Historic New England

Tobacco

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27991

Accession Number: 1917.1440

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27992

Accession Number: 1917.1441

Tumbler

Glass tumbler. Fluting around the base. Geometric etching around the rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27993

Accession Number: 1917.1442

Whole cloth quilt fragment

Red wool; overall diamond quilting; undulating feather and floral motifs. One edge bound in red tape.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, quilting, alteration (process and technique), textiles, wholecloth quilts, wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 27994

Accession Number: 1917.1443A

Skewer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27995

Accession Number: 1917.1444

Slide Bolt

Rectangular plate with bolt; wrapped loop on bolt; whitish paint.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 27996

Accession Number: 1917.1450

Hook

Wrought from rectangular stock. Hammered round at hook and loop ends. Painted yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27997

Accession Number: 1917.1452

Staple

No description

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27998

Accession Number: 1917.1453

Hinge

Forged from flat bar stock. Loop at each end to be retained by and to fit over "staple." End turned up at locking end.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27999

Accession Number: 1917.1455A

Staple

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28000

Accession Number: 1917.1455B

PINTLE

Forged one-piece construction. Round pin turned up from square tapered bar. Tagged "Small size gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead. E. Lexington"

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28001

Accession Number: 1917.1456

Catch

Wrought from flat stock with square tapered tang and rat-tail. Tagged "catch-tailed. Robbins House, Lexington."

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28002

Accession Number: 1917.1457

Carpetbag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28003

Accession Number: 1917.1458

PINTLE

Two-piece construction. Square bar. Round pin with conical top. Forged. Tagged "large gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead, E. Lexington."

Date: 1775-1789

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28004

Accession Number: 1917.1460

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Rectangular plate, patterned on each end. Handle missing. Lever tapered and turned down with concave head. Accession card: part of a latch, thumb piece and escutcheon.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28005

Accession Number: 1917.1461

Slide Bolt

Cut plate with riveted bolt collars (?); six nail holes (rod missing).

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28006

Accession Number: 1917.1462

Handle

Rectangular plate cut decoratively, though simply, at top; straight lever; painted black.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: filing, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28007

Accession Number: 1917.1464

Bottle

Blue-tinted, pear-shaped glass bottle with molded scrolls on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28008

Accession Number: 1917.1465

Teapot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28009

Accession Number: 1917.1467

Bottle

Blown glass bottle with a cork stopper. Organic material fills the inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28010

Accession Number: 1917.1468

Hook

Wrought from square stock. Hook and loop ends hammered round. Twisted shank.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal)

GUSN: 28011

Accession Number: 1917.1470

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28012

Accession Number: 1917.1471

Catch

Hand-wrought. Rectangular tapered tang. Traces of olive paint over black. Tagged "E. Robbins Stone House, Lexington."

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28013

Accession Number: 1917.1474

Ax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28014

Accession Number: 1917.1475

Ax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28015

Accession Number: 1917.1476

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28016

Accession Number: 1917.1477

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28017

Accession Number: 1917.1478

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28018

Accession Number: 1917.1479

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28019

Accession Number: 1917.1480

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28020

Accession Number: 1917.1481

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28021

Accession Number: 1917.1483

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28022

Accession Number: 1917.1484

Textile Fragment

Cream, brown, and white striped plain weave textile fragment with selvedge and weave error.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28023

Accession Number: 1917.1485

Cloth Fragment

White and blue plain weave cloth fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28024

Accession Number: 1917.1486

Slipcover fragment

Rectangular; lightweight, sheer; polychromatic floral patterns on mottled brown and white ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), glazing (coating), tabby (textile), textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 28025

Accession Number: 1917.1487

Curtain Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz with blue, brown, and off-white ivy design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 28026

Accession Number: 1917.1488

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28027

Accession Number: 1917.1489

Diana Under a Tree

Mythological scene with representation of Diana in red & white under tree, with bow and arrows.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 28028

Accession Number: 1917.1490

Spike

A piece of hardware like a pintle, but the horizontal projection has been flattened and there are three holes in it. Tag "an iron, Robbins Farm"

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28029

Accession Number: 1917.1492

Windsor Chair

Rod back; bamboo turnings; brown with gold highlights.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28030

Accession Number: 1917.1498A

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Decorative plate; pull with round nuts and bolts; iron replacement thumb lift.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), incising, iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28031

Accession Number: 1917.1499

Side curtain from set of bed hangings

This panel from a set of bed curtains is block printed with repeats of trailing floral vines with large blooms similar to crysanthemums. The panel is rectangular and finished with linen tape binding along hem and one side.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27932

Accession Number: 1917.1366B

Toile Fragment

White ground printed in red with flowering branches. Hemmed on three sides; selvage on fourth.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27933

Accession Number: 1917.1367

Curtain Fragment

Red and white toile of a man fishing and a canoodling couple.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27934

Accession Number: 1917.1368

Curtain panel

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top, bottom and one side. Seven woven tape tabs at top. Stamped in blue, red and green pigments. Alternating columns of oval bead-like chain in blue; floral sprigs in blue, red and green.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 27935

Accession Number: 1917.1369

Window Curtain panel

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top and bottom; selvage sides. Four woven tape hanging tabs across top; 5" wide panel hemmed to top edge supporting back. Woven stripes; color in warp uneven red and blue stripes and blue ikat "spots" on white stripe.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, ikat, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 27936

Accession Number: 1917.1370