Historic New England

Book

"The Wedding Ring" - Miniature book bound in gilt-stamped red pebbled cover. Front cover has title, acorns, a single dove, single flower baskets, and floral bands, all in gilt border. Spine has gilt-stamped lyre. Back pressed with c-scrolls and leaves with central flower. Ninety-six pages.

Date: C. Mid 19th Century

Maker: Buffum, J. (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), stamping (marking), gilding, bindings (gathered matter components)

GUSN: 175646

Accession Number: 1993.742

Book

Miniature book bound in black cloth-covered cover, stamped with c-scroll and floral decoration. Title gilt-stamped on cover. Composed of approximately ten religious stories bound together. Illustrated with black and white engravings. Each story repaginated.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), bindings (gathered matter components), printing (process), stamping (marking), gilding

GUSN: 175669

Accession Number: 1993.743

Toy Basket

Small, plain woven oval basket constructed of tiny, light-colored spokes and weavers of approximately the same weight. Center of base is two quarter-inch wide reeds that are cut to become spokes at ends of basket. Two long sides have floral decoration painted in red, black, blue, green, and yellow. ...

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 175681

Accession Number: 1993.760

Pincushion

Small rectangular silk pincushion with red trim around edges and tied in bows at corners. Top face is made of black silk embroidered with floral wreath in dark green, light green, olive green, pink, and yellow. Cotton Yarn. Reverse made of striped silk in gray, brown and blue.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 175684

Accession Number: 1993.761

Miniature Bible

"BIBLE IN MINIATURE" - Miniature Bible with sixteen chapters from Old Testament. Faded red (?) textile around covers and binding. Clear strip of plastic placed in book as bookmark. Remnants of paper label on binding.

Date: 1835

Maker: Dorr, Howland & Co. (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 175688

Accession Number: 1993.738

Portrait of Richard Waldron (1694-1753)

Oil portrait of Richard Waldron (1694-1753) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 3/4 length view of a man facing right, standing and resting his arm on a table on which rests a document with legend, "Sali Populi Subrema Lex." Man wears a curled wig, white flowing stock, frock coat and vest. Background with...

Date: 1751

Maker: Greenwood, John, 1727-1792 (Painter)

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 175692

Accession Number: 1966.239

Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Westbrook Waldron (1701-1758)

Oil portrait of Elizabeth Westbrook (1701-1758) who married Richard Waldron in 1718. 3/4 length view of a seated woman, facing left in formal pose. Woman is wearing a yellow gown with wide ruffles at cuffs and low neck; pearl necklace. Swagged drapery, column and landscape background. Original mold...

Date: 1751

Maker: Greenwood, John, 1727-1792 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 175701

Accession Number: 1966.238

Portrait of Thomas Westbrook Waldron

Portrait of Thomas Westbrook Waldron (1721-1785) of Dover, NH. He stands with left hand in vest and right on hip. Waldron is wearing a flowing white shirt, with large cuffs and long collar. Red vest is outlined with a white strip with silver/gold ovals inside the solid block of white. Olive green ov...

Date: 1745-1755

Maker: Greenwood, John, 1727-1792 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 175713

Accession Number: 1966.237

Miniature Bottles

Pair of miniature glass bottles with cut and gilded decorations.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, gilding, glass (material)

GUSN: 175736

Accession Number: 1993.752

Miniature Bottles

Pair of miniature glass bottles with cut and gilded decorations. With cutting and gilding resembling leaflets. Gilding almost completely worn at top rim. [With paper (?) or brown cotton (?) inside]

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 175745

Accession Number: 1993.752.1

Miniature Bottles

Pair of miniature glass bottles with cut and gilded decorations resembling "O"'s and "X"'s. More gilding apparent at top rim of .2 than .1. With small glass bottle suspending inside.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 175746

Accession Number: 1993.752.2

Basket

Square baskets with square lid. Top of basket slightly tapered. Plain weave. Thick warp and thin weft. Top edge of basket and top edge of lid with wrapped weave.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 175747

Accession Number: 1993.757

Box containing beads

Paper box, shaped like a book, hinged with tape to open upward revealing compartment filled with numerous red coral beads, two clear beads, and one metal clasp. "Book" covered with orange pressed paper, gold colored decoration, and marbled paper for page leaves.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: James Dixon & Sons (Pewterer)

Material: paper (fiber product), coral (material), glue

GUSN: 175749

Accession Number: 1993.745

Bric-a-brac

Hand-painted porcelain figurine of two tall black boots with red interiors and gold painted tassel on front of each. Yellow boot jack to the right of the boots. Boots and jack atop rectangular platform with gilding around edges.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 175751

Accession Number: 1993.754

Miniature Bottle with Stopper

Miniature glass bottle with cork stopper. Cylindrical shape with tapered neck and flared rim.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 175754

Accession Number: 1993.750

Perfume vial

Thin cylindrical glass perfume vial with flared rim. White stripes running vertically down vial with stripes curvinig diagonally.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 175756

Accession Number: 1993.751

Needlebook

Rectangular red leather needlebook with cardboard case inside containing paper packets of needles. Foliate gilding on binding. Flaps cover case inside. One flap with narrow piece which inserts into loop on other flap. Printed image of beehive inside flap with loop.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175759

Accession Number: 1993.737

Elephant figurine in box

Cardboard box with lid (.1ab) containing miniature ivory elephant. Box is mint green color with printed image of girl holding bouquet of flowers. Red piece of felt inside. Carved ivory elephant inside.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175762

Accession Number: 1993.748

Elephant figurine in box

Cardboard box with lid (.1ab) containing miniature ivory elephant. Box is mint green color with printed image of girl holding bouquet of flowers. Red piece of felt inside.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, printing (process)

GUSN: 175764

Accession Number: 1993.748.1

Elephant figurine in box

Carved ivory elephant (.2) inside box. Number not marked on elephant.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), carving (processes)

GUSN: 175765

Accession Number: 1993.748.2

Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175769

Accession Number: 1993.734

Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .1 = Pitcher. Pear shaped form with applied handle and applied s-shaped spout.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175770

Accession Number: 1993.734.1

Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .2 = Creamer. Pear shaped form wtih handle and integral spout.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: hand-painted, ceramic (material)

GUSN: 175771

Accession Number: 1993.734.2

Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents..3a Sugar Bowl, squat form with molded handles. .3b Lid with finial.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175772

Accession Number: 1993.734.3

Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .4a Tea cup with applied handle, .4b saucer- saucer incorrectly marked 1994.734.4b.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175773

Accession Number: 1993.734.4

Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Paper doll and dress with features drawn in pencil. Doll with short dark hair, slip, bloomers, and shoes. Dress with scalloped collar, button down front, banded curffs. Banded, flared out bottom and belt. Dress hinged at shoulder to fit.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), homemade, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 175777

Accession Number: 1993.764

Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Paper doll and dress with features drawn in pencil. Doll with short dark hair, slip, bloomers, and shoes.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

GUSN: 175778

Accession Number: 1993.764.1

Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Dress with scalloped collar, button down front, banded curffs. Banded, flared out bottom and belt. Dress hinged at shoulder to fit.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

GUSN: 175779

Accession Number: 1993.764.2

"History of the Bible"

Miniature book with leather cover and tied binding. Woodcut illustrations. 190 Pages. Endleaves missing. Final pages probably missing.

Date: 1839

Maker: H & E Phinney (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, bindings (gathered matter components)

GUSN: 175781

Accession Number: 1993.740

Tape measure

Miniature cast iron pig with underside of stomach open and hollow to reveal tape measure [red, cotton] inside. Metal tail rotates around and winds tape meaure back inside pig.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 175794

Accession Number: 1993.753

Box

White pasteboard box with cover attached on right side of box with paper hinge. Top cover with relief black and gilded scrolled foliate decoration and image of woman with child in cradle framed within decoration.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pasteboard (paper), relief printing

GUSN: 175797

Accession Number: 1993.746

Writing Set

Writing set including three red-orange pieces of sealing wax, two black pieces of sealing wax, two metal wells with copper tops (one well with lid, one well with perforated top), one wood pencil with metal fasteners. Five metal quill tips, and a menagerie of colored circles of dried ink. All housed ...

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), steel (alloy), copper (metal)

GUSN: 175800

Accession Number: 1993.747

Wallpaper

Unused sample. End of roll with wrapper. Art Nouveau flowers with sinuous flowing leaves. Printed in brown, tan, olive, light green, yellow, gray and dark green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: Hamilton, R.

GUSN: 175802

Accession Number: 1971.2186A

Wallpaper "Green Worm"

Fragment. Green, undulating line outlined in white and meandering on a field of small blue or dark green pindots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 175803

Accession Number: 1971.930A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous floral vine. Single flower with two buds printed in two greys and white with black flock over printed in orange on a green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175804

Accession Number: 1971.930B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Vertical rows of losenges with stylized leaves alternating with rows of ellipses framing sprounting stylized flower buds. Printed in black and lavender on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175805

Accession Number: 1971.464B

Wallpaper

Partial roll of floral wallpaper with allover design of yellow, blue and purple Commelina, or Day Flower, entwined with stems of grass printed in grey. Drop match.

Date: 1924-1945

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer) Burchfield, Charles Ephraim (American painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1893-1967) (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175806

Accession Number: 1971.2183

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover net design against an imitation marble field. Block printed in gray, black and white on sea-green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, laid paper

GUSN: 175807

Accession Number: 1971.2182A

Wallpaper

Continuous, horizontal band of white daisies with petals of black flock.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175808

Accession Number: 1971.2179B

Roll

Unused wallpaper fragment. "Paris Flock Border" with a design of sprigs of two daisies, backed by grass line the border. Printed in two greys, white, blue and purple with black flock overprinted with orange on orange ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175809

Accession Number: 1965.141

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Allover, repeating floral sprigs, reverse printed in peach or with brown dots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: Bate, James (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175810

Accession Number: 1971.2178

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Scenes from Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Man in front of water wheel; woman with many children (Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe); mounted wolf head (Little Red Riding Hood). Printed in yellow, red, green, two shades of brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175811

Accession Number: 1971.2185

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern with sprigs in medallions in each losenge. Printed in green, black and white on a tan ground. Black and red elements have been placed over the white vine.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175812

Accession Number: 1971.2190

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern featuring floral vines and medallions enclosing a sprig. Printed in black, white and green on a tan ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175813

Accession Number: 1971.2189

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Pattern consists of meandering bellflowers printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 175814

Accession Number: 1923.5b

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pillar and Arch wallpaper with floral swags, a flower-filled urn and columns with Corinthian capitals. Printed in brown, white and black on a grey ground and stenciled in brown.

Date: 1787-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), wove paper, stenciling

GUSN: 175815

Accession Number: 1923.5

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern framing arabesque element ornamented with birds and garlands. Straight match. Printed in tan.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175816

Accession Number: 1949.1169

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern with losenges framing foliated elements with pendants and flower centers. Printed in blue, brown and ochre and reverse printed in taupe.

Date: 1930-1938

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175817

Accession Number: 1949.1168

Wallpaper

Full roll of reproduction wallpaper made for the front hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick Maine. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands. Printed in white, brown and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 175818

Accession Number: 1949.1098.2A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering bell flowers printed in black and white on yellow-ochre ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175819

Accession Number: 1928.4B

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