Historic New England

Al Marcelle Hair Wave Clips

No description

Date: 1930-1936

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 312232

Accession Number: 2008.12.120.1-.4

Engraving Plate

Engraving plate for printing visiting cards for Mary B. Adams.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312233

Accession Number: 1927.57

"Goody and Tip Top Products" Wave Hair Clips

No description

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 312234

Accession Number: 2008.12.121.1-.13

Gilette Safety Razor in Case

Gilette Safety Razor (.1) in original purple velvet lined case (.2) with three extra blades in a steel case (.3).

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 312235

Accession Number: 2008.12.123.1-.3

Wooden object

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312236

Accession Number: 1927.598

Boxes of Razor Blades

Four Boxes of razor blades. Wilkinson (.1), PAL Double Edge plastic box (.2), Gilette Blue Blades (.3), PaL Double Edge paper box (.4).

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, metal

GUSN: 312237

Accession Number: 2008.12.124.1-.4

Pitcher Sample

Salesman's sample of toilet pitcher.

Date: 1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312238

Accession Number: 1927.71

Small earthenware plates with mulberry colored transfer-print pattern. Central scene of Asian sailing vessel passing in front of buildings with spires. A spray of flowers in the foreground. The scene is encircled by a chain of lozenge figures. On the rim is a chevron and floral spray border pattern.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 314730

Accession Number: 1980.357.5

Commemorative Saucer

Small porcelain plate with black on white image of the Aspinwall House. Metallic gold trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 314731

Accession Number: 1934.1043

Sauce Dish

Pressed glass sauce dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314748

Accession Number: 1941.518.1

Portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish (1726-1809)

Half length portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish. Sitter is wearing a brown dress with white ruffled bodice, and a blue shawl. A strand of pearls is woven through her brown hair. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1764

Maker: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 314751

Accession Number: 2015.109.1

Box

Small rectangular paper box and dettached lid with glass panel. Painted color outdoor scene of man leading mule with woman seated atop and white dog walking aside. Box and lid are trimmed with gilt paper strips, embossed with row of dots. Interior lined with teal paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 314765

Accession Number: 1964.85

Dish

Pressed glass dish.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314766

Accession Number: 1927.1204

Card Table

Federal card table with a rectangular top, tapering legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314767

Accession Number: 1949.259

Mustard Pot

Colorless glass mustard pot on three legs in daisy and button pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314811

Accession Number: 1941.459

Curtain tiebacks

Five pairs of curtain tiebacks made of gilded, pressed tin formed in the shape of a rose with leaves.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), gilding

GUSN: 314812

Accession Number: 1958.248.1AB-.5AB

Goblet

Coloress, pressed glass goblet with bell-shaped flowers, fruit and vines.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314819

Accession Number: 1941.403

Box of Checkers

Cardboard box with lid containing 15 red and 15 black wooden checkers. Box printed in beige and red.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, cardboard, paint (coating)

GUSN: 314821

Accession Number: 1958.462.1-.31

Figure

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314823

Accession Number: 1931.144B

Cake Stand

Colorless glass cake stand with molded thistle pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314825

Accession Number: 1941.440

Card Table

Mahogany Federal card table with satinwood panels and tapered, reeded legs.

Date: 1790-1818

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 314845

Accession Number: 1932.2154

Pair of Card Tables

Pair of Federal card tables. Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314886

Accession Number: 1992.166.1-.2

Ladle

Silver ladle with a fiddle handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314894

Accession Number: 1993.688

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with an upturned spatulate handle and an oval bowl. Beaded and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 314903

Accession Number: 1971.1855.6

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral border with cherub and goats in scroll medallions. Central scene depicting St. Peters College.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 316175

Accession Number: 1926.406

Women's suit

Jacket (A), blouse (B), and skirt (C), of a three-piece suit made from raw silk. Jacket is fitted, with a band collar, straight sleeves gathered into shoulder puffs at armscye, and quilted in wide vertical rows. The hems of collar, front, and sleeves are all edged in raw magenta-colored silk. An ...

Date: ca. 1983

Maker: Warren, Carol (Maker)

Material: silk (textile), quilting, appliqué (technique), satin

GUSN: 316258

Accession Number: 2015.124.1A-C

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper, lily pads in silver foil on dark gray ground.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316260

Accession Number: 2015.124.3

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper, iris pattern in silver foil on white ground.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316261

Accession Number: 2015.124.4

Dining Table

Rectangular dining table with wooden legs connected by a metal brace.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood), carbon steel

GUSN: 316262

Accession Number: 2015.125.1

Coffee Table

Round cofee table with black marble top supported on three shaped wooden board legs.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316263

Accession Number: 2015.125.2

Sideboard

Maple sideboard stained reddish brown with three drawers inset over cabinet with two large doors.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316265

Accession Number: 2015.125.4

Pair of Chairs

Pair of ladder back chairs with turned spindles, legs, and stretchers, and woven rush seats.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316266

Accession Number: 2015.125.5.1-.2

Vacuum Cleaner

Electrolux Model Vacuum cleaner [.1a] with attachments: hose [.1b], tube [.1c], tube [.1d], brush [.1e], jar [.1f], cylinder [ .1g], flat attachment [.1h].

Date: 1937-1954

Maker: Electrolux (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 316281

Accession Number: 2015.126.1A-H

Wallpaper

Two pieces of wallpaper in scroll pattern. Wallpaper is painted with red and green accents on a cream background. The scroll pattern also includes some sections of white with a glittering effect. Wallpaper fragments were removed from a 1780 house in Mason, NH.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316283

Accession Number: 2015.127.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample, diamonds, squares, and hooked crosses in blue and red on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Found behind the framing that raised the floor in the back section of the house.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316285

Accession Number: 2015.128.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, all over floral pattern in blue, pink, and yellow on tan ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316286

Accession Number: 2015.128.2

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, squares and rectangles in black, gray, and red, on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316287

Accession Number: 2015.128.3

Plate

Small plate with transfer printed image of Hartwell Farm, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Walker China.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: transfer printing

GUSN: 316304

Accession Number: 2015.135.4

Coffee service set

Coffee service including: coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, cream pitcher, six cups and saucers, two cake plates with transfer printed scenes of "John and Priscilla Alden" and "The Hanging of the Crane."

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 316305

Accession Number: 2015.136.1-.17

Horseshoe Game

Horseshoe game in original box with instructions and warrantee certificate. "Royal" model with two silver colored horseshoes, two navy blue painted horseshoes, and two cylindrical aluminum stakes.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: St. Pierre Manufacturing Corporation (Manufacturer)

Material: steel (alloy), cardboard, paper by composition or origin, aluminum (metal), paint (coating)

GUSN: 316320

Accession Number: 2015.140.1A-I

Pair of Earrings

Pair of plastic earrings with clip backs. Pale pink flower with clear faceted rhinestone center. Clear faceted rhinestone and white calla lily drops with faux pearl center are attached to the bottom of each flower. The flower and drops are glued to a flat disc of frosted white plastic.

Date: 1980-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), rhinestone

GUSN: 316321

Accession Number: 2015.141.1AB

Turned wood bowl

Turned wooden bowl.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316322

Accession Number: 2015.142.1

Shallow wood dish

Shallow, turned, wooden dish.

Date: 1989

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316323

Accession Number: 2015.142.2

Small turned wooden bowl with footed base

Small turned wooden bowl with footed base.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316324

Accession Number: 2015.142.3

Turned wood bowl

Tall turned wood bowl / vase with seven bands of wood comprising the body.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316325

Accession Number: 2015.142.4

Placemat

"Collectors Treasures." Linocut block printed cotton. Folly Cove Designers. Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1961

Date: 1961

Maker: Natti, Lee Kingman, 1919- (Designer) Folly Cove Designers (Workshop, attributed)

Material: cotton (textile), linoleum-block printing

GUSN: 316326

Accession Number: 2015.142.5

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, cross hatched diamond pattern. Brown on dark yellow ground. Used in the third floor attic bedroom, 5 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316328

Accession Number: 2015.143.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, zigzag pattern with floral sprays. Brown on dark yellow ground. Used in the third floor attic bedroom, 5 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316329

Accession Number: 2015.143.2

Cradle

Brass cradle [.1a] with straight sidebars, each bar joined to bar with ball beneath; each corner of the frame with ball and rounded finial. Brass, unadorned rectangular frame for bed hangings. Rounded wishbone-shaped hanger to hold onto cradle stand. Blue and white striped mattress [.1b] with French...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 316332

Accession Number: 2015.144.1.1AB-.2

Gown

This one-piece column-style evening gown is made of red silk chiffon. The proper left shoulder is bare, with a long self-fabric scarf draped up and over the proper right shoulder strap. The chiffon is stitched and pleated so that it swirls around the body and curls up under the hem. The bodice is li...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Cyreld (Designer)

Material: chiffon, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 316333

Accession Number: 2015.145.1

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