Historic New England

Saltcellar

Blue and white; oval eight-sided rectangle with butterfly, cell and drape border around base and network border with floral reserves around rim of top; right-oriented landscape scene of three-story building atop bridge with figures passing below, right; second bridge with figure carrying load, left ...

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 30810

Accession Number: 1926.55

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30811

Accession Number: 1926.57

Shaving Mug

Blue, transfer print pearlware shaving mug depicting pastoral scene with fountain and stream; distant village and mountains; tower ruin with cattle and herder. Mug body and handle have been repaired.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating), pearlware

GUSN: 30812

Accession Number: 1926.60

Key

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30813

Accession Number: 1926.61

Soup plate

Earthenware plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed "Bamboo" pattern. Three large floral sprays on rim and central scene of bamboo and flowers sprouting from lilypad-strewn pond.

Date: 1844-1859

Maker: Thomas Dimmock & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30814

Accession Number: 1926.62

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Border of alternating medallions, featuring nautical scenes, and floral sprays. Central scene depicts Medina.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Jacob Furnival & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30815

Accession Number: 1926.63

Boots

Pink kid; ankle boot w/ scalloped edged side button closure; 10 small white buttons; topstitched; top has scalloped edge and is higher at front; round square toe; round throat; 2 3/4" vamp; center back and center front seams; sole has narrow waist; shaped for left and right; 1" self-covered heel; wh...

Date: ca. 1872

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, linen (material), stitching, machine-made

GUSN: 30816

Accession Number: 1926.64AB

Soup plate

"British Views", dark blue with fruit and flower border; modest cottage with geese, dog, man and woman chopping wood.

Date: 1820-1828

Maker: Henshall & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30817

Accession Number: 1926.386

"Ladies' Hair Pins" Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 30818

Accession Number: 1926.68

Pair of Gloves

Cream leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30819

Accession Number: 1926.79AB

Cap

Cotton cap with dotted pattern in fabric. Wide cap strings

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30820

Accession Number: 1926.80

Pair of Gloves

White leather gloves with tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30821

Accession Number: 1926.81AB

Handkerchief

White handkerchief with small white stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30822

Accession Number: 1926.82

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30823

Accession Number: 1926.84

Powder Horn

Engraved powder horn with chamfered tip, geometric throat, concave wood plug with turned stopper, two iron rings. Crudely engraved images include animals and buildings.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30824

Accession Number: 1926.86

Quilt Fragment

Plain cotton weave upper in green and off-white depicting log cabin, barrel of hard cider, portrait of Harrison in ellipse with words "Harrison And Reform" in band below portrait. Floral garlands and motifs throughout image. Backing is comprised of pieces of differently patterned plain cotton weave....

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30825

Accession Number: 1926.87

Pincushion

Pincushion made of a badge worn at the Cochituate Water celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848.

Date: 1848

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 30826

Accession Number: 1926.94

Needle Case

Fold-up pink velvet needle case with transluscent beaded floral and leaf decoration; beaded fringe trim; interior lined with blue silk; pincushion and pocket.

Date: late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), beads by form

GUSN: 30827

Accession Number: 1926.96

Purse

A square, red velvet envelope style purse with velvet and cotton binding and needlepoint front and back in shades of yellow, orange, and red.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: solid velvet, Berlin woolwork

GUSN: 30828

Accession Number: 1926.97

Pair of Gloves

Black lace gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30829

Accession Number: 1926.98AB

Pair of Sleeves

White cotton bishop-style sleeves with floral embroidery at the wrists.

Date: 1853-1863

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30830

Accession Number: 1926.102AB

Women's Tie

White net necktie with a large floral embridered pattern.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30831

Accession Number: 1926.103

Purse

Blue and brown purse with silver-colored beading, rings, and tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30832

Accession Number: 1926.107

Slipper

Bronze leather; bound with brown grosgrain; trimmed with small brown rosette; narrow elastic ties; square toe. Rosette conceals split in 3 7/8" vamp; square throat; toe trimmed with white chainstitch with cutwork backed with purple silk; stylized floral medallion; no center back seam; sole has narr...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, leather, linen (material)

GUSN: 30833

Accession Number: 1926.113

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30834

Accession Number: 1926.124

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30835

Accession Number: 1926.125

Pocket Wallet

No description

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather

GUSN: 30836

Accession Number: 1926.127

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30837

Accession Number: 1926.136

Leather Fragment

Piece of cut sole leather, roughly shaped, with unfinished edges.

Date: c. 1855

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 30838

Accession Number: 1926.140

Awl

Awl for shoemaker

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30839

Accession Number: 1926.143

Heel Protector

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 30840

Accession Number: 1926.145

Cloth Fragment

US Centennial Commemorative cloth fragment

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30430

Accession Number: 1924.826

Rogers Group Sculpture - "Is it so Nominated in the Bond?"

Sculpture depicting a scene from "The Merchant of Venice". Portia (dressed as a man) stands on a stair at the center with Shylock on the right and Antonio and Bassanio on the left.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 30431

Accession Number: 1924.828

Spur

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30432

Accession Number: 1924.836

Kerchief

White kerchief with a blue border and a flag design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30433

Accession Number: 1924.838

Coverlet

Blue, red and light green wool, white cotton, reversible; overall geometric pattern of gridwork; plain blocks. Gridwork of blocks, bars and pattern that looks like repeating crowns. White cotton warp fringe at bottom. Red, blue and green pattern weft fringe on sides; top edge hemmed.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 30434

Accession Number: 1924.844

Kerchief

Cream silk with a brown and yellow floral border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30435

Accession Number: 1924.846

Ladle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30436

Accession Number: 1924.847

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30437

Accession Number: 1924.848

Pocket/Memo book

Yellowed vellum; embossed with simple linear border; envelope flap and brass clasp; 2 compartments; lined with white, and red & blue marbled papers. Probably had memo paper.

Date: 1700-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing

GUSN: 30438

Accession Number: 1924.849