Historic New England

Shingle

Exterior wood wall shingles. Removed during renovations from under later built-out wall.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12494

Accession Number: 1997.26.1

Wine Glass

Handblown transparent green glass. Unfinished pontil. Domed round foot. Round stem swells to an ovoid bowl with a circular mouth.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 12495

Accession Number: 1971.1630.1-8

Wood Shingle

Exterior wood wall shingles.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12496

Accession Number: 1997.26.2

Dessert Cup

Ogee shaped bowl tapers into a simple round stem and plain circular foot. Machine etched decorative scroll design around bowl, slightly irregular. Colorless glass body.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), etching (corroding), machine-made, molding (forming)

GUSN: 12497

Accession Number: 1971.1631.1-2

Shingle

Exterior wall shingles. 2 1/2" hole in center of board.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12498

Accession Number: 1997.27.1

Shingle

Exterior wall shingles.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12499

Accession Number: 1997.27.2

Thin wood gilt frame with scrolled gesso corners. Under glass. Black and white engraving of "John Knox Administering the First Protestant Sacrament, During the Siege of the Castle of St. Andrews, 1547." It is of a scene inside a large hall. In the center foreground are two seated women in white dres...

Date: dated 5/1/1849

Maker: Ryall, H. T. (Engraver) Bonner, William, Esq. (Printer)

Material: engraving (printing process), gesso, gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12500

Accession Number: 1971.1632

Sewing Basket

Cylindrical form with hinged, domed lid. C-shaped bail handle attached at sides.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: rattan

GUSN: 12501

Accession Number: 1971.1633

Print

Untitled print of three gaming birds strung up by their feet against a black background. One orange and yellow pheasant, one beige pheasant, and a small robin-like bird. Under glass in a gilt painted molded frame. Backed with pine boards.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12502

Accession Number: 1971.1634

Barometer

Hanging barometer and thermometer with a glass rod with a bulbed end mounted on a long rectangular stem with chamfered edges and mahogany veneer. It flares out to a wider rectangular box with a hinged glass lid. this encloses the tip of the barometric glass tube which runs the length of the piece, a...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Pastorelli, J. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer, metal, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12503

Accession Number: 1971.1635

Photograph

Blue toned photograph of a crew race on the Thames River. The two sculls are surrounded by ships with many flags flying from their masts. Under glass in simple dark stained frame. Backed with pine boards.

Date: dated 1906

Maker: Morison, W. T. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 12504

Accession Number: 1971.1636

Lap Desk

Rectangular veneered lap desk with a brass lock plate on the center of the front side. Same shape (rectangle with inward curving sides) repeated on the lid center. The inside reveals a slanted surface, covered with a blue-green velvet. The surface lifts from the front side of the box revealing an op...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: Starkey, N. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneer, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 12505

Accession Number: 1971.1637

Evangelist Bell

Bronze bell with pierced sides decorated with molded symbols of the four New Testament evangelists. A U-shaped handle sits on a stepped top. Inside is a S-shaped hook for a clapper.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), molding (forming)

GUSN: 12506

Accession Number: 1971.1638

Trinket Box

Four footed platform base with three stacked rectangular boxes progressively smaller in height with a detached lid at the top. Outside it is painted gold overall. The top of the lid, top of the base bottoms and insides of the boxes are speckled with metallic dusts. Inside the top box are three small...

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12507

Accession Number: 1971.1639

Chueh Vessel

Bronze Oriental ceremonial libation vessel has three triangular legs. Bulbous body has two elongated spouts, and the side has a C-shaped handle. Incised Imperial decoration overall.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 12508

Accession Number: 1971.1640

Breton Peasant

Bust-length view of a peasant, executed in brown tones. Swarthy-faced man with long hair, wide brimmed hat, holding a pipe to his mouth with one hand and lighting it with the other. Set in an elaborate gilt and gesso frame with beading, and shell and foliate decorative elements. "Breton Peasant afte...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), gesso, gilding, oil paint (paint), canvas, shell (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12509

Accession Number: 1971.1641

Harvard College Yard

Print of pen and ink drawing of Harvard College Yard. Under glass in a black molded frame.

Date: copyright 1890

Maker: Wiseman, Robert R., Mr. (Artist) Frederick A. Stokes Co. (Printer)

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

GUSN: 12510

Accession Number: 1971.1642

Portrait of a Boy

Sepia toned print of a little boy leaning on a large wooden barrel. He is wearing ragged clothing and has curly hair. Under glass on a white mat, set in a simple gold molded frame with a thin black stripe.

Date: 1900 -1933

Maker: Boucher (Artist)

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

GUSN: 12512

Accession Number: 1971.1644

Photograph

Series of seven postcard-like photographs of views of Mt. Desert Island, ME. Under glass, in a thin black molded frame and set on an off-white mat.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12513

Accession Number: 1971.1645

Scatter Rug

Coarsely woven rug with three borders of yellow-red-beige decorated with simple geometric patterns. Red central rectangle decorated with simple geometric shapes. Short fringe at both ends.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 12514

Accession Number: 1971.1646

Tennis Racket

Blonde wood. Laminated construction and a oval shaped head with gut strings.

Date: 1934-1967

Maker: Bancroft, F. J. (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 12688

Accession Number: 1971.1795

Baseball Bat

Turned cylindrical bat tapers toward circular "mushroom" handle from bulbous head. Decorated with two wide black stripes.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 12689

Accession Number: 1971.1796

Baseball Bat

Turned cylindrical bat tapers toward circular "mushroom" handle from bulbous head. Decorated with a wide center green stripe.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 12690

Accession Number: 1971.1797

Photograph

Black and white photo of a dark colored horse with a white face or stripe on its nose. It stands in front of a white picket fence. Backed with cardboard. Black painted molded oak frame, under glass.

Molded gilt wood frame, under glass. Sepia-toned landscape of hills on either side, brook runs down the center, with a path to the right of the brook. An elderly man is sitting on the side of the path. Backed with brown paper.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 12703

Accession Number: 1971.1808

Portrait of a Woman

Charcoal drawing of a young woman; three-quarter bust-length view. Blue velvet frame with an ovoid reserve. Under glass.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: Kuatz (Maker)

Material: charcoal (plant material), glass (material), paper (fiber product), velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12704

Accession Number: 1971.1809

Ambrotype

Centered ambrotype of an elderly woman, seated in a fur-covered chair. She wears a dark dress with a light colored shawl and holds embroidery in her lap. To the right is a tapestry covered table. White drap background. Wood frame has an applied spiral gesso rope at the center, gilded.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Cox, G. C. (Photographer)

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

GUSN: 12705

Accession Number: 1971.1810

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a seascape- possibly the Isles of Shoals, showing islands with trees in the foreground. Black painted molded wood frame, enclosed under glass by a white mat.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12706

Accession Number: 1971.1811

Watercolor

Drawing of a brick arched gate, grassy foreground. Backed with two boards held by wallpaper. White painted wood frame has a ribbed edge with silver gesso scrolls along the inner edge. Under glass with two white mats.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: Tillon, H. I. (Maker)

Material: gesso, glass (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), reeding, wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12707

Accession Number: 1971.1812

Forest scene with a temple in the background, depicting a winged young boy and a goddess with an eagle. Under glass in a molded gilt frame with a walnut exterior edge.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Adams, H. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 12716

Accession Number: 1971.1821.1

Search Collections

Displaying: 151201 - 151250 of 226,301