Historic New England

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27214

Accession Number: 1914.61

Plaster

Tag "fr. Garrison Hse, Haverhill"

Date: 1707-1714

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, plaster

GUSN: 27215

Accession Number: 1914.70

Strap Hinge

Two parts. Strap tapers from barrel to head. Spear head at end. Plate tapers back from barrel; squared end.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

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

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, paint (coating), plaster, stenciling, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 27218

Accession Number: 1914.93

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27219

Accession Number: 1914.97

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

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

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27220

Accession Number: 1914.100A-E

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

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

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

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27496

Accession Number: 1917.460

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27497

Accession Number: 1917.461

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27498

Accession Number: 1917.462

Lantern

Conductor's hand lantern with red and white colored glass globe.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27499

Accession Number: 1917.463

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27500

Accession Number: 1917.465

Handle

Plate cut at top and bottom assymetrically; cast handle with bands. Lever tapered and turned down.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), cutting (dividing), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27503

Accession Number: 1917.486

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Round profiled handle bolted through fully profiled plate and through door. One iron bolt, nut, and washer extant. Other replaced with countersunk woodscrew. Tapered rectangular iron lever with flat head. Lever bend down slightly at end, and head only is brass-clad.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27504

Accession Number: 1917.487

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap. Spear head on end. Barrel side only.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27505

Accession Number: 1917.489

HOOK

Rectangular section stock; round hammered loop and hook ends.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27506

Accession Number: 1917.490

Shutter Fastener

Tang forged at end of square shaft. Keeper is simple flat plate with end tapered and bent up to form loop handle. Evidence of having been painted.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27507

Accession Number: 1917.1491

Shutter Fastener

No description

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27508

Accession Number: 1917.1494

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 27509

Accession Number: 1917.502

Salt Cellar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27510

Accession Number: 1917.510

Pitcher

Small earthenware pitcher with black transfer-print "Cottage" pattern. Border of flowers and scrolls on a diaper background encircles the rim. Landscape scene on body of Alpine-style buildings and landscape. Scalloped rim and molded scroll handle.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, molding (forming), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 27511

Accession Number: 1917.511

Bottle box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27512

Accession Number: 1917.512.1

Cane

Black paint; short octagonal shaped handle of ivory w/ 4 mother of pearl dots inlaid; corroded metal tip; cylindrical stick.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27513

Accession Number: 1917.520

Pottery Fragments

Native American pottery fragments. Incised pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 27514

Accession Number: 1917.525A-G

Matting Needle Fragment

Bone matting needle fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27515

Accession Number: 1917.573

Pillowcase

Rectangular, off white, fine cotton; single piece folded; hemmed open end with narrow line of drawnwork; band of white embroidered floral loops of bullion and French knot stitches. Line of eleven openwork crosses.

Date: 1810-1812

Maker: Teale, Betsey (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), cross-stitching, drawn thread work, embroidering, weaving, machine-made, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 27516

Accession Number: 1917.598