Historic New England

PLASTER

Wavelike pattern of wallpaper (grey, black, white and green) on plaster, over white, blue and greenish paint.

Date: ca. 1794

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster, wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1032

Accession Number: 1992.82.1-4

Brick

Flat brick.

Date: 1676 C-1679 C

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 1033

Accession Number: 1922.362

Plaster

Plaster, blackened on the surface.

Date: 1676-1679

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 1034

Accession Number: 1922.475

PLASTER

Pieces of plaster.

Date: 1720-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 1035

Accession Number: 1922.838

SLATE

Smoothed slate, now in two pieces, two edges beveled.

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, slate (rock)

GUSN: 1036

Accession Number: 1922.839

PLASTER

Plaster with large lath impression on back and tan-grey paint on front; clumps of hair.

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster, sand

GUSN: 1037

Accession Number: 1928.245

PLASTER

No description

Date: ca. 1768

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 1038

Accession Number: 1959.192

Nogging

About 22 pieces.

Date: ca. 1687

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 1039

Accession Number: 1959.220.2

CLAY

Two pieces plus small stuff; crumbling clay and straw mortar.

Date: ca. 1667

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 1040

Accession Number: 1963.380

PLASTER

White paint on front; lath impressions on reverse.

Date: 1668-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 1041

Accession Number: 1974.223B

PLASTER

A: Layers of white paint on front; lath impression on reverse. B: Lath impression on back, wallpaper and paint on front. D: Wallpaper with red paint on top [now in two pieces 1992].

Date: 1700-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster, sand, straw (plant material), wallpapers

GUSN: 1042

Accession Number: 1974.224

Small piece of greenish glass. Found in envelope inscribed "PIece of glass found, Nov. 1922, in the eaves, front, of the Scotch-Boardman house, Saugus. It is evidently from an old diamond-light window, and still shows the marks of the leading. It is cumulative evidence showing or bearing on the o...

Date: ca. 1687

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 1048

Accession Number: 1922.973

GLASS, WINDOW

Pane of amber bull's eye glass.

Date: 1900-1929

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 1049

Accession Number: 1929.1856

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1050

Accession Number: 1989.13

Banjo Clock

No description

Maker: Willard, Simon, 1753-1848 (Maker)

GUSN: 1051

Accession Number: 1989.14

Teapot

Hand-painted porcelain teapot with gold handle and spout with fan ornamentation, bands of gold around the rim, neck, lid, body, and foot. Deep blue band with gold leaves and scrolls with burgundy flowers on the shoulder and lid. Fan shaped knop on lid. Part of eighty-three piece dinner set.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 1052

Accession Number: 1989.16.25AB

Pagoda

The pagoda is a three-dimensional architectural element that was assembled in place at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, along the wall shared with the South Gallery in the China Trade Room. The elements are painted wood with nail fasteners.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1053

Accession Number: 1989.17

BOOK

Covers by Sarah Wyman Whitman

Maker: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 (Author)

GUSN: 1055

Accession Number: 1989.19

"The Alert" ship model

Model of the ship "Alert". Class "A" classification, 1/4" scale. Constructed on the solid hull lift method of wood. Authentically painted with a copper bottom, black topsides, with gun port band, yellow stripe, gray and green interior bulwarks with skylights and companyways in white. Natural scribed...

Date: 1941

Maker: Pratt, Winthrop, Jr. (Maker)

GUSN: 1056

Accession Number: 1989.20

Armchair

With cone finials in old finish.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1058

Accession Number: 1988.34

Card Table

Carved, reeded legs and birch-veneered rails.

Maker: unknown

Material: veneering

GUSN: 1059

Accession Number: 1988.35

Chair

Side chair with foliate carving on the crest rail, a carved splat, and a slip seat. Part of a set of six side chairs purchased by Nathaniel Barrell from Samuel Walker of London.

Date: 1763

Maker: Walker, Samuel (Maker)

GUSN: 1060

Accession Number: 1988.36.1

Chair

Side chair with foliate carving on the crest rail, a carved splat, and a slip seat. Part of a set of six side chairs purchased by Nathaniel Barrell from Samuel Walker of London.

Date: 1763

Maker: Walker, Samuel (Maker)

GUSN: 1061

Accession Number: 1988.36.2

Armchair

Matches 1988. 37. 1--a side chair.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1062

Accession Number: 1988.37.2

Portrait of Thomas Thompson

Portrait of Thomas Thompson. Signed and dated by the artist.

Date: 1829

Maker: Coles, Joseph (Maker)

GUSN: 1063

Accession Number: 1988.38.1

Portrait of Dr. Josiah Dwight

Portrait of Dr. Josiah Dwight.

Maker: Coles, Joseph (Maker)

GUSN: 1064

Accession Number: 1988.38.2

Hall Globe, Entry Lamp

Hall lamp. Tapered towards the top and open on both ends with a paper label with maker's name "ACME. "

Maker: ACME (Maker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 1065

Accession Number: 1988.39.1

Hall Globe, Entry Lamp

No description

Maker: ACME (Maker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 1066

Accession Number: 1988.39.2

Sampler

Framed alphabetic and verse sampler worked in silk on linen in cross stitch. Verse reads "be virtuous and indust/rious and happiness/will attend you if you/do not expect too much/Sophia Sewall born May/16.1788.Hallowell 1797"

Date: 1797

Maker: Sewall, Sophia (Maker)

GUSN: 1067

Accession Number: 1988.40AB

STICKPIN

With red, white and blue ribbons in a white cardboard box marked "worn by little Annie Codman then about two years old, in a black velvet hat with a white feather--the week after the capture of Fort Sumpter/Commencement of the Rebellion. "

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 1068

Accession Number: 1988.42

Wallpaper Sample Book Cover

Cover to wallpaper sample book (acc. #1987. 255) titled "1907 Book 2 1907 / Wall Papers / Room Mouldings / Samuel Z. Goldberg. / 65 Merrimac St., Boston." Cover is made of heavy dark brown paper textured to reemble leather with gold printing.

Maker: S. Z. Goldberg (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 1069

Accession Number: 1988.45

Tilt-top Table

Tilt-top table with scallop-edged top; urn, pedestal and tripod base, snake feet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1070

Accession Number: 1988.52

Tavern Table

Tavern table with an oval top and splayed legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1071

Accession Number: 1988.53

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette of Thomas Thompson.

Maker: Peale, Charles Wilson (Maker)

GUSN: 1072

Accession Number: 1988.54

Center Table

Rococo Revival center table. Formerly loan #4. 1986.

Maker: Tucker, Hiram (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), slate (rock)

GUSN: 1073

Accession Number: 1988.55

RUG

Patterned chain-stitched rug.

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching

GUSN: 1074

Accession Number: 1988.56

Print

Boydell engraving of "King Richard the Second" Act IV, Scene I, 1801 printing.

Date: 1801

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1075

Accession Number: 1988.57

Coin

Depicts kneeling man. On reverse, image indistinct due to heavy scoring. "Am I not a Man and a Brother?"

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 1076

Accession Number: 1988.73

BUTTON

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 1077

Accession Number: 1988.74

VALANCE

Reproduction of Hamilton House window valance #1949. 893. 1.

Maker: Perkins, Will Cady (Maker)

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 1078

Accession Number: 1988.75.1

VALANCE

Reproduction of Hamilton House window valance #1949. 893. 1.

Maker: Perkins, Will Cady (Maker)

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 1079

Accession Number: 1988.75.2

Cloth fragment

Roughly square, brown cotton ground printed with alternating stripes of flowers in pink and green; coral motif in blue on white. Three raw sides, one selvage side.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: figure- and animal-derived motifs, corals (animals), coral (material), cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 1080

Accession Number: 1988.77

Table Lamp

Table lamp, chromed steel base and arm with black-painted iron shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 1081

Accession Number: 1988.78

Commemorative Certificate

Membership certificate stating "Samuel M. Quincy 2nd Mass. Vols. Bur. Brig. General of Vols. was a soldier, and is now a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac." Elaborate scenes in reserves surround center of certificate. J.F. Cabot Framers Boston.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: Cabot, J. F. (Framer) Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 1082

Accession Number: 1988.83

doll's pillow sham

White with pink in three edges

Date: 1842-1852

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1289

Accession Number: 1969.6879

Pair of Pantalettes

White with five horizontal tucks. Button holes in top edge

Date: 1842-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1290

Accession Number: 1969.6880AB

Pair of Child's Pantelettes

White with six tucks horizontal. Button holes at top edge.

Date: 1842-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1291

Accession Number: 1969.6881AB

doll's napkin

White with fringe

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1292

Accession Number: 1969.6882

doll's kerchief

Pink and black pattern with black stripe

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 1293

Accession Number: 1969.6883

dolls' (?) collar/wrist buttons

Two pairs (one is missing a button)

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mother of pearl

GUSN: 1294

Accession Number: 1969.6886

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