A. J. Whilliston's universal cloth stretcher for marking with indelable ink, patented 1856.
Maker: unknown
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 29331
Accession Number: 1921.147
No description
Material: plaster
GUSN: 29332
Accession Number: 1921.149
Enamel patch box (Bilston English) 1780-1800. Motto, " We live in Hope."
GUSN: 29333
Accession Number: 1921.158
Purple glass scent bottle, Prince of Wales feather decoration. Cork stopper.
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 29334
Accession Number: 1921.159
Heavily beaded drawstring bag with floral design and hunting scene on bottom; green silk enclosure with green ribbon ties; blue bead tassels.
GUSN: 29335
Accession Number: 1921.165
Finely knitted purse with beaded pastoral scene featuring houses and person near stream; floral pattern on bottom.
GUSN: 29336
Accession Number: 1921.166
Embroidered floral design in chain stitch.
Date: First half of the 19th century
Material: wool (hair), embroidering, crewel wool, crewelwork (visual works)
GUSN: 29337
Accession Number: 1921.167
Tapered strap. Oval or bean head at end. Barrel side only.
Date: 1700-1799
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 29338
Accession Number: 1921.169
Two parts, each tapered to oval head at end.
GUSN: 29339
Accession Number: 1921.171
Blue cotton handkerchief.
Date: ca. 1830
GUSN: 29340
Accession Number: 1921.176
Staffordshire mantel ornament. Boy with basket of grapes.
Date: 1800-1850
Material: earthenware
GUSN: 29341
Accession Number: 1921.180
Staffordshire mantel ornament
GUSN: 29342
Accession Number: 1921.181
GUSN: 29343
Accession Number: 1921.194DE
Three pintles, identical design.
GUSN: 29344
Accession Number: 1921.194A-C
Hand-wrought; for retaining hasp, hook, or padlock. Exposed portion painted green.
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)
GUSN: 29345
Accession Number: 1921.195
Painted green over white; one bracket has spike mount, the other a plate with three holes.
Date: 1800-1825
Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought
GUSN: 29346
Accession Number: 1921.196
Black/brown shoe with rounded toe; hole at toe; two pairs of punched eyes; no laces; inner sole; heel.
Date: 1815-1835
Material: handmade, leather
GUSN: 29347
Accession Number: 1921.198
Black/brown shoe with pointed toe; center opeing; three pairs of punched eyes; no laces; inner sole; stitching.
Date: 1800-1810
Material: stitching, leather
GUSN: 29348
Accession Number: 1921.199
Five angle irons, some brass, some painted. [1921.200, 1921.200 A, B, C, D.]
Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought
GUSN: 29349
Accession Number: 1921.200
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)
GUSN: 29350
Accession Number: 1921.201A-C
Spatter painting sample on back of beaded siding; red and white on black background.
Date: 1921
Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), softwood
GUSN: 29351
Accession Number: 1921.205
Spatter painting sample on back of beaded siding - black and white on dark green background.
GUSN: 29352
Accession Number: 1921.208
Spatter painting sample on back of beaded siding - black and blue spatter on brown background.
GUSN: 29353
Accession Number: 1921.209
Spatter painting sample on back of beaded siding - orange and white on black background.
GUSN: 29354
Accession Number: 1921.210
GUSN: 29355
Accession Number: 1921.219
Stoneware crock with tan glazed exterior, brown glazed interior and ear-shaped handles. Missing lid.
Material: stoneware (pottery)
GUSN: 29356
Accession Number: 1921.230
Stoneware crock with ear-shaped handles, tan exterior glaze and brown interior glaze. Exterior stamped "CHARLESTOWN 2." Lid has botton knop.
Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)
GUSN: 29357
Accession Number: 1921.231AB
GUSN: 29358
Accession Number: 1921.232AB
Red; flap and tongue closure; fan-style file - monthly - each labeled January - December; lined with green paper.
Date: 1817
Material: leather
GUSN: 29360
Accession Number: 1921.235
GUSN: 29361
Accession Number: 1921.239A
GUSN: 29362
Accession Number: 1921.239B
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 29363
Accession Number: 1921.241D
Material: textiles
GUSN: 29365
Accession Number: 1921.252
Japanned writing pad. Front cover is decorated with a multi colored floral bouquet of roses, tulips, and bluebells on a gold ground. Scrolling foliate leaf pattern frames the central design. One pearlized button in each corner. Back cover is black with a single floral bouquet painted in gold in the...
Date: 1850-1890
Material: paper (fiber product), japanning
GUSN: 29366
Accession Number: 1921.253
Young couple approaching seated man holidng a newspaper.
Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)
Material: painting (coating), plaster
GUSN: 29367
Accession Number: 1921.273
Seated man with glasses on slate held by girl, woman behind.
GUSN: 29368
Accession Number: 1921.275
Horse grazing, boy and dog in foreground.
GUSN: 29369
Accession Number: 1921.277
Man seated cross-legged on fence, two children playing with his hair and gun.
GUSN: 29370
Accession Number: 1921.278
Dark brown shoe; laced with two pairs of eyes (punched leather); leather sole; flat heel/no heel; leather inner sole; tied with laces; wooden pegs in heel.
Date: 1835-1845
GUSN: 29371
Accession Number: 1921.279
GUSN: 29372
Accession Number: 1921.281
GUSN: 29373
Accession Number: 1921.282
Material: stone (rock)
GUSN: 29485
Accession Number: 1922.360
Half-inch-thick layer of plaster with probable impression of brick in back. Surface darkened.
Date: 1676-1679
GUSN: 29486
Accession Number: 1922.363
Flat bar turned up and tapered at one end; split in two at other end with these respective legs turned out.
GUSN: 29487
Accession Number: 1922.366.1-2
Wrought; rosehead; traces of mortar.
Material: iron (metal), mortar (filler), wrought
GUSN: 29488
Accession Number: 1922.367
Long tapered rectangular bar with end turned up and headed. Plaster adhering.
Date: 1671-1679
Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), plaster
GUSN: 29489
Accession Number: 1922.369
FAN (A): Pierced sticks; leaf of white silk with silver spangles. BOX (B,C): Tube covered with embossed paper in green, red and purple. (See Cataloger's Note)
Date: 1795-1810
Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), sequins (spangles)
GUSN: 29490
Accession Number: 1922.370 A-C
Cylindrical wooden sewing clamp; turnbridge-style sycamore wood; green velvet pincushion; yellow silk tape measure fitted into the side and marked with nails; painted with alternating bands of black and red paint.
Date: late 18th - early 19th century
Material: sycamore (wood), velvet (fabric weave)
GUSN: 29491
Accession Number: 1922.371
GUSN: 29492
Accession Number: 1922.373
Brown cotton fragment with a pattern of pheasants and white flowers.
Material: cotton (fiber)
GUSN: 29493
Accession Number: 1922.375