No description
Maker: unknown
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 29302
Accession Number: 1921.70
Glass case bottle with a stopper. Three pint size.
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 29303
Accession Number: 1921.77AB
GUSN: 29304
Accession Number: 1921.78AB
GUSN: 29305
Accession Number: 1921.80
Date: 1800-1825
GUSN: 29306
Accession Number: 1921.83
Three wicks, without dish
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 29307
Accession Number: 1921.89
GUSN: 29308
Accession Number: 1921.90B
Copper kettle iron bale
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 29309
Accession Number: 1921.101
Tin chandelier with eight candle sockets.
GUSN: 29310
Accession Number: 1921.108
Bandbox with floral medallion wallpaper. Lid has a label indicating the box was made by Miss Louisa May, 446 Washington Street, Boston
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 29311
Accession Number: 1921.110
Fawn, full length great coat - buttons down to hem (raw); fawn velvet collar; inside "vest" lining same as coat; coat is false double breasted; double cape collar; cuffed sleeves lined with linen cambric; tab at collar; back - button tab with plackets or false pockets. One front pocket (vertical) wi...
Date: 1830-1839
Material: velvet (fabric weave), wool (textile)
GUSN: 29312
Accession Number: 1921.115
Black waistcoat with white cotton lining; Brown twill back with back closure of three pairs handsewn eyes and lacing; Standing collar; three pockets; lowered waistline with leather inside waist; single breasted; boned ties at back.
Date: 1835-1855
Material: cotton (textile), stitching, padding (process), satin, silk (textile), twill
GUSN: 29313
Accession Number: 1921.116
Plum colored broadcloth coat
Date: 1860-1869
Material: cloth, fleece, stitching, silk (textile), wool (textile)
GUSN: 29314
Accession Number: 1921.117
Brown; blue velvet collar, high, turnover with notched revers, padded collar and shoulders; double breasted; two button cuffs, sleeves gather at shoulders; false pockets with flaps; two pockets in tail.
Date: 1815-1825
Material: linen (material), velvet (fabric weave), wool (textile)
GUSN: 29315
Accession Number: 1921.118
White hair wig, leather lining, black ribbon ties hair together into tail in back.
Material: hair
GUSN: 29316
Accession Number: 1921.119
GUSN: 29317
Accession Number: 1921.120
White pants; plain; two pockets at waistband; button front closure with placket; twelve decorative brass buttons; gusset and lacing for back closure; waist lined with cotton.
Date: 1850-1870
Material: linen (material), twill
GUSN: 29318
Accession Number: 1921.121
Six-room dollhouse with furnishings.
GUSN: 29319
Accession Number: 1921.389
"Fisher and Fairbanks Boston, Mass."
GUSN: 29320
Accession Number: 1921.128
A blue transfer printed footed cream pitcher with a rectangular handle. The outer body is decorated by the Massachusetts State House. The inner base has a pastoral scene adorning the center and the edge is decorated with a floral motif.
Date: 1820-1840
Maker: John Rogers & Son (Maker)
Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), transfer printing, tin (metal)
GUSN: 29321
Accession Number: 1921.129
Pair of mirror knobs with Bilston enamel fronts with blackand white depiction of George Washington.
Material: porcelain, metal
GUSN: 29322
Accession Number: 1921.130.1-.2
Wooden doll brought from Paris soon after 1800 by Humphrey Devereaux
GUSN: 29323
Accession Number: 1921.136
Tin egg boiler from teh House of Chief Justice Shaw. "The eggs were put in the tin and the tin filled with boiling water and put on the table and each present helped himself when the egg was boiled enough to suit him."
GUSN: 29324
Accession Number: 1921.139
A Boston Latin School silver medal, 1843. Awarded to Lemuel Shaw, Jr. for exemplary conduct and industry.
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 29326
Accession Number: 1921.141A
Golden brown wood; rounded shape; pointed, carved wooden tip; ivory handle; brown silk tassel tied through hole near handle.
Date: 1790-1800
Material: ivory (tooth component), silk (textile), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 29327
Accession Number: 1921.142
One of a pair of lace pull tools.
GUSN: 29328
Accession Number: 1921.143A
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 29329
Accession Number: 1921.143B
Pocket ink well encased in rosewood
GUSN: 29330
Accession Number: 1921.146
A. J. Whilliston's universal cloth stretcher for marking with indelable ink, patented 1856.
GUSN: 29331
Accession Number: 1921.147
Material: plaster
GUSN: 29332
Accession Number: 1921.149
Enamel patch box (Bilston English) 1780-1800. Motto, " We live in Hope."
GUSN: 29333
Accession Number: 1921.158
Purple glass scent bottle, Prince of Wales feather decoration. Cork stopper.
GUSN: 29334
Accession Number: 1921.159
Heavily beaded drawstring bag with floral design and hunting scene on bottom; green silk enclosure with green ribbon ties; blue bead tassels.
GUSN: 29335
Accession Number: 1921.165
Finely knitted purse with beaded pastoral scene featuring houses and person near stream; floral pattern on bottom.
GUSN: 29336
Accession Number: 1921.166
Embroidered floral design in chain stitch.
Date: First half of the 19th century
Material: wool (hair), embroidering, crewel wool, crewelwork (visual works)
GUSN: 29337
Accession Number: 1921.167
Tapered strap. Oval or bean head at end. Barrel side only.
Date: 1700-1799
GUSN: 29338
Accession Number: 1921.169
Two parts, each tapered to oval head at end.
GUSN: 29339
Accession Number: 1921.171
Blue cotton handkerchief.
Date: ca. 1830
GUSN: 29340
Accession Number: 1921.176
Staffordshire mantel ornament. Boy with basket of grapes.
Date: 1800-1850
Material: earthenware
GUSN: 29341
Accession Number: 1921.180
Staffordshire mantel ornament
GUSN: 29342
Accession Number: 1921.181
GUSN: 29343
Accession Number: 1921.194DE
Three pintles, identical design.
GUSN: 29344
Accession Number: 1921.194A-C
Hand-wrought; for retaining hasp, hook, or padlock. Exposed portion painted green.
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)
GUSN: 29345
Accession Number: 1921.195
Painted green over white; one bracket has spike mount, the other a plate with three holes.
Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought
GUSN: 29346
Accession Number: 1921.196
Black/brown shoe with rounded toe; hole at toe; two pairs of punched eyes; no laces; inner sole; heel.
Date: 1815-1835
Material: handmade, leather
GUSN: 29347
Accession Number: 1921.198
Black/brown shoe with pointed toe; center opeing; three pairs of punched eyes; no laces; inner sole; stitching.
Date: 1800-1810
Material: stitching, leather
GUSN: 29348
Accession Number: 1921.199
Five angle irons, some brass, some painted. [1921.200, 1921.200 A, B, C, D.]
Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought
GUSN: 29349
Accession Number: 1921.200
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)
GUSN: 29350
Accession Number: 1921.201A-C
Wood and metal straw splitting tool.
GUSN: 29411
Accession Number: 1922.35
One-piece construction; round pin and tapered square bar; several layers of paint.
Date: ca. 1671
GUSN: 29412
Accession Number: 1922.39