Historic New England

Child's Petticoat

Long; cream; top and seams embroidered with featherstitch, cream silk; skirt gathered along waist; scalloped embroidered hem with trail and grape vine.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile)

GUSN: 36988

Accession Number: 1934.1576

Infant's Shirt

White/yellowed; scoop neckline and armseye trimmed with lace; lace insert at shoulder and also a small square at neckline; partial gathering at front and back; sleeveless; no closure; open shirt.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 36989

Accession Number: 1934.1582

Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36990

Accession Number: 1934.1584

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36992

Accession Number: 1934.1595

Base

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 36993

Accession Number: 1934.1606

Bread

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36994

Accession Number: 1934.1608B

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36995

Accession Number: 1934.1609B

Cuspidor

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 36996

Accession Number: 1934.1611

Box

Part of doll's toilet set.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36997

Accession Number: 1934.1612B

Box

Part of doll's toilet set.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 36998

Accession Number: 1934.1612A

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 36999

Accession Number: 1934.1612E

Chamber Pot

Part of doll's toilet set.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37000

Accession Number: 1934.1612F

Pot

Part of doll's toilet set.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37001

Accession Number: 1934.1612G

Tureen

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 37002

Accession Number: 1934.1613

Needlework Picture

Small needlework picture of a blue ship with ribbon hanger.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37003

Accession Number: 1934.1614

Doll's Bedding

Small quilt.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37005

Accession Number: 1934.1616

Shoe

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37008

Accession Number: 1934.1621AB

Coat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37012

Accession Number: 1934.1627

Skirt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37013

Accession Number: 1934.1628A

Doll's Bedding

Small quilt.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37014

Accession Number: 1934.1629

Doll's Bedding

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37015

Accession Number: 1934.1630A

Doll's Bedding

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37016

Accession Number: 1934.1630B

Coat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37017

Accession Number: 1934.1632A

Skirt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37018

Accession Number: 1934.1632B

Skirt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37019

Accession Number: 1934.1632C

Coat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37021

Accession Number: 1934.1637

Skirt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37022

Accession Number: 1934.1641

Doll's Bedding

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37027

Accession Number: 1934.1648

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37028

Accession Number: 1934.1649A

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37029

Accession Number: 1934.1651

Portrait of Mary Ann Callender

Portrait of Mary Ann Callender (b. 1830), a young girl in blue dress holding pink rose.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 37030

Accession Number: 1934.1654

Painting

Watercolor painting of a man being carried on a green chair by two servants.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37031

Accession Number: 1934.1655

Salt Cellar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37032

Accession Number: 1934.1660

Photograph

View of a small wooden house w/ porch extending across front, garden and decorative wooden fence in foreground; man and woman seated on veranda w/ children playing.

Date: 1855-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40935

Accession Number: 1972.178

Photograph

View of a small rocky beach on edge of island w/ lighthouse and keeper's house and several male and female figures posed nearby.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40967

Accession Number: 1972.91

Photograph of the Gold Appleton Plunkett House

View of a large Federal style house with tree lined lawn behind white picket fence in foreground. Plain oak frame.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 (Author) Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40969

Accession Number: 1921.5

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a view of an Egyptian temple with columns situated on an outcropping on the bank of a river. Building is flanked by palm trees. Green stained wood frame.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: Possibly C.H. Dunton & Co. (Framer)

Material: gum bichromate process, gelatin silver prints

GUSN: 40987

Accession Number: 1988.611

Photograph Portrait

Oval shoulder length portrait of man with striped bow tie looking to right.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 41049

Accession Number: 1978.178

Painting

Fort flying US flag, 3 sailboats in water in foreground.

Date: 1861

Maker: Ide, George D. (Artist)

Material: bristle, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 41059

Accession Number: 1932.2603

Toile Fragment

Printed toile fragment, blue ink on ivory ground. Depicts a harbor scene of men working with barrels, stone buildings, and ships. Original dark wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), ink

GUSN: 41060

Accession Number: 1972.577

Fireboard with wallpaper. Paper is a scenic figure with vignettes of a woman playing a harp. Vignettes are separated by vertical stripes of Greek key design. Wallpaper border of roses. Cutouts made for andirons.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 41078

Accession Number: 1988.534

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with silver luster band around rim. Alternating pattern of sunrises and sunsets intertwined with a foliate and vine design. Part of a partial six-piece tea service: two teacups, two saucers, one creamer, and one waste bowl.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted, lusterware

GUSN: 41081

Accession Number: 1988.595.3

Tureen

Child-sized brown transfer-printed pearlware large tureen with chevron and scroll border around body and cover. Applied and molded handles with flower sprig knop on lid and notch in lid for ladle. Part of a fifty-six piece dinner set.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 41091

Accession Number: 1988.548.1AB

Creamer

Helmet-shaped porcelain pitcher with replaced tin handle. Pitcher body decorated with small polychrome enamel floral sprigs. Wavy orange dot border interspersed with pink, green, and violet flowers.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enamel paint, hand-painted

GUSN: 41092

Accession Number: 1988.618

Tea bowl and saucer

Handleless tea bowl [.1] and saucer [.2]. Tea bowl is decorated with an exterior gilt band wound with a berry vine. Saucer has gilt sprigs at center and a navy blue scroll and gilt garland border around rim.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 41094

Accession Number: 1988.545.1-.2

Tureen

Blue transfer printed earthenware tureen with cover. Tureen has dual square loop handles. Floral and scroll border surround rim, handles, and cover. Landscape scene adorns body and cover. Cover has a square loop finial.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 41105

Accession Number: 1988.617AB

Top Hat in Hatbox

.1) Hat - Black; collapsible (mechanical); brown embossed leather lining; maroon satin lining; black grosgrain ribbon; .2 A&B) Box and cover - hat box has same embossed "diamond" pattern and is lined with blue and white striped wallpaper.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: Yerles, J. (Maker)

Material: cloth, silk (textile)

GUSN: 41108

Accession Number: 1988.211.1-.2AB

Walking Stick

Brown; plain; carved from "natural" shape of stick; stained or varnished surface.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 41110

Accession Number: 1988.198

Cane

Black w/ gray undercoat & natural golden brown wood surface at handle; knots or stubs from branches w/ 45o angled handle.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: handmade, paint (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 41111

Accession Number: 1988.195

Walking Stick

Brown, thick, natural wood; carved pointed tip w/ drilled hole for (tassel? umbrella?).

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 41112

Accession Number: 1988.194

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