Historic New England

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27270

Accession Number: 1914.244E

Chintz Fragment

Nearly rectangular fragment with one selvedge and one cut edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27271

Accession Number: 1914.244J

Chintz Fragment\n

Roughly L-shaped fragment with selvedge along one edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground. Evidence of tack holes along wider cut end.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27272

Accession Number: 1914.244Q

Button depicting the Spanish Infantry

Brass button from the Spanish Infantry. The button illustrates the Spanish shield with two towers and two heraldic lions. A stamped ribbon below says "Infanteri".

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 27273

Accession Number: 1914.246

Pair of Gloves

White leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27274

Accession Number: 1914.253AB

Pair of Gloves

Tan gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27275

Accession Number: 1914.254AB

Horseshoe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27276

Accession Number: 1914.255

Portrait of Princess Amelia

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27279

Accession Number: 1914.262

Portrait of King George I

Portrait of King George I. Print made by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller. Framed.

Date: 1715

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27280

Accession Number: 1914.263

Photographs and Postcard

Four different views of schooner, three under sail and lower image of anchor with flags flying--upper right picture is a postcard, not a photograph.

Date: 1900-1913

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 27281

Accession Number: 1914.282

Black paint. Acanthus leaves with small ionic-like scrolls above them and a four-petaled flower in the center. Rounded edge on cap above the capital. The top has a greenish cast to it, possibly from copper flashing. Small block near the bottom of the back.

Date: 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 27282

Accession Number: 1914.283

Tea Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pearlware tea bowl. Floral motif. Dual medallions featuring deer.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27283

Accession Number: 1914.290

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap; oval or bean head at end. Barrel side only.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27285

Accession Number: 1915.1

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Latch set, with pull (BLake type) thumb lever, latch bar, and keeper. All with remnants of yellow paint except latch bar. a) pull: large patterned top escutcheon. Smaller bottom, turned-up edges on the handle. b) thumb lever: round head. c) latch bar: flat stock; tapered; painted black. d) sta...

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27287

Accession Number: 1915.9A-D

Candle Mold

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27290

Accession Number: 1915.20

Waistcoat

Single breasted waistcoat with shawl collar; seam at waist; cream ground with blue medallions, with seated figure and banners with French text, emblem of the Order of the Garter; yellow cotton lining; tan cotton back; buckle and tab closure.

Date: ca. 1851

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, padding (process), polishing, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27291

Accession Number: 1915.25

Small Straw Braiding Exhibit

Straw braiding exhibit inside cardboard box bottom (a) and cover (b). Cardboard box interior is lined with red fabric. Examples of straw braids and related tools affixed to fabric with handwritten paper labels.

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), cloth, paper (fiber product), metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27293

Accession Number: 1915.27AB

Splint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27294

Accession Number: 1915.28

Splint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27295

Accession Number: 1915.29

Golf Ball

Golf ball with exterior molded with pattern of raised circles.

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material)

GUSN: 27296

Accession Number: 1915.31

Dressing Gown

Dressing gown.

Date: 1862-1864

Maker: unknown

Material: transfer printing, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27297

Accession Number: 1915.32

Dress

This brick red wool challis gown printed with repeating oak leaf and acorn motifs closes down the front with metal buttons. The collar and cuffs are lined with striped silk.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, transfer printing, taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 27298

Accession Number: 1915.33

Dress

Green and cream checked cotton and wool dress. Bodice boned, padded and lined with linen. Ten green covered buttons with hook and eye closure. Three bands of strapwork at each shoulder and cuff. Long sleeves; pocket on right side. Pointed waist; pleated around waist. Hem lined with linen and green ...

Date: 1863-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27299

Accession Number: 1915.34

Skirt

Skirt of printed windowpane gauze with multi-colored floral bunches on a cream ground. With box pleats at front; cartridge pleats at back stiffened with light blue canvas. One plaid band midway. Hem has printed plaid border with larger floral bunches. Bound with green wool tape. Waist lined with...

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), gauze, transfer printing, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27300

Accession Number: 1915.35

Hood

Black silk satin with pink quilted silk trim; one wire hoop and four cane hopps (wire hoop at front for support/shape); horseshoe shaped brim has decorative quilted panel of pink silk with scalloped, ruched edge, and diamond pattern quilting; the rest of the hood is black satin; long neck ruffle wit...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 27301

Accession Number: 1915.40

Bonnet

Striped dark green silk bonnet with alternating patterns of solid and dotted rows, trimmed with an emerald green pleated ribbon with small checkered edges along the front of the brim and bottom of the crown as well as where the brim meets the crown. It is adorned with a bow of the same ribbon on rig...

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 27302

Accession Number: 1915.41

Crane Hanger

Flat; tapers from eye to hook end.

Date: 1800-1806

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27419

Accession Number: 1917.227

Crane Hanger

Hand-wrought. Tapered bar; large end with round head and hole in center. Opposite end turned up.

Date: 1800-1806

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27420

Accession Number: 1917.229

Crane Hanger

Flat, with taper from eye end to hook.

Date: 1800-1806

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27421

Accession Number: 1917.231

LATH

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 27422

Accession Number: 1917.232

Bed Curtain Fragment

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

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), fustian, alteration (process and technique)

GUSN: 27423

Accession Number: 1917.237

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

Bedspread

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27445

Accession Number: 1917.290A

Bedspread

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27446

Accession Number: 1917.290E

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27447

Accession Number: 1917.313

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27448

Accession Number: 1917.325

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27449

Accession Number: 1917.327

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27450

Accession Number: 1917.330A

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