Historic New England

Picture

Man carrying pail, sweating; house at left.

Date: 1929

Maker: Sarg, Anthony (Artist)

Material: crayons (drawing material), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 33061

Accession Number: 1929.1866

Medicine Chest

A wooden medicine box with a hinged lid and a turnkey lock. Interior is compartmentalized into sixty sections occupied by medical vials. Each vial is individually labeled and corked.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, paper (fiber product), glass (material), corks (stoppers)

GUSN: 33064

Accession Number: 1930.1

Crock with Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 33065

Accession Number: 1930.2AB

Nosegay Holder

A metal nosegay holder with a chain and pin. Foliate design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 33066

Accession Number: 1930.4

Cigarette Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 33067

Accession Number: 1930.5

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture of an anchor and flowers embroidered on Bristol board.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33068

Accession Number: 1930.6

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark of flowers in pink, green, and brown embroidered on perforated Bristol board mounted to faded pink and white check ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33069

Accession Number: 1930.7

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark with embroidered image of a harp and words "Sing praise upon a harp to our God" on Bristol board.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33070

Accession Number: 1930.8

Needlework Bookmark

Embroidered picture on Bristol board depicting Masonic/Freemason imagery, including a compass and all-seeing eye.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33071

Accession Number: 1930.9

Nail

Hand-wrought lath nail.

Date: 1795

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 33073

Accession Number: 1930.12

Nail

Hand-wrought lath nail.

Date: 1795

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 33074

Accession Number: 1930.13

Needlework Bookmark

Bookmark in red worsted work. "Search the Scripture" worked in red and yellow worsted. A bible rests on a green worsted stand. The whole is stitched onto a length of cerise ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33075

Accession Number: 1930.14

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark with the words "From a Sister" on perforated Bristol board mounted on off-white ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33077

Accession Number: 1930.25

Needlework Bookmark

Embroidery on bristol board of a house on olive ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33078

Accession Number: 1930.26

Photograph

View of Oliver Wendell Holmes house just barely visible through bushes and trees in foreground--oval format.

Date: ca. 1884

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 33079

Accession Number: 1930.28B

Thimble

Gold decorative thimble with a green box.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 33080

Accession Number: 1930.35

Handkerchief

Pink silk handkerchief.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33081

Accession Number: 1930.36

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 33083

Accession Number: 1930.44A

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 33084

Accession Number: 1930.45

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 33094

Accession Number: 1930.68

Compote

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33106

Accession Number: 1930.70N

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33112

Accession Number: 1930.71

T-shaped; green and red pieced block; checkerboard pattern. Blocks 7-1/2" x 7-1/2". Green twill tape binding across top. Loosely applied green cotton band 3" wide; applied green soutach around sides and bottom. Quilted in chevron pattern.

Date: 1820-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, linen (material), piecing, quilting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 33121

Accession Number: 1930.77

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33126

Accession Number: 1930.84AB

Toothbrush

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33128

Accession Number: 1930.98

Pair of Gloves

White gloves with three bands on the top; elasticized wrist. Knitted with large needles.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 33148

Accession Number: 1930.143AB

Pincushion

Pincushion made as a skirt of a ceramic figure.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Whiting, Sarah Elizabeth (Maker)

Material: damask, ceramic (material)

GUSN: 32839

Accession Number: 1929.1042

Pincushion

Flower shaped pincushion with tan velvet ground; blue center; white and blue beading.

Date: ca. 1851

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), beads (pierced objects), silk (textile)

GUSN: 32840

Accession Number: 1929.1043

Bookmark

Green ribbon bookmark with beaded crosses.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32841

Accession Number: 1929.1045

Bookmark

Purple ribbon bookmark.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32842

Accession Number: 1929.1046

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark with embroidered image of a harp on Bristol board mounted on ivory-colored ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32843

Accession Number: 1929.1047

Needlework Bookmark

Bookmark with a stitched cross.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32844

Accession Number: 1929.1048

Needlework Bookmark

Bookmark with a stitched arrow.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32845

Accession Number: 1929.1049

Needlework Bookmark

Needlework bookmark with embroidered name "Uncle D.C." on Bristol board mounted on teal ribbon.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32846

Accession Number: 1929.1050

Petticoat

White cotton gathered to heavy linen waistband; scalloped hem with eyelet; tucked to shorten.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), scalloping

GUSN: 32847

Accession Number: 1929.1053

Sewing Bag

Oblong sewing kit with pleats, a yellow lining, and a brown ribbon.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 32848

Accession Number: 1929.1061

Needlework Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 32849

Accession Number: 1929.1062

Needlework Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32850

Accession Number: 1929.1063

Needle Case

Magenta needle case.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32851

Accession Number: 1929.1064

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture patch of a brown horse with saddle, waxed on back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32852

Accession Number: 1929.1065

Knitting Needle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32855

Accession Number: 1929.1083D

Knitting Needle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 32856

Accession Number: 1929.1083F-I

Ball

Ball with hand-sewn soft leather cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 32858

Accession Number: 1929.1089

Buttons

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32864

Accession Number: 1929.1099A-I

Bodice

Blue, brown, and tan vertically striped knitted wool. High boned collar, long, narrow sleeves and hem trimmed with white scalloped lace. Princess seams front and back. Fourteen irridescent brown shell buttons down center front.

Date: 1875-1883

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 32866

Accession Number: 1929.1104

Collar

Valenciennes lace and embroidered collar.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, Valenciennes

GUSN: 32868

Accession Number: 1929.1109

Cape Collar

Double-layered white cape collar with vine and ribbon white embroidery along the edge.

Date: 1822-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32869

Accession Number: 1929.1110

Shawl

Square; sheer yellow silk gauze/leno weave; striped border with applied yellow silk fringe; two corner motifs with stylized tulips and other larger flower.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 32870

Accession Number: 1929.1111