Historic New England

Dish

Pressed colorless glass dish in loop pattern around central sunburst.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 51543

Accession Number: 1987.291

Candlesticks

Colorless glass molded candlestick with octagonal base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51544

Accession Number: 1987.293.1-.2

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51545

Accession Number: 1987.294.1

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51546

Accession Number: 1987.294.2

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51547

Accession Number: 1987.294.3

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51548

Accession Number: 1987.294.4

Compote

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51549

Accession Number: 1987.295.3

Table

Mahogany tea table. Scrolled legs with molded, foliate carved tops, urn, ring, and column pillar; rectangular top with scalloped corners.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51550

Accession Number: 1987.297

Table

Table. Round, molded top; turned pillar with spireal urn. Rests on claw feet;

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Whylie, Foster (Maker)

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 51551

Accession Number: 1987.298

Tripod

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51552

Accession Number: 1987.299

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a woman dressed in a light colored open-necked dress.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51555

Accession Number: 1987.302.1

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a man wearing oval wire-framed glasses.

Date: 1925-1945

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51556

Accession Number: 1987.302.2

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a man with dark hair and beard and large bow-shaped tie at collar.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tinting, tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 51558

Accession Number: 1987.304.1

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a young man w/ dark hair and mustache--turned slightly to the left.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: ambrotypes (photographs), tinting

GUSN: 51559

Accession Number: 1987.304.2

Landscape Picture

Framed watercolor of Bald Mountain.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51563

Accession Number: 1987.308

Certificate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51564

Accession Number: 1987.309

Painting

Still life, oil on canvas.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51565

Accession Number: 1987.310A

Picture Frame

Empty wooden frame, no hanging mechanisms.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51566

Accession Number: 1987.311

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51568

Accession Number: 1987.313

Portrait of Mrs. Davis

Framed pastel portrait of Mrs. Davis.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51570

Accession Number: 1987.315

Painting

Framed oil painting of a Nantucket Street.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51571

Accession Number: 1987.316

Portrait of Daniel or Cornelius Short

Half-length portrait of either Daniel or Cornelius Short with beard. Labeled on back as "a Calais Maine merchant or shipbuilder."

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51578

Accession Number: 1987.323

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 51581

Accession Number: 1987.326.1

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 51582

Accession Number: 1987.326.2

Artist's Paint Box and Palette

Artist's wooden paint box (.1) with contents and wooden palette (.2)covered with dried oil paint. Palette removed from inside box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51585

Accession Number: 1987.333.1-.2

Sewing Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51586

Accession Number: 1987.334

Folio

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51587

Accession Number: 1987.335

Wallpaper

Cut sample of wallpaper. Bouquet of fruit and bowl of flowers inside geometric medallion. Printed in greens, reds, pink, yellow, gray and blues on white ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51590

Accession Number: 1987.354

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with green and white spirals.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51591

Accession Number: 1987.368

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with polychrome millefiori canes, resembling flowers, set in a blue base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51592

Accession Number: 1987.369

Paperweight

Glass paperweight. Millefiori design set in a green base.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51593

Accession Number: 1987.370

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with pink, white, and blue millefiori canes in star pattern set in a polychrome base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51594

Accession Number: 1987.371

Paperweight

Glass paperweight with twisted polychrome ribbons of glass converging on a central millefiori medallion of blue, white, and pink.

Maker: New England Glass Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51595

Accession Number: 1987.372

Paperweight

Glass paperweight with blue, white, and pink millefiori canes in floral bunches set in a bronze-colored base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51596

Accession Number: 1987.373

Paperweight

Glass paperweight. Polychrome Millefiori design set in bronze-colored base.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51597

Accession Number: 1987.374

Blue and white; vaguely scalloped edge; network, separhead and double dot outer border; double thin band inner border; right-oriented landscape scene of three-story pavillion with swastika fence, trees and boat moored; in distance, mountains and birds flying overhead.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 51598

Accession Number: 1987.375.1

Shell Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51599

Accession Number: 1987.376

Artist's palette

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51600

Accession Number: 1987.377

Chemise

Cotton; store-bought trimming.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53232

Accession Number: 1942.948

Chemise

Cotton; tilted-up sleeves.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53233

Accession Number: 1942.952

Petticoat

White linen gathered to waistband with covered button; three sets of tucks at hem; trimmed with tatting; short.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), tatting (lace)

GUSN: 53234

Accession Number: 1942.953

Petticoat

White linen gathered to waistband with two covered buttons; short; tucked hem with eyelet embroidery; edged with linen lace.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, lace (needlework), linen (material)

GUSN: 53235

Accession Number: 1942.957

Blouse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53236

Accession Number: 1942.958

Nightgown

White cotton nightgown, hand-made lace trim, buttons all way down front with tucking on each side.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53237

Accession Number: 1942.961

Chemise

White linen; gathered to yoke; short sleeves; braided trim on yoke.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 53238

Accession Number: 1942.962

Bureau scarf

Ivory linen embroidered in red silk; outdoor scene of boy and girl seated on bench fishing. Hemmed sides. Three bands of red. Threaded openwork top and bottom ending with knotted fringe.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), openwork, silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53239

Accession Number: 1942.965

Table runner

Roughly square; ivory plain weave linen. Embroidered at ends with cup and saucer and abstract floral in red and brown cotton. Self-fringe all around.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, fringe, linen (material), tabby (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53240

Accession Number: 1942.966

Table runner

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), tabby (textile), silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53241

Accession Number: 1942.967

Bureau Scarf

Beige linen rectangle. Red cotton embroidery at center showing six book-reading owls sitting on a branch. Geometric weave inner border framed in openwork. Knotted self fringe all around.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, lining (process), openwork, weaving, textiles

GUSN: 53242

Accession Number: 1942.968

Petticoat

White linen gathered to buttoned waistband; button covered with linen embroidered scalloped cotton flounce headed by two sections of tucks with insertion of embroidered cotton; short.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, linen (material), scalloping

GUSN: 53243

Accession Number: 1942.971

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