Historic New England

Scout Master Uniform Belt

Part of Scout Master uniform. Belt. Green woven wool. Brass buckle. Brass hook for whistle.

Date: 1976-1988

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 26816

Accession Number: 2001.275.3

Scout Master Uniform Cap

Part of Scout Master uniform. Green cap. Boy Scout patch on front.

Date: 1976-1988

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26817

Accession Number: 2001.275.4

Maternity Suit

Part of women's maternity suit. Navy blue jacket with long sleeves. Four buttons down front. Two front pockets. Notched lapel collar. Tie around waist with loops. Shoulder pads.

Date: ca. 2001

Maker: Elizabeth Harris Studios (Designer)

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 26818

Accession Number: 2001.116.1

Maternity Suit

Part of women's maternity suit. Navy blue skirt with adjustable elastic waist. Maternity panel. False wrap front.

Date: ca. 2001

Maker: Elizabeth Harris Studios (Designer)

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 26819

Accession Number: 2001.116.2

Chair

William and Mary chair. Caned seat and back. Scrolled feet (look like snails). Carved scrolls throughout chair. Baluster turned stretchers, back legs and vertical stiles.

Date: 1690-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood)

GUSN: 26820

Accession Number: 2001.142

Dressing Table

Queen Anne dressing table. Walnut. Five drawers with brass hardware. Drawer at proper left with two flame finials inside. Top boards nailed to body. Rests on cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 1735-1756

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 26821

Accession Number: 2001.143

Side chair. Carved and applied shell at crest rail. Pierced splat. Modern slip cover [green wool] over silk upholstery with geometric floral motif in two shades of beige. Rests on Cabriole legs with stretchers that terminate in ball and claw feet.

Date: 1755-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 26822

Accession Number: 2001.144.1

Side chair

Side chair. Ball and claw feet. Pierced splat. Carved and applied shell at crest rail. Cabriole legs and stretchers. Replaced back splat. Modern slip cover [green wool] over silk upholstery with geometric floral motif in two shades of beige.

Date: 1755-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 26823

Accession Number: 2001.144.2

Watercolor

Framed ink and watercolor drawing of a building in Lebanon, NH bearing a sign across the front, "Lafayette Hotel." At bottom is lettered: "Kept by H.B. Benton." Mrs. Little says Moses Greenough was the innkeeper by 1810 and gave it the name of Lafayette Hotel. The printed name on strip apparently pa...

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 26824

Accession Number: 1971.389

Spectacles w/ case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26825

Accession Number: 1966.448

Bank

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26826

Accession Number: 1941.337

Trunk

Rectangular black trunk; leather exterior; wood interior with metal fixtures: edges; handles left and right side; shield-shaped lockand hoop front, center, top; three hinges (back); brass tacks abound in design on all exteriors except back and bottom; braces inside.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: camphorwood (wood), leather, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 26827

Accession Number: 1998.6361

Parlor croquet set

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26828

Accession Number: 1942.682

Painter's Work Box and Stencils

Stencil kit that belonged to Moses Eaton.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Owner)

Material: eastern white pine (wood), stencils (tools), stamps (tools), artists' brushes

GUSN: 26829

Accession Number: 1941.1699

Cake box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26830

Accession Number: 1998.6027

Tea cannister

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26831

Accession Number: 1998.5997

Trunk

Leather covered box trimmed with brass studs. Brass label "Fayerweather." Label inside "NATHANIEL HAMMATT, / SADDLER / Trunk and Harness Maker/ Opposite WEST ROW-CAMBRIDGE STREET, / BOSTON." Interior lined with marblized paper.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26832

Accession Number: 1993.729

Footstool

Upholstered footstool with square feet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 26833

Accession Number: 1954.183

Hard Hat

Safety hard hat with orange outer shell. Removable grey and black headband. Removable white plastic and grey ribbon interior suspension framework. Black sticker under visor/glare reducer. Two stickers on outside. One sticker inside [see Inscriptions].

Date: 1997

Maker: Fibre-Metal (Maker)

Material: plastic by composition or origin

GUSN: 26834

Accession Number: 1998.5872

Pair of Shoes

Pair of black size 12N shoes with low heel. Gathered. T-strap vamp. Brass-colored buckles on outside. Re-soling is evident, as are heel and toe reinforcements. Scuffs at back of heel. Worn soles. Imprinted mark on bottom of both shoes. Ink stamp printed on inner left side of both shoes.

Date: 1980-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal, plastic by composition or origin

GUSN: 26835

Accession Number: 1998.6337AB

Pair of Construction Boots

A pair of tan leather boots with dark brown leather around ankle, brown and gold woven laces, and rubber soles. Visible wear and tear. Worn during Boston's "Big Dig" Project.

Date: 1998

Maker: Dunham/Duraflex (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 26836

Accession Number: 1998.5870AB

Bronze Shoe

A bronzed baby's right shoe with the shoelace tied into bow.

Date: 1945

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 26837

Accession Number: 1998.6324

Dummy Board Portrait of a Woman

Full-length dummy board portrait of a woman, wearing a blue skirt, brown bodice, white apron, fichu and bonnet, carrying tray. Oil on American larch.

Date: 1740-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26838

Accession Number: 1976.173

Needlework on Bristol Board

Berlin woolwork motto on bristol board. Polychromatic threads on ; brown ground. Red, pink, green and white threads depict a cross, vine, and leaves. lnscription "Rock of Ages." Worked in satin stitch and stem stitch. Framed under glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: crewel wool, bristol board

GUSN: 26839

Accession Number: 1935.343

Plate

Lead-glazed redware plate with a flat narrow rim, yellow scraffito and slip decoration of a hen and rooster, flowers, and a butterfly. Inscribed "Absalom Bixler to his wife Sarah / 1824" around the rim.

Date: 1824

Maker: Attributed to Bixler, Absalom Attributed to Bixler, David

Material: redware, slip glaze, sgraffito (technique)

GUSN: 26840

Accession Number: 1942.3662

Bed

No description

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 26841

Accession Number: 1993.708

Bush Scythe

No description

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26842

Accession Number: 1924.392

Crosscut Saw

No description

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26843

Accession Number: 1918.503

Hetchel on Stand

No description

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 26844

Accession Number: 1918.539A

Tea Table

Mahogany tea table.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 26845

Accession Number: 1971.346

Boot Form

No description

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 26846

Accession Number: 1917.668

Doll Blanket

Linen blanket with embroidered "R".

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 26594

Accession Number: 2000.458

Doll Blanket

Linen blanket with embroidered "R". Striped decoration.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 26595

Accession Number: 2000.459

Doll Blanket

Silk and cotton? blanket.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 26596

Accession Number: 2000.460

Stockings

Pair of stockings; white; openwork.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

GUSN: 26597

Accession Number: 2000.461AB

Stocking

Single stocking; white; openwork.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

GUSN: 26598

Accession Number: 2000.462

Doll Trunk

Rectangular. Black leather? with brass hardware and leather handle. Interior pocket of blue scrolled decoration and pink tie.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather

GUSN: 26599

Accession Number: 2000.463

Doll Bodice

Cotton long sleeve bodice with button down front; pink rose trim around edges and on belt.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26600

Accession Number: 2000.501

Doll Skirt

Cotton skirt with lace band close to bottom. Two lace bands on front of skirt. Blue, yellow, pink floral bunches all-over. Single button.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 26601

Accession Number: 2000.502

Doll Petticoat

Linen petticoat. No decoration. Single button.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26602

Accession Number: 2000.503

Doll Petticoat

Linen petticoat with eyelet floral decoration at scalloped bottom edge. Tucking at bottom. Single button.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26603

Accession Number: 2000.504

Doll Petticoat

Linen petticoat with tucking at bottom. Single button.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26604

Accession Number: 2000.505

Doll Petticoat

Linen petticoat w/ Van Dyking at bottom edge.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: linen (material), vandykes

GUSN: 26605

Accession Number: 2000.506

Doll Pantaloons

Linen pantaloons; lace trim at bottom of legs. Buttons at both sides.

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26606

Accession Number: 2000.507

Doll Stockings

Pair of black stockings; wool?

Date: ca. 1862

Maker: Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923 (Maker)

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 26607

Accession Number: 2000.508AB

"Sally of Boston" Plate

Pearlware plate with molded scallop edge. Rim is molded with a feather and sprig pattern and painted green. Plate interior is transfer-printed with an image of the ship "SALLY OF BOSTON" in black. Parts of the image are over-painted in green, red and blue. The American clipper ship Sally was constr...

Date: 1803-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, hand-painted, molding (forming), earthenware

GUSN: 26608

Accession Number: 1935.924

Sheet

Dimity sheet. Heavily stained. Ribbed stripes.

Date: 1834 -1867

Maker: unknown

Material: dimity

GUSN: 26609

Accession Number: 2000.500.6

Quilt

Square printed cotton doll's quilt with patterned triangular pieces. Various patterns: floral, plaid, stripes, diaper. Predominant colors of pink, green, blue and brown. Trim of pink diaper pattern.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 26610

Accession Number: 2000.500.7

Handkerchief

Rectangular linen handkerchief. Eyelet decoration bordering 1/8" from edge. Embroidered initials.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26611

Accession Number: 2000.497

Handkerchief

Square linen handkerchief with eyelet decoration bordering 3/4" from edge. Embroidered initials.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 26612

Accession Number: 2000.496

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