Historic New England

Wall Mirror

Queen Anne, paint-decorated wall mirror, with rectangular cushion-frame below shaped crest, black chinoiserie decoration on red ground; crest attached with wooden cleats and wrought-iron nails.

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: mirrors, painting (coating), wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 2838

Accession Number: 1991.1295

Fireplace Shovel

Ball finial on bulbous octagonal upper shaft tapering to rod like shaft and iron shovel.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 2839

Accession Number: 1991.1298

Fireplace Tongs

Ball finial on ringed, chamfered and notched shaft on tongue with arched shoulder and oval clamps.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 2840

Accession Number: 1991.1299

Lace Bobbin

An elongated handle with disc-like finial and two disc-like extensions at midsection with a bulbous and crudely-carved terminus; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2841

Accession Number: 1991.1301

Lace Bobbin

A pestle-like form with flattened chip-carved top on tapering standard narrows to rounded handle with mushroom-shaped finial.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2842

Accession Number: 1991.1302

Lace Bobbin

Egg-shaped terminus on tapering stem with reel-shaped device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2843

Accession Number: 1991.1303

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped terminus on tapering stem with reel-device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2844

Accession Number: 1991.1304

Bobbin Reel

A club-like form with a bulbous end with raised 'button' on top on a tapering handle with raised collar at mid-section and round-flat finial; natural finish.

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2845

Accession Number: 1991.1306

Bobbin Reel

A bulbous, rounded end on tapering shaft with carved reel at mid-section and flat round terminus.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2846

Accession Number: 1991.1307

Bobbin Reel

Flattened round end on tapering shaft with disc-like extension at mid-section; a button-shaped terminus; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2847

Accession Number: 1991.1308

Bobbin Reel

Cone-like end with flattened tip and chip carved band around widest point; tappers to thin shaft with ringed center and finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oak (wood)

GUSN: 2848

Accession Number: 1991.1309

Bobbin Reel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2849

Accession Number: 1991.1310

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end on tapering shaft with reel-turned device at mid-section; baluster-shaped finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), incising, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2850

Accession Number: 1991.1311

Bobbin Reel

Flattened round end with chip-carved edge on tapering shaft with cuff-like extension at mid-secion; a button terminus.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2851

Accession Number: 1991.1312

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end incised with heart devices and hip-carved band on a tapering shaft with carved band at mid-shaft; flat button finial; natural finish.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2852

Accession Number: 1991.1313

Bobbin Reel

Egg-shaped end with flaring tip; tapering shaft with reel-like band at mid-section and a flattened, circular finial.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2853

Accession Number: 1991.1314

Step-down crest rail with over 14 spindles and bowed stiles with tapering arms with scrolled handholds supported by turned front post and simple secondary post; a plank seat with rounded front and grooved top; raised on 4 turned and incised splayed legs with rectangular front and back stretchers and...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), painting (coating), maple (wood)

GUSN: 2854

Accession Number: 1991.1315

Windsor Armchair

Comb-back crest rail on 5 spindles and 2 turned stiles with splayed scrolling arms supported by turned front post and 2 simply turned secondary supports; an oval plank seat raised on four splayed, baluster-turned legs joined by bulbous-turned side stretcher and medial stretcher; painted

Date: 1770-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2855

Accession Number: 1991.1316

Candlestand

Federal cherrywood candlestand, its sqare top with invected corners; on vase/baluster turned pedestal on tripod base, the 3 snake feet mortised into shaped cylindrical base; natural finish.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, nailing, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2856

Accession Number: 1991.1317

Pewter Chamberstick

Pewter chamberstick with laterally positioned injectors; saucer-like bobecheon ringed cylindrical shaft with injector and bulbous base on deep circular drip pan with fingerhold ring and disc-shaped rest.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2857

Accession Number: 1991.1318.2

Memento Mori

Painting: Small, rectangular format, white shaft placed against a black background. Flanked by pair of urns, and adorned with several religious inscriptions. Another inscription appears across the base of the image. Frame: Simple, mitered-cornered, black-painted, stencilled frame made by Anson ...

Date: 1794-1795

Maker: Saville, William, 1770-1853 (Maker) Clark, Anson (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2858

Accession Number: 1991.1319

Family Register

Small, rectangular format; a large, central tree with discs on which birth dates of chldren are entered. At bottom left a hip-roofed house with two chimneys and red door with pediment. At right a fenced grove of trees, and walking man in red coat with cane. At base of tree, five entwined hearts b...

Date: 1795

Maker: Saville, William, 1770-1853 (Maker)

Material: ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2859

Accession Number: 1991.1320

Portrait of Samuel Waters

Rectangular format, waist-length portrait of a man in a dark brown oval, facing slightly to the right; he wears a white collar, a dull blue coat, a rusty rose vest, and has dark eyes and his hair back in a queue.

Date: 1779

Maker: Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2860

Accession Number: 1991.1067.1

Whale Oil Lamp

Double whale oil burner on cylindrical reservoir on tapering ringed staudard and deep, circular, flar rimmed saucer-like base.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2861

Accession Number: 1991.1321

Whale Oil/Electric Lantern

Tin ring handle on a conical top with pierced cylindrical sides holding glodular clear glass globe, with a cylindrical tin base, glass bottom, tin painted gray and electrified.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2862

Accession Number: 1991.1322

Redware Jug/ Lamp

Redware jug of globular shape with a chunky strap handle starting from the narrow neck; it is covered, overall, with an olive greenish-brown spotted glaze, with three incised bands near the top. It is now wired and rigged as an electric lamp with a medium sized white and gold trimmed shade.

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), incising, lead glaze, redware, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2913

Accession Number: 1991.1385

Stoneware Bottle Lamp

A salt-glazed stoneware bottle with heavy lips, outflared neck and straight, slightly tapered sides, grey body with orange-peel texture salt glaze with traces of rusty brown. Impressed with capital lettering on the neck "A.J. Gleason/1858"; and inside is an orange/brown lead glaze.

Date: 1858

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, machine-made, glazing (coating), salt glaze, stamping (forming), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 2914

Accession Number: 1991.1386

3-Gallon Crock

Salt-glazed stoneware 3-gallon crock, of cylindrical shape with tapering side and a heavy rim; two ear handles, incised lines below the rim, a grey body with the maker's stamp "F. Woodworth/Burlington, VT/3". Dipped in cobalt blue with painted floral-like decoration in blue glaze below the stamp; h...

Date: 1872-1895

Maker: Woodworth, F. (Maker)

Material: lead glaze, machine-made, painting (coating), glazing (coating), salt glaze, stamping (forming), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 2915

Accession Number: 1991.1387

Wall Mirror

Wall mirror. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, mirrored glass. Vertical rectangular form with scroll pediment top. Double arch molding surrounding original two-part bevelled glass. Old inscription written on the reverse of the mirror: " For/Capt. Jonas Rowlandson/in/Newbury."

Date: 1735-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), veneer, mirrors, pine (wood), wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 2916

Accession Number: 1991.1388

Sconce

Paint-decorated tinware sconce, of round shape, its side is painted black with red circles, the backplate is of plain tin with a starburst over-pattern and facted central pewter reflector behind the round plate of glass; there is a candle holder on the bracket extending from the base with a round di...

Date: 1820-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), pewter (tin alloy), soldering, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2917

Accession Number: 1991.1389

Conductor's Lantern

No description

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), perforating, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2918

Accession Number: 1991.1390

Trinket Box

Paint decorated pine trinket box, of rectangular shape with an overhanging lid. It opens to a bright blue paper lining with a pencilled inscription (re: provenance, Issac Stearn(s)), the outside is painted a dark green ground with neo-classical red swags and a yellow and black border on all sides. T...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), gilding, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2919

Accession Number: 1991.1391

Trinket Box

Pine and Chestnut paint decorated trinket or toilet box, of rectangular shape with a molded, cleated lid above three printed sides (the back is plain). The front has a stylized scroll and floral pattern (worn), ant the sides have a sunburst-like motif, all in yellow and black on a reddish-brown grou...

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: Fitch, Issac, Mr. (Maker)

Material: chestnut (wood), hammering, iron (metal), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2920

Accession Number: 1991.1392

Watch Case

Chip-carved camphor wood watch case, in the shape of a tall case clock, with a carved wheel in a sliding panel with a scroll top and shaped sides on bracket feet. An all-over geometric chip-carving glass panel below revealing a small watercolor with a bird, architectural view and grapes, signed in p...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: camphorwood (wood), carving (processes), chip carving, glass (material), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2921

Accession Number: 1991.1394

Compass

Mahogany enclosed compass, a deep-set face with fleur-de-lys pointing north. The maker's name on the dial reads: J & H.M. Pool/Easton, Mass. The compass is incomplete, missing its hinges, glass cover and directional needle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: J & H.M. Pool (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 2922

Accession Number: 1991.1395

Fire Bag

Long rectangular sack open at one end; stenciled across the front with the name "J.K. Simpson" and the year "1811".

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), stenciling

GUSN: 2923

Accession Number: 1991.1397

Fire Bag

Long rectangular sack open at one end; stenciled across the front with the name "Benj. Smith" and the year "1827".

Date: 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 2924

Accession Number: 1991.1398

Fire Bag

Long rectangular sack open at one end; stenciled across the front with the name of: "R.P. Gilbert" ; and a single row of vermillian thread runs across the top.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: hand sewing, hemp (fiber), stenciling, thread

GUSN: 2925

Accession Number: 1991.1399

Doll's Quilt

Small cotton quilt of red and white diamonds.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), patchwork, printing (process), quilting

GUSN: 2926

Accession Number: 1991.1401

Crib Quilt

Patchwork crib quilt composed of red and white triangles on the "flying geese" pattern; quilted, backed with single panel of red cotton print with small white squares allover, twined up hemmed edge.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), patchwork, quilting, thread

GUSN: 2927

Accession Number: 1991.1402

Crib Quilt

India-print cotton crib quilt, double-sided, the top with elaborate, Persian-style foliate/floral print in deep red and pale blue on natural ground with intricate border print; quilted; the reverse with pieced pale blue paw-print-like design, edged wtih dark blue, which gives edge also to other side...

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilting

GUSN: 2928

Accession Number: 1991.1403

Indian Bedspread

Large, rectangular two panels of even-weave cotton printed with central field of leafy sprigs, flowerheads and paisley devices enclosed by three banded borders. Inner border of large flowerheads within shaded reserves are enclosed by flowering vine on outer borders. Printed in shades of brick red,...

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 2929

Accession Number: 1991.1404

Quilt

Rectangular form, off-white cotton ground stenciled with baskets of flowers, rose sprigs, and round medallions with flowerheads and swags in green, yellow, pink, blue; quilted in a zig-zag pattern. Backed with a pieced length of cotton; lined with an old quilt.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilting, stenciling

GUSN: 2930

Accession Number: 1991.1405

Tumbler

Clear pressed-glass tumbler, cylindrical with 8 panels, and etched band around the rim, factory number '314' on bottom.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 2931

Accession Number: 1991.1407

Tumbler

Clear, pressed-glass tumber, wtih 8 even panels and etched band under rim, smal markers mark to bottom.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 2932

Accession Number: 1991.1408

Pocket

The linen bag has a slit opening bound with cotton tape. It is embroidered with crewel, yarns in red, green and light blue with meandering vines, flower heads, and foliate devices which are arranged symmetrically. The bag is narrow at the top widens to the base.

Date: 1771-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 2933

Accession Number: 1991.1423

Pocket

The bag with front slit opening has a patchwork front comprised of various floral printed square patches in reds, blues, brown, and yellow. The back is of plain weave linen, the sides of bag and slit opening are bound in printed fabric. The bag is narrow at top and gradually widens to base. The p...

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), patchwork, printing (process)

GUSN: 2934

Accession Number: 1991.1424

Pocket

Oblong, off-white, linen pocket, embroidered with flowering vines in light blue silk threads; the top and opening are piped with a heavy blue printed cotton; ties are of striped linen tape.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, linen (material), printing (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 2935

Accession Number: 1991.1425

Pocket

Long, pear-shaped bag with slit opening at front; comprised of honeycomb and flowerhead paterned printed cotton front and homespun linen back. The printed front is brown, pink and beige. The pocket retains its blue and white linen ties.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing, linen (material), printing (process)

GUSN: 2936

Accession Number: 1991.1426

Pocket

Elongated trapezoid form of patches of variously printed and solid color cotton (plaids, diaper, leaf and vine patterns- blue, browns and green in geometric design); the back of linen has long slit opening at front band in printed cotton; the edges are bound in light blue cotton.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), patchwork, printing (process)

GUSN: 2937

Accession Number: 1991.1427

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