simple quarter-round molding on all four sides; dovetailed front and back; till with door tenoned into sides. Painted and stained red.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, pine (wood)

GUSN: 25262

Accession Number: 1963.198

Andirons

Front legs are paired reverse S-curved shapes w/ volutes which support a tapered, fluted column terminating in a Doric capital. Round ribbed brass finial. Plain peg rear legs.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 25263

Accession Number: 1963.200AB

Wall mirror

Wall mirror. Veneered mahogany, paint, glass. Painted inscription on back: "Glass/ J. Nowlton/ Newburyport." Wide, rectangular, molded frame veneered in mahogany with central rectangular glass.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: Nowlton, J. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25264

Accession Number: 1963.204

Brown-tone wash drawing of clapboards "cabin" or one-room building, w/ inscription: "Still sits the schoolhouse by the road, a ragged beggar sunning". Drawing features a schoolmasters desk at lower right corner. Behind glass; molded oak frame. Pencil inscriptions: "Mrs E(?) H C--/ Went--Road/--Mass ...

Date: 1894

Maker: Thurlow, Frank (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25265

Accession Number: 1963.206

Drawing

Plain molded mahogany veneered frame and glass; polychrome watercolor drawing of T. Coffin House in background and two men moving a boat in the foreground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25266

Accession Number: 1985.333

Side chair

Side chair. Unidentified woods; paint; caning. Grain-painted and striped. Wide crest rail with rounded shoulders. Shaped stile support. Solid vasiform splat. Scrolled front seat rail with caned seat. Cylindrical side and rear stretchers, rectangular front stretcher. Rests on curved front legs a...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), graining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25267

Accession Number: 1985.360

Foot warmer

Wooden carrying case w/ wire bail handle. Case is mortise and tenon construction w/ four turned supports joining top and bottom. Tin case has hinged door w/ ring handle. All four sides display punched decoration of heart inside circle. Inside tin case is a dished tin tray w/ applied handle.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25268

Accession Number: 1985.369A-C

Eruption of Vesuvius

Subject is the eruption of Vesuvius with Italian inscription at the lower edge. Handwritten tag on back reads: "Coffin House/ No. 5 High Street/ Newbury/ Mass." Second tag reads, "The eruption of Vesuvius in 1794 destroyed the town of Torre del Greco by a stream of lava estimated to contain more tha...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 25269

Accession Number: 1985.370