Flat, with taper from eye end to hook.
Date: 1800-1806
Maker: unknown
Material: iron (metal), wrought
GUSN: 27421
Accession Number: 1917.231
Small piece of lath with hand-wrought nail in it. Tag: "Bit of a 1695 lath with nail from B. Titcomb House, Newburyport. The creosoting is recent. The lath came from the projecting rounded end of the W. Chamber summer and helped carry the plaster coving?.
Date: ca. 1695
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27422
Accession Number: 1917.232
Oval, brown on off white ground of scenes of story. Woman grieving over dead man; portions of women showing pity of old beggar; cornice of building, floral and trees.
Date: 1785-1800
Material: copper engraving (printing process), fustian, alteration (process and technique)
GUSN: 27423
Accession Number: 1917.237
Two flat rectangular tiles with a round hole in the center of one end.
Date: 17th Century
Material: brick (clay product)
GUSN: 27424
Accession Number: 1917.238AB
No description
Material: earthenware
GUSN: 27425
Accession Number: 1917.239
Brown glass bottle in the shape of a log cabin with a three-tier roof.
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 27426
Accession Number: 1917.240
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
"Piece of wood from the Old Hancock House"
GUSN: 27429
Accession Number: 1917.243
Hand-wrought spike.
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)
GUSN: 27430
Accession Number: 1917.248
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27431
Accession Number: 1917.258
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 27432
Accession Number: 1917.262
Watch case with hinged cover. Brown pebbled leather, raised rectangle on cover with embossed gold outline. Lined with blue satin. Mount for watch in center of interior, lined with blue velvet. Brass interior latch opperated by external brass knob on front. Box contains watch key 1914.10b.
Material: leather
GUSN: 27199
Accession Number: 1914.10B
Date: 1800-1825
Material: cotton (textile), weaving, piecing, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27200
Accession Number: 1914.17
T-shaped quilt with a star pattern made with yellow, red, blue, and white diamonds.
Date: ca. 1850
Material: calico, cotton (textile), stitching, piecing, quilting, printing (process), rolling up
GUSN: 27201
Accession Number: 1914.18
Date: 1860 c.
Material: fringe, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27202
Accession Number: 1914.19
GUSN: 27203
Accession Number: 1914.31
GUSN: 27205
Accession Number: 1914.38
GUSN: 27206
Accession Number: 1914.39
GUSN: 27207
Accession Number: 1914.40
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 27208
Accession Number: 1914.41
Material: papier mâché
GUSN: 27210
Accession Number: 1914.49
GUSN: 27213
Accession Number: 1914.60
GUSN: 27214
Accession Number: 1914.61
Tag "fr. Garrison Hse, Haverhill"
Date: 1707-1714
Material: hair, plaster
GUSN: 27215
Accession Number: 1914.70
Two parts. Strap tapers from barrel to head. Spear head at end. Plate tapers back from barrel; squared end.
Date: 1775-1825
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 27216
Accession Number: 1914.76
Plaster with leaves stencilled in black and green on grey background. Label "From an old house near Oreteora in The Catskills, New York State. This is supposed to have been a 17th century house. Gift of Miss Ellen Stone 9 Jan. 1914." Reddish plaster.
Date: 1600-1699
Material: hair, paint (coating), plaster, stenciling, straw (plant material)
GUSN: 27218
Accession Number: 1914.93
GUSN: 27219
Accession Number: 1914.97
a) Suffolk-type pull: bean-head escutcheons; straight thumb lever penetrates below top escutcheon. Semi-round handle with banding motif. b) Latch bar: long taper to bean-head; thickens at base of head. c) wood turnbolt or keyhole cover: rectangular; slightly rounded at ends. Handmade countersunk...
Date: ca. 1725
Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27220
Accession Number: 1914.100A-E
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
GUSN: 27221
Accession Number: 1914.101A-H
Spike with head flattened on two sides.
GUSN: 27222
Accession Number: 1914.102
GUSN: 27223
Accession Number: 1914.104
Square shape with round corners; heavy; decoratively cut keyhole cover (brass?).
Date: 1675-1700
Material: brass (alloy), cutting (dividing), iron (metal)
GUSN: 27224
Accession Number: 1914.107
Shutter pintle. Cast iron. Barbed and profited tang.
Material: casting (process), iron (metal)
GUSN: 27225
Accession Number: 1914.295
Hand-wrought finish nail.
GUSN: 27226
Accession Number: 1914.110B
GUSN: 27227
Accession Number: 1914.111
Small tanged pintle. Possibly two-piece construction. For shutter hinge.
Date: 1820-1860
GUSN: 27228
Accession Number: 1914.296
GUSN: 27229
Accession Number: 1914.297
Spear-end with attached pin and plate; attached to sheathing; clinched nail.
GUSN: 27230
Accession Number: 1914.115
Tapered with spear end; barrel side attached to one piece pin/plate; attached to sheathing fragment; wrought nails.
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
Material: casting (process), iron (metal), painting (coating), riveting
GUSN: 27232
Accession Number: 1914.121AB
Date: ca. 1818
GUSN: 27234
Accession Number: 1914.123A
Hand-wrought nail.
GUSN: 27235
Accession Number: 1914.123B
Date: 1760-1830
Maker: Possibly Coffin, Mary Ellen (Maker)
Material: hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile), textiles
GUSN: 27236
Accession Number: 1914.127
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
Material: bone (material), coral (material), ivory (tooth component), piercing, silk (textile)
GUSN: 27237
Accession Number: 1914.133
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
Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), turning (shaping process), textiles
GUSN: 27238
Accession Number: 1914.134
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
Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), rhinestone, silk (textile), sequins (spangles)
GUSN: 27239
Accession Number: 1914.136 A-C
Tapers to bean end; nine nail holes; closed loop, bent at right angle to shank.
Date: 18th c.?
GUSN: 27241
Accession Number: 1914.139
GUSN: 27242
Accession Number: 1914.143B
Forged from square bar stock. Loop retained end of spiral at shank. Turned up at locking end.
Date: ca. 1746
GUSN: 27243
Accession Number: 1914.146
GUSN: 27244
Accession Number: 1914.147