Historic New England

Flip Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45462

Accession Number: 1952.349

Tumbler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45463

Accession Number: 1952.350

Tumbler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45464

Accession Number: 1952.351

Tumbler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45465

Accession Number: 1952.352

Powder Horn

Powder horn painted black with flat wood plug and iron and brass rings and leather straps.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), horn (animal material), iron (metal), leather

GUSN: 45466

Accession Number: 1952.365

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45467

Accession Number: 1952.374

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45468

Accession Number: 1952.376

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45469

Accession Number: 1952.377AB

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45470

Accession Number: 1952.396

Pot with lid

Round bodied jug with handle and lid. Clear glaze with a few dark splotches, incised line below rim, press molded handle.

Date: 1820-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45471

Accession Number: 1952.409AB

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45473

Accession Number: 1952.413

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45474

Accession Number: 1952.415

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45475

Accession Number: 1952.419

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45476

Accession Number: 1952.420

Hot-water Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45477

Accession Number: 1952.423

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45478

Accession Number: 1952.425

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 45479

Accession Number: 1952.426

Candle Mold

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45480

Accession Number: 1952.430

Sifter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45481

Accession Number: 1952.441

Glass wig stand. Head of colorless glass encasing millefiori-type polychrome blown lily-like flowers, each with double blossom. Colorless baluster shaped stem with ring, circular base. Unpolished pontil at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 45483

Accession Number: 1952.473.2

Sugar Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45485

Accession Number: 1952.294AB

Pencil

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45486

Accession Number: 1953.M1

Fan

Long sticks and guards covered in dark red leather w/ gilt edging; deep red satin leaf; sticks overlaid on leaf; brass ring; remnants of fringed trim on guards.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, leather, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 45488

Accession Number: 1953.M5

Bed hanging

Part of a set of bed hangings made for the Sayward-Wheeler House. Blue and white check edged with figured wool tape. The set consists of shaped valances, curtains with twill tape loops, a bed cover and a head cloth.

Date: ca. 1771

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49501

Accession Number: 1977.508.6

Bed hanging

Part of a set of bed hangings made for the Sayward-Wheeler House. Blue and white check edged with figured wool tape. The set consists of shaped valances, curtains with twill tape loops, a bed cover and a head cloth.

Date: ca. 1771

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49502

Accession Number: 1977.508.7

Indian palampore

Square, off white; linen warp, cotton weft. Central flowering tree on jagged mound; framed by narrow, single-strand flowering vine. Outer frame of undulating green bamboo vine with floral sprigs interspersed; ribboned flowering sprigs at corners. Outer border same narrow vine.

Date: 1765-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), linen (material), painting (coating), piecing, textiles

GUSN: 49503

Accession Number: 1977.540

Easychair slipcover back and arm

Columns of large scale undulating flowering vine flanked by dendretic vine/roots of blues and golds; off white ground. Edges hemmed with striped linen tape. Slipcover comprised of three conponents: A) fitted cover for back and arms; B) cushion cover; and C) flounce.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), stitching, linen (material), upholstering

GUSN: 49504

Accession Number: 1977.541A

Pillowcase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49505

Accession Number: 1977.542

Quilt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49506

Accession Number: 1977.543

Cover

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49507

Accession Number: 1977.544

Cap

Sheer white; narrow ruffle around face only; fullness at back; drawstring at neck; front panel has extensions which had ties at one time but ties are now missing.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 49508

Accession Number: 1977.550

Wallet

Flamestitch "geometric" flamestitch in gold, purple and red/pink; opens side by side with four pockets; edges of pockets of red glazed wool; rose wool lining of pockets.

Date: 1751-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), burlap, canvas, embroidering, handmade, Bargello work

GUSN: 49509

Accession Number: 1977.556

Veil

Black silk lace; hand needle run; deep floral border with narrow floral border at sides; dotted ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 49510

Accession Number: 1977.559

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet sampler; squarish, ivory linen ground; pink cross stitched border; name at bottom. Cross stitch with eyelet hole stitch at the end of several lines. Alphabets: #1-missing "J"; #2-missing "J"; numbers: "1-9", "1-3".

Date: 1823

Maker: Wheeler, Elizabeth Bancroft (Cheever), 1862-1947 (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49511

Accession Number: 1977.560

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Cream colored linen ground. Small sampler (acc # 1977.562; 2 1/2" x 3 1/4") sewn onto lower left corner of larger sampler (7 3/4" x 7"). Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-complete; #2-complete; #3-missing "J" #4 - "A,D,G,G,M,Q,M,N,H,Y"; Numbers: "1-12"

Date: 1812

Maker: Johnson, Olive, b. 1801 (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49512

Accession Number: 1977.561

Sampler

Alphabet sample; natural linen ground; small sampler (acc # 1977.562; 2 1/2" x 3 1/4") sewn onto lower left corner of larger sampler (7 3/4" x 7"); polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-complete; #2 - complete; #3-missing "J"; #4 - "A,D,G,G,M,Q,M,N,H,Y"; numbers: "1-12"

Date: 1812

Maker: Johnson, Olive, b. 1801 (Embroiderer)

Material: silk (fiber), linen (material), needlework (visual works), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 49513

Accession Number: 1977.562

Alphabet Sampler

Sampler on dark linen ground; cross stitch and open work border, enclosing rows of letters separated by thin lines of needlework. One row of pink hearts at center. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-complete; #2-"A-G"; #3-missing "J"; #4-complete; Numbers: "1-11" other stitches: eyelet hole.

Date: 1813

Maker: Barrell, Mary Sayward, 1803-1889 (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49514

Accession Number: 1977.563

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Small cross stitch border, yellow and green. Alphabets at top, verse at middle and bottom. Four alphabets all missing J, U Numbers: "1-10"; cross stitch, eyelet hole.

Date: 1812

Maker: Barrell, Elizabeth Sayward, 1799-1883 (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49515

Accession Number: 1977.564

Alphabet Sampler

Unfinished alphabet sampler with heart and geometric border. Alphabets: #1 complete; #2 missing "J"; #3 complete; #4 incomplete; #5 incomplete. Numbers: "1-9". Stitches used: cross stitch, eyelet hole stitch, and satin stitch.

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49516

Accession Number: 1977.565

Tablecloth

Rectangular, off white cotton dimity cloth; seamed. Red and black bordered Greek Key. Stripes running length of cloth. Hemmed ends finished in cotton tape. Selvage sides.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), dimity, weaving, machine-made, piecing, printing (process), textiles

GUSN: 49517

Accession Number: 1977.566

Sash

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49518

Accession Number: 1977.567

Shawl

Square red wool ground with paisley border - blue, green, white, yellow - 7 1/2" wide; silk warp, wool weft; wool patterning weft.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49519

Accession Number: 1977.568

Fabric Shade

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49520

Accession Number: 1977.569

"Rose" Blanket

Rectangular, off-white, plain weave wool blanket with moderate knapt with narrow woven dark stripe at each end with enbroidered polychromatic "Rose" wheels in each corner and orange wool yarn binding at ends.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 49521

Accession Number: 1977.570

"Rose" Blanket

Rectangular, off-white, plain weave wool blanket with moderate knapt with narrow woven dark stripe at each end with embroidered polychromatic "Rose" wheels in each corner and orange wool yarn binding on ends.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 49522

Accession Number: 1977.571