Historic New England

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31661

Accession Number: 1927.1916

Saltcellar

Pressed glass saltcellar. Opaque blue glass. Molded to resemble a ship.

Maker: Sandwich Glass Co.

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31663

Accession Number: 1927.1927

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31664

Accession Number: 1927.1989

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31665

Accession Number: 1927.1990

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31666

Accession Number: 1927.1991

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31667

Accession Number: 1927.1992

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31668

Accession Number: 1927.1993

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31669

Accession Number: 1927.1994

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31670

Accession Number: 1927.1995

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31671

Accession Number: 1927.1996

Bowl

Deep dish, tulip design

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31672

Accession Number: 1927.1997

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31673

Accession Number: 1927.1998

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31674

Accession Number: 1927.1999

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31675

Accession Number: 1927.2000

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31677

Accession Number: 1927.2004

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31678

Accession Number: 1927.2005

Combing Jacket

Black and white flecked wool trimmed with black and white knotted silk fringe; piping is black and white striped; lined with brown cambric; long darts.

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 31679

Accession Number: 1927.2006

Sampler

Card embroidedered with alphabet in cross-stitch.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31680

Accession Number: 1927.2009

Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark with the name "Charles" embroidered between a pair of birds. The mark is mounted on silk.

Date: 1855-1856

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31681

Accession Number: 1927.2010

Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark with a golden lyre worked within a worsted, cross-stitch frame mounted on silk.

Date: 1855-1856

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31682

Accession Number: 1927.2011

Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark decorated with a basket of flowers, a bird and an empty basket in colored yarns.

Date: 1855-1856

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31683

Accession Number: 1927.2012

Pocket

Purse / pocket comprised of cream white silk and corded fringe and tassels ornamented with round clear glass beads; drawstring closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), tassel, beads (pierced objects), glass (material)

GUSN: 31685

Accession Number: 1927.2017

Parasol

Bright green moire cover with scalloped edges; stick imitate bamboo; bone ferrule; marquise tilt style; bone ring closure; green silk corded tassle; two marquis folding hinges; metal slider.

Date: 1840-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), metal, moiré, painting (coating), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 31686

Accession Number: 1927.2020

Toilet Kit

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31687

Accession Number: 1927.2021

Eyeglass Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 31688

Accession Number: 1927.2022

Child's Chair

Punched, laminated seat and back; shaped crest rail; simple legs, stretchers and rockers.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: AFTER Gardner Patents (Maker)

Material: birch (wood), laminating, maple (wood), plywood, punching (surface marking technique)

GUSN: 31689

Accession Number: 1927.2024

Corset

Underwaist or semi-corset for young girl.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37373

Accession Number: 1934.2831

Flamestitch - diamond pattern in reds, greens, yellows, brown/purple; rounded flap edged with green twill tape; diamonds outlined in white and black; two pockets lined with green wool; tie/loop with tie wrap missing.

Date: 1760-1779

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, embroidering, Bargello work, handmade, wool (textile)

GUSN: 37374

Accession Number: 1934.2833

Folding Fan

Ladies hand fan with ivory sticks, pierced and inlaid with silver; one guard stick has small mirror with a gilt frame; paper leaf has white ground with scrolling gilt pattern enclosing cartouches, cartouches are lithographed and painted with winter scenes of figures skating and on a sleigh; two fig...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 37376

Accession Number: 1934.2844

Fan & Box

Fan: brown wooden sticks w/ leaf of brown turkey? feathers oil painted w/ spray of purple and yellow pansies and daisy trail; long aubergine silk tassel w/ braided ring. Box: large white; covered w/ moire paper; one guard; stick has silver shield.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37377

Accession Number: 1934.2845AB

Hand towel

No description

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Small, Sarah J. (Maker)

Material: fringe, fustian, hand weaving, tabby (textile), weaving, textiles

GUSN: 37380

Accession Number: 1934.2850

Tile

Square decorative ceramic tile; cream colored background; brown transfer print of the Old Meeting House in Hingham.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Mintons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 37382

Accession Number: 1934.2858

Girl's dress and jacket

Girl's dress [A] with matching jacket [B]. Brown and tan silk with small checked pattern. Trimmed with plain brown silk. Picked up by the donor at a Brookline rummage sale.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37383

Accession Number: 1934.2859AB

Child's dress

Child's dress, dark red silk with no sleeves. Front buttons missing. To be worn with a guimpe.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37385

Accession Number: 1934.2860

Plate

Large redware plate with looping lines of yellow slip and the word "Ninety." Red-brown glaze and impressed edge. Small asterisk -shaped figure near plate edge is formed by the absence of glaze. Possibly made using a wax resist technique.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, slipware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 37386

Accession Number: 1934.2862

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37387

Accession Number: 1934.2863

Cologne Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37388

Accession Number: 1934.2870

Toilet Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37389

Accession Number: 1934.2872

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37391

Accession Number: 1934.2883

Portrait Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 37392

Accession Number: 1934.2884

Photograph

View of plowed and planted field w/ house just visible in background; many men and a few women posed (not in work clothes) w/ hoes in middle ground.

Date: 1873

Maker: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 37393

Accession Number: 1934.2885

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37394

Accession Number: 1934.2886

Dress

Brown silk & wool crepe w/ tan satin stripe. A=Bodice - standing band collar of brown taffeta w/ light green satin ribbon lining & bow at back; same green satin along center front & waist. Tan silk mousseline along center front covering taffeta hook & eye closure; slightly pointed at waist front &...

Date: 1897-1898

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), stitching, machine-made, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 37395

Accession Number: 1934.2887AB

Basket

Bowl-shaped wood splint basket with square base, expanding sides and round rim. Checker weave base of wide standards. Some of the standards are split to form narrower side standards, resulting in standards of differing widths. The sides are a checker weave. The rim is re-inforced with interior and...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 37396

Accession Number: 1934.2989

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany, maple. Back composed of four solid slats; stretchers: saddle seat. Rests on Marlborough legs with beaded front legs.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), poplar (wood), textiles, upholstering

GUSN: 37397

Accession Number: 1934.2891

Side Chair

Chair. Cherry wood, upholstery. Ladder back form. Four pierced anthemion slats; upholstered seat; serpentine front rail; "H" and rear stretchers. Rests on molded tapered legs.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 37398

Accession Number: 1934.2892

Cradle

Cradle. Pine, paint, grain-paint. Three-pitch hood; shaped sides, front skirt and footboard; crotch mahogany grain-painting; blue interior.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 37400

Accession Number: 1934.2897

Mirror

Mahogany veneered looking glass

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37401

Accession Number: 1934.2898

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37405

Accession Number: 1934.2902

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37408

Accession Number: 1934.2904

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