Historic New England

Suffolk Latch

Broken pull. Suffolk type. Heart head escutcheons, one detatched (c). Handle tapered on both ends. Pierced cusp. Parts b, d, e, f, h not found.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27221

Accession Number: 1914.101A-H

Spike

Spike with head flattened on two sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27222

Accession Number: 1914.102

Hardware

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27223

Accession Number: 1914.104

Padlock

Square shape with round corners; heavy; decoratively cut keyhole cover (brass?).

Date: 1675-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), cutting (dividing), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27224

Accession Number: 1914.107

PINTLE

Shutter pintle. Cast iron. Barbed and profited tang.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27225

Accession Number: 1914.295

Nail

Hand-wrought finish nail.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27226

Accession Number: 1914.110B

Crane, Fireplace

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27227

Accession Number: 1914.111

PINTLE

Small tanged pintle. Possibly two-piece construction. For shutter hinge.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27228

Accession Number: 1914.296

PINTLE

Small tanged pintle. Possibly two-piece construction. For shutter hinge.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27229

Accession Number: 1914.297

Strap Hinge

Spear-end with attached pin and plate; attached to sheathing; clinched nail.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27230

Accession Number: 1914.115

Strap Hinge

Tapered with spear end; barrel side attached to one piece pin/plate; attached to sheathing fragment; wrought nails.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27231

Accession Number: 1914.116

a) pull: Norfolk type. Plate has patterned ends. Thumb lift turned down at end. b) latch bar: long taper to round head at end. Thickens at base of head. Iron knob attached. Traces of yellow/white paint.

Date: ca. 1801

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), painting (coating), riveting

GUSN: 27232

Accession Number: 1914.121AB

Spike

Hand-wrought spike.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27234

Accession Number: 1914.123A

Nail

Hand-wrought nail.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27235

Accession Number: 1914.123B

Cloth Fragment

No description

Date: 1760-1830

Maker: Possibly Coffin, Mary Ellen (Maker)

Material: hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile), textiles

GUSN: 27236

Accession Number: 1914.127

Brise' Fan

Bone sticks and guards, pierced in coral pattern; scalloped tops and lower portion of sticks and guards; threaded with ivory ribbon; mother-of-pearl washer.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), coral (material), ivory (tooth component), piercing, silk (textile)

GUSN: 27237

Accession Number: 1914.133

Fan

Blue folding fan, opens to form circle. Ivory guards, carved and turned ivory handle with acanthus leaf terminal; blue silk tassel; two ivory buttons at center.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), turning (shaping process), textiles

GUSN: 27238

Accession Number: 1914.134

Fan and Box

P. Willman,1993: Imported Chinese sticks. Mount added by maker. See MFA catalogue #1976.314: similar design and sticks--c.1780s. Sticks predate mount. Foil underneath guard sticks is 19th C. Fan seems too small for box--probably not original box.

Date: 1780-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), rhinestone, silk (textile), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 27239

Accession Number: 1914.136 A-C

Strap Hinge

Tapers to bean end; nine nail holes; closed loop, bent at right angle to shank.

Date: 18th c.?

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27241

Accession Number: 1914.139

Ice Skate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27242

Accession Number: 1914.143B

Hasp

Forged from square bar stock. Loop retained end of spiral at shank. Turned up at locking end.

Date: ca. 1746

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27243

Accession Number: 1914.146

Spear

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27244

Accession Number: 1914.147

Fishing Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27245

Accession Number: 1914.148

Eel Spear

A metal eel spear with five barbed prongs.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 27246

Accession Number: 1914.149

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27247

Accession Number: 1914.150

Brick

Two flat rectangular tiles with a round hole in the center of one end.

Date: 17th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 27424

Accession Number: 1917.238AB

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 27425

Accession Number: 1917.239

Bottle

Brown glass bottle in the shape of a log cabin with a three-tier roof.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27426

Accession Number: 1917.240

Luncheon plate

Earthenware plate with brown transfer-print pattern "American Marine." Border pattern of two alternating scenes of sailing and steam ships framed by rope. Central scene of three-masted, fully rigged schooner in choppy seas. Two small boats with passengers in foreground, lighthouse and other sailing...

Date: 1862-1890

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27427

Accession Number: 1917.241

Fragment

"Piece of wood from the Old Hancock House"

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27429

Accession Number: 1917.243

Spike

Hand-wrought spike.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27430

Accession Number: 1917.248

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27431

Accession Number: 1917.258

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 27432

Accession Number: 1917.262

Needle Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 27433

Accession Number: 1917.263

PIN

Tapering, with small round-headed nail in large end.

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 27439

Accession Number: 1917.273

PIN

Tapering.

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 27440

Accession Number: 1917.274

Needlework Picture

Mourning picture worked in silk on a silk satin ground a woman and a small boy dressed in blue lean on either side of a memorial with two urns on top. A man at left points to the urns. There is one large weeping willow tree at left. The sky and the faces and hands of the people are painted. The pi...

Date: ca. 1804

Maker: Lyman, Mary (Embroiderer)

GUSN: 27443

Accession Number: 1917.284

Bandbox

Oval wooden bandbox and lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) are covered in paper printed with yellow, blue and pink flowers and bow motifs on pale pink ground (ground color is now considerably faded). Bottom of bandbox is lined with undientified newspaper dated 1836.

Date: 1836-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 27444

Accession Number: 1917.287AB