Historic New England

Vegetable storage bin

Wood and wire vegetable storage bin; rectangular shaped w/ wire mesh top; wire mesh sides w/ wooden frame.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22917

Accession Number: 1998.4400

Vegetable storage bin

Wood and wire vegetable storage bin; rectangular shaped w/ wire mesh top; wire mesh sides w/ wooden frame.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22918

Accession Number: 1998.4401

Vegetable storage bin

Wood and wire vegetable storage bin; rectangular shaped w/ wire mesh top; wire mesh sides w/ wooden frame.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22919

Accession Number: 1998.4405

Vegetable storage bin

Wood and wire vegetable storage bin; rectangular shaped w/ wire mesh top; panels on side painted red and yellow.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22920

Accession Number: 1998.4402

Vegetable storage bin

Wood and wire vegetable storage bin; rectangular shaped w/ wire mesh top.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22921

Accession Number: 1998.4403

Vegetable rack

Built-in hanging vegetable rack; shelf-like structure w/ supports nailed to beams; 3 pairs of supports (2 at ends and 1 in middle); wire mesh bottom w/ wooden frame painted white.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 22922

Accession Number: 1998.4406

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22923

Accession Number: 1998.4478

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22924

Accession Number: 1998.4479

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22925

Accession Number: 1998.4480

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22926

Accession Number: 1998.4481

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22927

Accession Number: 1998.4482

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22928

Accession Number: 1998.4483

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22929

Accession Number: 1998.4484

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22930

Accession Number: 1998.4485

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22931

Accession Number: 1998.4486

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22932

Accession Number: 1998.4487

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22933

Accession Number: 1998.4488

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22934

Accession Number: 1998.4489

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22935

Accession Number: 1998.4490

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22936

Accession Number: 1998.4491

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22937

Accession Number: 1998.4492

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22938

Accession Number: 1998.4493

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22939

Accession Number: 1998.4494

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22940

Accession Number: 1998.4495

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22941

Accession Number: 1998.4496

Flowerpot

Red clay flower pot; cylindrical shape w/ top opening wider than base; raised top rim.

Date: 1910-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 22942

Accession Number: 1998.4497

Cromwellian chair w/ tapestry-like modern upholstery. Front legs are turned w/ blocks and balls. Single rectangular stretcher at front. Two rectangular stretchers each side. Square, slightly canted back posts below seat. Above seat posts have ball turnings. Crest rail is new. Upper right stretcher p...

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood)

GUSN: 26147

Accession Number: 1966.1346

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a young woman. Ochre or tan spandrel top and bottom. Deep green background. (Dark strips at side may indicate that this was once in a frame of different dimensions.) Hair is light brown and curled in a 17th cent. style. Low cut bodice w/ horizontal rows of pearls as decoration. Stomacher...

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 26148

Accession Number: 1966.1402

Mortar & pestle

Waisted shape. Mortar w/ embossed decoration of crude C-scrolls below flared rim and at midsection. Embossed rings at base. Simple club-like pestle. Circular lid w/ hole at ceter for pestle. Underside is molded to fit over mortar. Traces of old brown paint on lid.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 26149

Accession Number: 1966.1403A-C

Jug

Bellarmine type. Brownish-tan "orange peel" glaze extends 2/3's the way down sides. Clear glaze to base from this point. Thrown by hand, the sides flare out from base and in at the shoulders. Neck is decorated w/ an embossed "grotesque" (male face). Side has the stamps: [horseshoe shaped appearance]...

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), salt glaze, stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 26150

Accession Number: 1966.1404

Stumpwork picture

Rectangular picture of a woman surrounded by 2 Tudor roses, two trees w/ flowers and foliage. Birds, snails, and worms. Bead necklace. Molded frame may be original.

Date: ca. 1650

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 26151

Accession Number: 1966.1405

Punch bowl

Pearlware punch bowl in Oriental deep circular shape. Pseudo-Chinese decoration. Interior w/ pagoda flanked w/ pine trees. Lattice border (like Chippendale fretwork). Exterior w/ two similar pagoda motifs interspersed w/ floral decoration. Underglaze cobalt decoration brushed on white body.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 26152

Accession Number: 1966.1406

Charger

Circular form w/ shallow well. Plainly decorated w/ one incised ring at lip. Base is formed by the dished-out well.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26153

Accession Number: 1966.1407

Charger

Circular form w/ deep well. Slightly stepped and sized rim mould, stamped w/ the initials "I P A" [not sure which order]--see card for drawing.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26154

Accession Number: 1966.1428

Wallpaper

Block print design of peacocks or birds of paradise. Yellow/white on black field.

Date: 1775-1790

Maker: Possibly Prentiss, Appleton (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 26155

Accession Number: 1979.34

Hook

Hanging central rod w/ four arms of equal length. Each arm has a spike formed by the upper end and an additional spike at center of arm. Loop at top for hanging. Irregular surface texture.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 26156

Accession Number: 1979.35

Key

"Skeleton" type form. Shaft textured. Flattened loop. Hand forged.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 26157

Accession Number: 1979.36

Side Chair

Side chair--"Carver" style. Plain circular stiles with ball finials; turned crest rail; three turned spindles; plank seat; two plain side stretchers, two front, one back. Legs tapered very slightly at ends. Painted red with black underneath. Reproduction red seat cushion and three turnings on back c...

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26158

Accession Number: 1966.1314

Chest

Rectangular shape; front divided into four panels with plain double "stepped" moldings between each panel and at top and bottom; two panel sides; legs are the side boards extending past bottom of chest-no feet. Replacement top hinged with iron cotter pins; grained underneath. Iron key hole mount nai...

Date: 1668-1733

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 26159

Accession Number: 1966.1315

Brewster-style arm chair

Reproduction Brewster-style arm chair. Dark brown stain (traces of brown paint). Turned stiles with ball finials; turned crest rail and double row of three turned spindles; turned front legs with three spindles across front extending from turned seat rail to bottom stretcher; single plain stretchers...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26160

Accession Number: 1966.1316

Chest

William and Mary style. Rectangular shape with single plank hinged top with shaped molding around edges. Wide molding extending from bottom with turned ball feet. Iron pin-type hinges. Engraved brass key escutcheon. Dovetail construction at corners.

Date: 1715-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 26161

Accession Number: 1966.1318

Side chair

Undecorated crest rail w/ plain ears, pierced urn shaped splat--back of stiles w/ bevelled edges ending at seat. Rushed bottom squared edges, straight legs, Marlborough w/ bead-molded front leg decoration. Four rectangular stretcher--no decoration. Pegged construction.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 26162

Accession Number: 1966.1340

Swan floater

Hand carved swan figure. Painted white body with pieced grey tail/rudder. Used as "floater" or buoy marker to hold diver's air line in Ebenezer Clifford's diving bell experiments.

Date: 1785-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26163

Accession Number: 1966.1348

Textile fragment

Rectangular tan fragment w/ "E. Clifford/1798" stencilled in black. Tacked onto plain wood strips serving as frame.

Date: 1798

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap

GUSN: 26164

Accession Number: 1966.1349

Cartoon

Printed cartoon on blue paper depicting General Arthur St. Clair being chased by Indian w/ caption "He who fights and runs away/ May fight or run another day--Wabash" (St. Clair was routed in battle of Wabash). In wood frame.

Date: ca. 1790

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), woodcut (process)

GUSN: 26165

Accession Number: 1966.1399

Duelling pistol

Hard wood stock w/ scroll motifs carved in relief at top and center bottom. Silvered white metal mounts divided by trigger; serpent or dragon motif at sides; mask or moon face at butt. White metal barrel and flint mechanism.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, metal

GUSN: 26166

Accession Number: 1966.1400A

Duelling pistol

Hard wood stock w/ scroll motifs carved in relief at top and center bottom. Silvered white metal mounts divided by trigger; serpent or dragon motif at sides; mask or moon face at butt. White metal barrel and flint mechanism.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, metal

GUSN: 26167

Accession Number: 1966.1400B

Candle holder and rush

Spiral twist spike set into piece of roughly hewn log. Top of spike hinged with "U" shaped arm ending in cylindrical candle socket. Socket end balances clip at top center designed to hold rush. Tallow candle display item.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 26168

Accession Number: 1979.22

Candle holder and rush

Spiral twist spike set into piece of roughly hewn log. Top of spike hinged with "U" shaped arm ending in cylindrical candle socket. Socket end balances clip at top center designed to hold rush. Tallow candle display item.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 26169

Accession Number: 1979.23

Betty Lamp

Thin-bodied flat circular shaped body fashioned from sheet of iron. Squared spout extending out of front and flat curved arm extending up from back. Hinged lid. Tongue-like inner spout to act as wick. Wrought spiral hook set in wall w/ 3 linked wire pieces attached at handle to form poker.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 26170

Accession Number: 1979.24AB

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