Historic New England

Chair

Pierced splat, scrolled ears, marlb legs, str stretchers, mod uph

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), sweet gum (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 45351

Accession Number: 1951.181

Platter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45353

Accession Number: 1951.1327

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 45354

Accession Number: 1952.1AB

Needlework bookmark made of Bristol board with a photograph of a man above a crown embroidered in gold and the letters "Know ye not that there is a prince and great man fallen this day in Israel. / ii Sam. Iii xxx viii / Obt xiv Dec / MDXXXLXI" embroidered.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45355

Accession Number: 1952.2

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark made of Bristol board with a picture of a mother, father, and two children glued above the letters "HO / HO" and an embroidered cross and cross in gold.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45356

Accession Number: 1952.3

Drop-leaf Table

Drop-leaf table. Circular top. flat arched skirt. Cabriole legs with knee brackets. Rests on pad feet. Remnants of red stain.

Date: 1740-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), staining, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 45357

Accession Number: 1952.M16

Vase with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45358

Accession Number: 1952.16AB

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45360

Accession Number: 1952.17

Vase with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45362

Accession Number: 1952.18AB

Dish

Creamware dish with a molded feather edge. Pierced body. Floral and heart motif.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), piercing

GUSN: 45364

Accession Number: 1952.19

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45366

Accession Number: 1952.M21

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45367

Accession Number: 1952.M22

Desk Set

Earthenware desk set with a silver luster trim and lion mask feet. Portraits of Bacchus painted on either end. Contains three parts; the well for shot, the inkwell, and the sander.

Maker: unknown

Material: paint (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 45368

Accession Number: 1952.23

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45369

Accession Number: 1952.M23

Teacup and saucer

Porcelain teacup and saucer with Imari design. Cobalt blue, orange and gilt design leaves, flowers, and tendrils and abstract motifs on white background, in three reserves outlined in gilt, separated by gilt leaf sprays and pendant flowers on cobalt blue background. Gilt on outside of c-scroll handl...

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: Coalport (Maker)

Material: enameling, gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 45370

Accession Number: 1952.27.1-.2

Chair

Brown or red stained, rush seat, spindle back, great chair.

Date: 1680-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 45372

Accession Number: 1952.M30

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45374

Accession Number: 1952.M38AB

Paperweight

Small polychrome glass paperweight of millefiori canes.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), millefiori glass

GUSN: 45375

Accession Number: 1952.M42

Coverlet

Rust and green wool with white cotton, reversible; overall geometric gridwork pattern with solid blocks and intersections; four- pointed "Stars of Bethlehem". Fringed sides; hemmed top and bottom.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 45376

Accession Number: 1952.M43

Spoon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45377

Accession Number: 1952.M44

Spoon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45378

Accession Number: 1952.M45

Drop-leaf Table

No description

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 45379

Accession Number: 1952.M52

Child's Pincushion

Child's pincushion with red purple silk; covered with lace.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), iron (metal)

GUSN: 45383

Accession Number: 1952.58

Child's pincushion

Child's pincushion; blue silk with lace edging.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), lace (needlework), leather

GUSN: 45384

Accession Number: 1952.59

Crane

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45386

Accession Number: 1952.M61

Crane

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45389

Accession Number: 1952.M63

Rigid Fan

Very large square palm leaf fan; short palm leaf stem handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: palm leaf, palm fiber

GUSN: 45580

Accession Number: 1954.M17

Rigid Fan

Large round palm leaf fan; short palm leaf stem handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: palm leaf, palm fiber

GUSN: 45581

Accession Number: 1954.M18

Portrait of a Girl

Portrait of a girl in an evening dress, carrying a fan.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 45582

Accession Number: 1954.19

Rigid Fan

Short, bamboo-bound handle; large rigid leaf of woven straw.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), straw (plant material), palm fiber, weaving

GUSN: 45583

Accession Number: 1954.M20

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45584

Accession Number: 1954.21

Portrait of Russell Sturgis, 1805 - 1905

Portrait of a bearded man wearing a dark coat with a flower in his lapel. Portrayed with proper right hand either removing or placing gloves in interior of coat.

Date: 1885

Maker: Merritt, Anna Lea, 1844-1930 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 45585

Accession Number: 1954.22

Rigid Fan

Short wooden handle; oval paper leaf, dyed yellow, over bamboo sticks.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), dyeing, paper (fiber product), palm fiber, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45586

Accession Number: 1954.M22

Purse

Beaded purse with brown and white beadwork, silver clasp, and three tassels at bottom

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45587

Accession Number: 1954.M23

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45588

Accession Number: 1954.24

Portrait of a Man

Bust-length portrait of a man in black jacket and ruffled shirt, facing left.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 45591

Accession Number: 1954.M27

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet sampler on green linen ground. Grape vine border. Alphabets: #1 "A-W", missing "J"; #2 complete; #3 complete. Numbers:"1-7".

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Thatcher, Mary, 1816- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 45592

Accession Number: 1954.M32

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Alphabet at top, name and verse below. Polychromatic, words alternate in color--blue, brown, green, tan, cream. Alphabets: #1 complete-double letters; Numbers: "1-12"; cross stitch, eyelet hole.

Date: 1820

Maker: Yerxa, Susan Ann, 1811- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 45594

Accession Number: 1954.M34