Historic New England

Painted Directional Traffic Sign

Directional sign with protruding molding; black letters are slighted raised on an unpainted background with pointing gloves.

Date: 1820-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3188

Accession Number: 1991.971

Portrait of Aaron Burnham (1807-1872)

This portrait of a man is half length, seated facing slightly to his right and is one of a pair. He is wearing h a black stock and white shirt, a black vest and coat with his right hand across his stomach, thumb inside the waistcoat. He has black hair and blue eyes, dark brows and a high forehead. A...

Date: 1849

Maker: Wiggin, Alfred J. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 3189

Accession Number: 1991.972.1

Tobacconist's Figure

Three-quarters length carved figure; represents a Turk with a turban, a long moustache and a wide ribbon over his left shoulder; his arms are akimbo.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 3190

Accession Number: 1991.973

Carved Tobacconist's Female Figure

Carved female figure at 3/4s length; curly hair close to head, a high bust with petalled flower in the center; a carved bodice and a fluted skirt.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 3191

Accession Number: 1991.974

Hired Man's Bed

Brownish-red painted bed; Scalloped headboard joins square head posts with stacked circle, mushroom finials and turned, tapered lower posts ending in rings and heavy mushroom cap feet; conforming foot posts; rails are pierced with holes for roping; currently disassembled.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3192

Accession Number: 1991.975A-I

Seaman's Chest

Seaman's chest. Pine, painted. Rectangular hinged lid with molded edge on a conforming dove-tail constructed box. Grained with red and brown and decorated with green, black, and yellow swags and a heart under the lock; painted with initials and date. Carved wooden bracket handles at sides. Res...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3193

Accession Number: 1991.976

Coverlet

Long rectangular section of a coverlet; comprised of two and a half panels of dark blue wool quilted with foliated scrolls on a diagonal line field with a repeat leaf border and paisley cone device at corners; butternut colored wool back.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linsey-woolsey, piecing, quilting, weaving

GUSN: 3194

Accession Number: 1991.977

Flag

A large rectangular flag with a red field and an off-white circle enclosing a dark blue 'T'; it is pieced and handsewn; threaded with a rope for hanging.

Maker: unknown

Material: hand sewing, hemp (fiber), linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 3195

Accession Number: 1991.978

Rug

Oval form; polychrome fabrics braided into strips and sewn together; predominant colors are mustard, blue, gray, green, lavender, red and beige; worked with solid and printed fabrics.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, cotton (textile), sewing (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 3196

Accession Number: 1991.979

Rug

A large, oval from comprised of braided strips of polychrome wool sewn together; the predominant colors are pale green, blue, beige and red.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, burlap, sewing (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 3197

Accession Number: 1991.980

Rug

Square rug with striped outer border; two inner borders of boxed "X"s and short diagonal stripes and square field of four flowerheads; worked in shades of brown, red, pink, blue, beige, and green in wool and cotton burlap foundation.

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3198

Accession Number: 1991.981

Rug

Rectangular rug with conforming variegated ruby red center enclosed by a field of variegated beige, pale red, blue and pale green scroll devices; has a striped border in green, mauves, and browns; wool on burlap foundation.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3199

Accession Number: 1991.982

Rug

Rectangular rug; a beige field with a large pot of flowers and two buds worked in red, pink, shades of green, yellow and blue within a scalloped red and green inner border and a brown outer border; yarn is sewn and clipped on a burlap foundation.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, wool (textile), yarn

GUSN: 3200

Accession Number: 1991.983

Chandelier

Rectangular tin frame with four cross-pieces at corners; fit with 24 cylindrical candle cups, that are all painted blue; hangs from four tin rings and chair with loop terminals.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3201

Accession Number: 1991.984

Lantern

Wood frame with chamfered and notched uprights and square chamfered edge on the top and bottom; holds four rectangular panes of glass; the top has a shaped opening and is fitted with a pierced tin panel and a wire handle; the upright post projects through the top and bottom; one side has cotter-pin ...

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), hardwood, tin (metal), wire

GUSN: 3202

Accession Number: 1991.985

Fire Bucket

Rolled circular rim on a "U" shaped body; the rim is painted red and the body is painted green and decorated with an eagle, shields and banner above inscriptions.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: Fenno, John (Maker)

Material: leather, painting (coating), sewing (process)

GUSN: 3203

Accession Number: 1991.986

Fire Bucket

A U-shaped leather bucket with a rolled rim; the body is painted dark green and has a red circle inscribed: "John K. Simpson/1811" and a yellow banner that is inscribed "Philanthropic/Fire/Society"; the rim is painted red; leather handles are separate from the bucket; a drawstring firebag is enclose...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Fenno, John (Maker)

Material: leather, painting (coating), sewing (process)

GUSN: 3204

Accession Number: 1991.987

Fire Bucket

Rolled circular rim on a 'U'-shaped body; the rim is painted black and the body is painted red and decorated with a yellow and gold banner with swag ends inscribed "W.O. Smith" in black; below is inscribed "No. 2 1832"

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, painting (coating), sewing (process)

GUSN: 3205

Accession Number: 1991.988

Chest with drawer

Oak and ebonized maple. Rectangular single board with cleat ends over case with paneled ends. Facade features three recessed panels divided by four pairs of split spindles and a large, horizontal molded ledge over single long drawer with applied moldings at the center; flanked by endposts which al...

Date: ca. 1670

Maker: Attributed to Mason, Ralph, 1599-1678/79 Attributed to Messenger, Henry, d. 1681 Attributed to Edsall, Thomas, 1588-1676

Material: oak (wood), eastern white pine (wood), walnut (wood), cedar (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 3206

Accession Number: 1991.989

Balance

Shaped balance painted peach and decorated with stylized leafage quatrefoil devices or banding in red, yellow with cast finial and pendant; flat bottom pans with splayed sides hang from heavy chains and hook; shaped iron plates on hanging frame.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 3207

Accession Number: 1991.990

Butter Churn

Cylindrical form with three fingered laps; oblong projecting handle and circular cover with four sided champered guide for plunger; natural finish.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3208

Accession Number: 1991.991

Crane

Bracket form with tapered rectangular upright post and rectangular arm with a shaped end and serpentine support; painted a green-yellow; upright post has projecting round points at each end; mortise and tenon construction.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3209

Accession Number: 1991.992

Candle Box

Scalloped backboard pierced with two hanging holes over a rectangular box with a carved front; the front is chip carved with pinwheels, diamonds and hexagonal motifs which cover the entire surface; a quarter round molded base; dovetail and nail construction.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: chip carving, pine (wood)

GUSN: 3210

Accession Number: 1991.993

Sharpening Board

Long, rectangular backboard with cut corner top pierced with hanging hole; natural finish.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 3211

Accession Number: 1991.994

Pot

Long flat iron handle with curled end on circular iron frame raised on three straight legs; holds deep round brass pot with slightly convex base; the rim is rolled.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3212

Accession Number: 1991.995

Painted Cornice

A rectangular panel with squared dovetails at each end and two scllops at the right top with acorn-shaped finials surmounting each scallop point. Board painted with a scene of a house, trees and a garden at the left. Gate and fence in the center, with a bridge over the river at the center right. A...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3113

Accession Number: 1991.1611

Bonnet

Black and natural woven straw with a shallow gathered crown and long, arched brim; the edges are bound in brown straw binding tape and the neck and rear of the brim is bound in tan linen binding.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), straw (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 3114

Accession Number: 1991.1613

Stovepipe Hat

A short, oval brim with a tall stovepipe crown with flat top; black satin ribbon at base of crown with a silver buckle; lined with green, brown, white and rouge striped silk fabric and black leather inner band (all black exterior).

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: beaver (animal), skin (collagenous material), napping, brushwork

GUSN: 3115

Accession Number: 1991.1615

Landscape Painting

Rectangular horizontal view of a landscape with a yellow house and green shed; a road runs in front of house and trees ; blue and rose sky; original pine surround, painted to represent small-grained wood.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3116

Accession Number: 1991.1616

Landscape Painting

Bevel-edged board with square painting in center; trompe l'oeil nail at top edge and a brown painted frame. The image depicts a river with an island at the left and a sailboat at the right; on the left bank a black-haired shepherdess sits with her dog, three sheep and one lamb. On the right bank i...

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3117

Accession Number: 1991.1617

Weathervane Pattern

Unpainted, wooden carved silhouette of a running horse with a long, flowing tail- probably a pattern for a metal weathervane.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 3118

Accession Number: 1991.1618

Running Horse Weathervane

Weathervane of a silhouette of a wooden horse carved in the round. Weathervane has its original paint. Black eye, mane and tail and brown body. Original turned wooden pole.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), lead (metal), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3119

Accession Number: 1991.1619AB

Wine Measure

Square-sided shaft tapers to narrow end; each side is incised and paints; varying increments of measurement.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: Watts (Maker)

Material: cherry (wood), incising

GUSN: 3120

Accession Number: 1991.1620

Tailor's Measure

Rectangular length of wood with straight edge marked in inches (1 through 37); the upper edge is in a swooping odd arch shape.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 3121

Accession Number: 1991.1621

Two-foot Rule

Flat, rectangular form incised at inch and quarter intervals.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 3122

Accession Number: 1991.1622

Crutch

Tapering chamfer-edged rectangular shaft incised with inscriptions and decorative devices on all sides; tapers to end and arched arm; mortised on top.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3123

Accession Number: 1991.1623

Bedpost Pattern

A length of wood with a profile of a "cannonball" bed post on each side, unfinished.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Sanborn, Alfred B., Mr. (Maker)

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 3124

Accession Number: 1991.1624

Rule/Rod

A long iron rod with self loops at each end.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 3125

Accession Number: 1991.1625

Candlestick

A tin cylindrical candle cup and drip pan with a rolled edge, sloping sides and a flat bottom on an iron rod with a turned wood handle.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), tin (metal), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3126

Accession Number: 1991.1626

Yardstick

A rectangular straight sided shaft of curly maple with inscised lines at 5.5, 9, and 11". Nig finish.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), incising

GUSN: 3127

Accession Number: 1991.1627

Yardstick

A rectangular section of whalebone with a chamfered molded profile on one side with incised lines filled with black pigment marking the measurements. Marks are incised at 2.25, 4.5, and 18".

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: chamfering, incising, ink, baleen

GUSN: 3128

Accession Number: 1991.1628

Minature Chest

A rectangular lid with chamfered edges hinged to the conforming case, raised on all four squared legs with cut-out at the feet. Rose-head nail construction. The lid has an iron hasp which closes over the iron loop on the case, and an iron lock and key. The chest is unpainted.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), chamfering, iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3129

Accession Number: 1991.1629

Sewing Bird

In the form of an oversized clothes pin with a turned finial with flattened sides on a turned-flat sided, line incised clamp with threaded wood screw with heart shaped knob incised "1797" at one side. The clamp is surrounded by two ball-shaped green wool pin cushions retaining embroidered fragments ...

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3130

Accession Number: 1991.1630

Soap Dish

Redware soapdish, small and round with rounded sides and a flat outflared rim, covered with an orange-red lead glaze with dark/black specks throughout. Part of a toiletry set.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 3131

Accession Number: 1991.1631

Cup

a redware cup, of cylindrical form with out-turned rim, covered with an orange-red lead glaze with dark/black specks. Part of a toiletry set.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 3132

Accession Number: 1991.1632

Hand Mirror

A hand mirror of hand carved pine in odd triangular form, made to fit a long broken piece of mirrored glass, held in with metal pins, with tapered handle and a round knob at the end.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), metal, mirrors, pine (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 3133

Accession Number: 1991.1633

Comb

Baleen comb, flat and carved into the shape of a whale, with an upturned tail for a handle, teeth at the head/torso area and two incised lines around the teeth.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: baleen, carving (processes), incising

GUSN: 3134

Accession Number: 1991.1634

Sliding Candlestand

An octangonal candle cup on a long sliding, rectangular stem, flauted by two rectangular posts. It is raised on a heavy, slant-sided base with 3-peg feet. All are painted red.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: hickory (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3135

Accession Number: 1991.1635

Hair Comb

Tortise shell (or horn) hair comb, medium-large rounded-back form, its top a plain two inch panel with straight top, above a series of long narrow teeth (some missing).

Date: 1815-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material), molding (forming), tortoise shell

GUSN: 3136

Accession Number: 1991.1637

Bedpan

Round bedpan with a wide lip and nozzle end, covered with an orange glaze and bown splotches.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware

GUSN: 3137

Accession Number: 1991.1640

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