Historic New England

Print

Copper engraving of prodigal son drinking w/ three harlots and 2 other men in a 1 1/4 in. dark wood frame. In the print, the prodigal son pours alcohol onto the table--missing the two glasses, while two men and two women "interact" nearby. A third woman lounges behind the son and looks out at the vi...

Date: 1791

Maker: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Maker)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product), copper (metal)

GUSN: 18283

Accession Number: 1998.332.2

Print

Copper engraving of prodigal son on one knee begging forgiveness and acceptance from his father in a 1 1/4 in. dark wood frame. Two women and a short man stand behind the father watching. The son is dressed in torn and tattered clothes and greets the father outside by a fountain and gate.

Date: 1791

Maker: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Maker)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product), copper (metal)

GUSN: 18284

Accession Number: 1998.332.3

Billiard cue rack

Billiard cue rack. Two pieces w/ 12 billiard cues. Oak cues fit at ends into dark crested rack w/ carved edges and turned finials and drop pendants.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: J. E. Came & Co. (Maker) Heims, H. (Maker) Phelan & Collender (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18285

Accession Number: 1998.333.1-13

Sea chest

Unfinished pine sea chest w/ rounded hinged lid. Dove-tail joinery and thick, hand-wrought nails. Iron ball handles at sides. Roughly carved key hole at center front. Small right side compartment inside.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 18286

Accession Number: 1998.334

Fishnet float

Hand blown colorless glass ball surrounded by netting which is tied together at top.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), glassblowing, rope

GUSN: 18287

Accession Number: 1998.335

Hanging billiard rack

Walnut hanging rack for billiard balls. Top section has rounded edges; ten interior shelves w/ numbers painted at left. Gilt trim around shelves.

Date: 1860-1883

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18288

Accession Number: 1998.336

Billiard rack

Triangular walnut billiard rack w/ rounded pieces fit into interior corners.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18289

Accession Number: 1998.337

Print

Hand-colored Currier lithograph of the Steam Ship Great Britain w/ 6 masts, 15 sails, and one smoke structure in a 3/4 in. gilt frame. Seven flags including 3 British fly from the steamship and two life boats hang over the boat's side.

Date: 1845

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18290

Accession Number: 1998.338

Print

Currier hand colored lithograph of a 3 masted ship w/ 14 sails. A United States flag from the back of the ship, a light blue flag from the highest point, one life boat, and one large anchor are along the ship's side. Frame: 3/4 in. gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1845

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18291

Accession Number: 1998.339.1

Print

Hand colored Currier lithograph of the Post Office. In the streets and sidewalks surrounding the post office are people walking and socializing as well as horses, wagons and carriage. A black iron fence surrounds the post office which is a 3-story building w/ a steeple and a clock and large arched w...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18292

Accession Number: 1998.340

Oil lamp

Electrified brass oil lamp(A) and milk glass shade(B); goblet shaped w/ reticulated base; embossed foliate scroll decoration on body; 3 spider-like arms to hold domed shade.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), embossing, glass (material)

GUSN: 18293

Accession Number: 1998.341AB

Armadillo shell

Armadillo shell--head and ears intact.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material), armadillo

GUSN: 18294

Accession Number: 1998.342

Ship model

Ship model of the steam ship South Carolina. Hull painted black and green. Smoke stack and three masts; three buildings on deck. No sails up. Fitted into the ends of a black stand. Black stretcher running between two ends.

Date: 1852

Maker: Youngs & Cutter (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18295

Accession Number: 1998.343AB

Hanging shelf

Long and wide hanging shelf w/ beveled edges. Stained dark and finished to resemble walnut. Mounted to two large iron brackets w/ fox and acorn detail.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: poplar (wood)

GUSN: 18296

Accession Number: 1998.344

Ship model

Half-hull ship model. Nailed to wooden board painted red. Constructed of horizontal bands of alternating woods.

Date: 1865-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18297

Accession Number: 1998.345

Sofa

Rococo Revival sofa, walnut with tufted green upholstery. Tri-part oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Upholstered arms with carved hand rests; carved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18298

Accession Number: 1998.346.1

Parlor side chair

Rococo Revival parlor chair with recessed arms, sometimes called a "lady's chair," made from walnut with tufted green plush upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Curved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18299

Accession Number: 1998.346.2

Parlor side chair

Rococo Revival parlor chair, walnut with tufted green velvet upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Curved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18300

Accession Number: 1998.346.3

Parlor side chair

Rococo Revival parlor chair, walnut with tufted green upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Curved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18301

Accession Number: 1998.346.4

Parlor side chair

Rococo Revival parlor chair, walnut with tufted green upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Curved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18302

Accession Number: 1998.346.5

Parlor arm chair

Rococo Revival parlor arm chair, sometimes called a "gentleman's parlor chair," made from walnut with tufted green plush upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Upholstered arms with carved handrests. Curved skirt and front cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18303

Accession Number: 1998.346.6

Parlor side chair

Rococo Revival parlor side chair, sometimes called a "lady's parlor chair" due to the lack of arms, made from walnut with tufted plush green upholstery. Oval back with minimal scrolled and foliated carving. Short, sloping carved arms. Carved skirt and cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18304

Accession Number: 1998.346.7

Antimacassar

Antimacassar, crocheted. Central flower surrounded by scroll design and multiple borders. Edges cut uneven.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Probably Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting

GUSN: 18305

Accession Number: 1998.347.1

Antimacassar

Antimacassar, crocheted. Central flower surrounded by scroll design and multiple borders. Edges cut uneven.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Probably Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting

GUSN: 18306

Accession Number: 1998.347.2

Print

Hand-colored lithograph of the South Carolina's engine in a 2 3/4 in. gilt frame. The print is divided into two parts w/ two gray/blue pistons on the far right and two or three gray/blue grooved gears connected to a longer apparatus on the far left.

Date: 1851

Maker: unknown

Material: hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18307

Accession Number: 1998.348

Dinner menu

Menu from the meeting of Stockholders of the Steamship South Carolina. The bill of fare lists soup, fish, boiled dishes, cold dishes, roast, entrees, vegetables, game, pastry, and dessert.

Maker: Councell & Daggett (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 18308

Accession Number: 1998.349

Print

Hand-colored Currier lithograph of American men dressed as Indians dumping the tea over the sides of two British ships. In the foreground American men on the docks cheer on the men dumping the tea. Frame: 3/4 in. black frame.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)

Material: hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18309

Accession Number: 1998.350

Homeward Bound

Currier hand-colored lithograph of a 3 masted ship with 5 sails. A United States flag flies from the back of the ship, a light blue flag from the highest point, and one life boat and one large anchor are along the ship's side. Frame: 3/4 in. gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1845

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Printmaker) E. Shoepflin & Co. (Framer)

Material: hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18310

Accession Number: 1998.339.2

Photograph

Photograph of Castle Tucker in 1885 in a 2 in. plain oak frame. In front of the house, a stone and concrete wall runs parallel to the road. A swing also hangs from the trees at the front of the photo.

Date: 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18311

Accession Number: 1998.351

Photograph of the Wiscasset Fire Society, 1886

Photograph of the Wiscasset Fire Society in 1886. Twenty seven men are lined up in front of the Congregational Church on High Street holding their buckets and with their salvage sacks on the ground before them. A fire carriage with the numbers 18?3 is visible at the center of the photo. Joseph Tuck...

Date: 1886

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen process, albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18312

Accession Number: 1998.352

Collection of Bird's Eggs

Display case filled with bird's egg shells laid in cotton.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952 (Collector)

Material: eggshell (animal material)

GUSN: 18313

Accession Number: 1998.353

Occasional table

Walnut occasional table, Greek Revival style. Curved edges at top. Carved pendants on skirts. Pull-out drawer. Turned drop-pendant at each corner. Turned legs and stretcher; one arched continuous foot support at each side.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18314

Accession Number: 1998.354.1

Print

Raphael reproduction --chromolithograph in a black and gilt frame of Madonna and child. The full-length Madonna is draped in blue, red, and beige robes and stands holding the Child. She appears to stand on a cloud and a man is below her to her right and a woman is below her to her left.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: After Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Artist)

Material: chromolithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18115

Accession Number: 1998.2217

Photograph

Souvenir photograph of a print of the Capitol. Central in the photograph is the Capitol's dome. Close up of front facade of two pedimented porticos. Flower and shrubery at foreground.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 18116

Accession Number: 1998.2218

Photograph

Photograph of octagonal fort in applied tin frame. Two-story octagonal fort with a smaller first floor with overlapping larger second floor. A much smaller lookout third floor tops the fort.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18117

Accession Number: 1998.2219

Etching of a Young Boy

Full-length etching of a young boy with his hands in his pants' pockets, leaning on a barrel. He is wearing a sailor's hat, open-throat shirt, rolled-up pants and has curly hair. A ship is anchored behind him.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18118

Accession Number: 1998.2220.1

Etching of a Young Boy

Full-length etching of a young boy with his hands in his pants' pockets, leaning on a barrel. He is wearing a sailor's hat, open-throat shirt, rolled-up pants and has curly hair. A ship is anchored behind him.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18119

Accession Number: 1998.2220.2

Print

Etching of the back of a boy wearing rolled up pants w/ a patch on the seat and crossed suspenders over a sailor's top and a straw hat. A dog sits beside him standing on a bank overlooking a ship out to sea.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18120

Accession Number: 1998.2221.1

Print

Etching of the back of a boy wearing rolled up pants w/ a patch on the seat and crossed suspenders over a sailor's top and a straw hat. A dog sits beside him standing on a bank overlooking a ship out to sea.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18121

Accession Number: 1998.2221.2

Painting

Painted opaque white glass with floral decoration. Blue and pink petunias with green leaves.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 18122

Accession Number: 1998.2222

Print ?

Lithograph of Madonna and Child in tondo. Circular cut-out of long brown haired Madonna wearing robes and a head covering. Baby is held by the Madonna and looks up at her.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18123

Accession Number: 1998.2223

Print

Commemorative circular medallion lithograph in oak frame w/ picture of Washington in front of Mount Vernon. Head and shoulders portrait of Washington above a slate stating his birth and death date. Mt. Vernon is seen on a hill in the background.

Date: 1859

Maker: American Bank Note Co. (Engraver) Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 (Designer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18124

Accession Number: 1998.2224

Photograph

Photograph of profile of woman in molded pewter frame. The woman has her brown hair up in a bun and has curled bangs. She wears a black ribbon choke necklace and dangling silver ball earrings.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Smith, Waldon (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 18125

Accession Number: 1998.2225

Picture frame

Black and white aesthetic frame with fan and crest. The two vertical sides of the frame represent columns and at the top center of the frame there is an open fan design. At the bottom center is a circular design.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18126

Accession Number: 1998.2226

Photograph

Photograph of actor in blue plush frame. Man is wearing a hat w/ a feather plume. His hair is curled. His jacket and bloomers are striped and are an ornate design. He has shoulder pads and neck tassel that are fitted to the cape in back. He holds a sword and wears ruffled boots.

Date: 1871

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 18127

Accession Number: 1998.2227

Picture easel

Fret-sawn easels--homemade. Light ply-wood is cut in a triangular form w/ an oval central section that has not been cut. 3 small nails in it.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: fretsaws, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18128

Accession Number: 1998.2228.1

Picture easel

Fret-sawn easels--homemade. Light ply-wood is cut in a triangular form w/ an oval central section that has not been cut.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: fretsaws, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18129

Accession Number: 1998.2228.2

Photograph

Bust-length photograph of a young girl in stamped leather frame. The girl is wearing a white bow in her short brown bob hair and has on a white frilly shirt. Her head is turned over her left shoulder.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 18130

Accession Number: 1998.2229

Picture frame

Orange-gold satin and pewter liner to a frame. Rectangular liner w/ oval cut-out lined w/ 3/8 in. pewter rim.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 18131

Accession Number: 1998.2230

Needlework picture

This embroidered picture of a leafy flower is worked in gray, white and tan on a brown velvet ground, surrounded with a dark, carved Aesthetic-movement frame highlighted in gray and white.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, thread, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 18132

Accession Number: 1998.2231

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