Historic New England

Stool

Wooden Thebes stool. Eight top slats. Legs capped by ball turn, ring turned at bottom. Box stretcher at leg mid-point connected to slender spindles.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 14105

Accession Number: 1998.1228

Doorstop

Covered brick doorstop. Covered in brown corderoy and cotton embroidered piece. Embroidered image of tree w/ green leaves and pink flowers. Cotton piece in three sections.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: Possibly Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Material: clay, cotton (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 14106

Accession Number: 1998.1229

Cornice

Three pressed tin gilded cornices w/ elaborate floral design.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, pressing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 14107

Accession Number: 1998.1230.1

Cornice

Three pressed tin gilded cornices w/ elaborate floral design.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, pressing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 14108

Accession Number: 1998.1230.2

Cornice

Three pressed tin gilded cornices w/ elaborate floral design.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, pressing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 14109

Accession Number: 1998.1230.3

Night table

Small rectangular walnut table w/ marble top. Four ornately carved legs connected to central turned piece w/ a drop finial.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 14110

Accession Number: 1998.1382

Electric lamp

Electrified molded glass lamp w/ white glass shade. Domed shade atop turned goblet shaped octagonal base. Three brass arms protruding to hold up shade.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 14111

Accession Number: 1998.1383AB

Lithograph

Lithograph of landscape with people on a hill overlooking a valley, a town, and the far off lake and mountains. Mounted in a 1 1/2 inch dark wood frame.

Date: 1836

Maker: Bartlett, William Henry, 1809-1854 (Maker)

Material: lithography, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 14112

Accession Number: 1998.1384

Full-length portrait of a young boy standing on a rock in the woods. His pants are rolled up and his hands are stuffed in his pockets. He smiles out at the viewer. Framed in a 3 inch wood and gilt frame.

Date: 1868

Maker: L. Prang & Co. (Maker)

Material: chromolithography, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 14113

Accession Number: 1998.1385

Bed

Neo-Grecian bed. Walnut and burled walnut-veneer. Large crested headboard w/ burled inlays and incised crown molding. Side brackets w/ turned tops on both head and footboards.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: burl veneer, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 14114

Accession Number: 1998.1386.1

Dresser

Neo-Grecian dresser. Walnut w/ burled walnut veneer and incised detail on crowned cornice. Mirror flanked by incised molding and bracketed shelves. Marble top and six bottom drawers w/ painted tin and wooden pulls.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), walnut (wood), veneer

GUSN: 14115

Accession Number: 1998.1386.2

Portrait of a Woman

Side portrait of a seated lady in an outdoor setting. The woman is wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a plume of feathers, a long, short-sleeved dress, a shawl draped around her back, and lace fingerless gloves. Mounted in a 3/4 inch rustic frame.

Date: 1881

Maker: unknown

Material: coloring, engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 14116

Accession Number: 1998.1387

Print

Print of a young boy and girl carving a pumpkin. The girl's doll is on the floor in front of her and an open door behind the girl reveals farm grounds and a building. Framed in a 1 1/4 inch dark wood frame.

Date: 1872

Maker: Reinham, B. F. (Maker)

Material: chromolithography, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 14117

Accession Number: 1998.1388

Braided rug

Oval braided rug. Blues w/ red and pink. Central oval primarily pink. Front side faded. White thread visible on bottom.

Brown striped velvet curtain. Blue lining. 6 weights in bottom of lining. Brown vertical striped alternating light and dark.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: Tucker, Jane Standen, (1917-2012) (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 14130

Accession Number: 1998.1395

Firkin

Cylindrical form w/ fitted cover and arched swing handle; painted green.

Date: 1850-1877

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), staves (boards)

GUSN: 14331

Accession Number: 1986.344

Fireplace tiles

Set of 20 earthenware fireplace tiles; 5 inch square of cream-colored ground w/ underglaze manganese purple and green enamel floral and leaf pattern divided into 9 squares of squiggly lines.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, painting (image-making), hand-painted, lead glaze, pressing

GUSN: 14332

Accession Number: 1986.349

Bedpan

Drum form w/ 2 handles at sides; spout at saddle shaped top.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Codman & Shurtleff (Maker)

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 14333

Accession Number: 1986.350

Spice box set

Each of round bentwood form w/ fitted covers; painted blue-gray. The straight laps secured w/ nails.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bentwood, maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 14334

Accession Number: 1986.351.1

Spice box set

Each of round bentwood form w/ fitted covers; painted blue-gray. The straight laps secured w/ nails.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bentwood, maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 14335

Accession Number: 1986.351.2

Chamber pot

Circular domed ribbed top w/ relief leaf and floriform knop on conforming squat baluster form base w/ flared foot and applied "C" scroll handle.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Pankhurst, J. W. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, lead glaze, molding (forming)

GUSN: 14336

Accession Number: 1986.352AB

Chamber pot

White deep rounded bowl w/ single scrolled handle and foot ring; brown transfer printed w/ leafy floral spray at sides; the lid w/ molded scroll shape handle on domed center and molded scrolled rim.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), lead glaze, transfer printing

GUSN: 14337

Accession Number: 1986.353AB

Chamber pot

White glazed deep rounded form w/ flared rim; the sides molded in scalloped "arch-like" motif; foot ring.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), lead glaze, molding (forming)

GUSN: 14338

Accession Number: 1986.354AB

Bottle

Narrow collared mouth on short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulders and elongated cylindrical body; applied "C" shaped handle at shoulder; reddish-brown glaze.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery), tin (metal)

GUSN: 14339

Accession Number: 1986.355

Bottle

Wide collared neck on sloping shoulders and cylindrical body; brown glaze.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), salt glaze, stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 14340

Accession Number: 1986.356

Bottle

Elongated cylindrical form w/ rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and collared mouth; applied handle ("C" shape) at shoulder. Incised mark at shoulder; glazed w/ an irridescent brown-tan speckled color.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery), tin (metal)

GUSN: 14341

Accession Number: 1986.357

Bottle

Dark amber transparent glass; short cylindrical body; sloping shoulders and long neck w/ thin and thick ringed collar; slightly recessed bottom.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 14342

Accession Number: 1986.358

Toaster

Narrow rack w/ geometric and scrolled extensions on tripod frame w/ shaped flattened handle having a pierced circular terminus.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 14343

Accession Number: 1986.360

Toaster

Long narrow rack w/ 4 bent extensions forming rectangular shapes raised on a tripod frame w/ a flattened shaped handle w/ a circular pierced terminus. Rack swivels on frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 14344

Accession Number: 1986.362

Fire screen

4 part wire mesh screen w/ 2 brass handles, iron framing, and brass finials.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), wire

GUSN: 14345

Accession Number: 1986.363

Photograph

View of Spencer-Pierce-Little farmlands. Brown-tone photographic print of black and white photograph of evocative rural scene; view of field through silhouetted fence posts; trees in foreground. Cream colored mat; unframed.

Date: 1975-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 14346

Accession Number: 1986.369

Photograph

Black and white portrait photograph of Miss Amelia Little, Newburyport, Mass. Head and shoulders view of elderly woman in dark-rimmed glasses, facing right. Tan-colored mat; unframed.

Date: ca. 1985

Maker: Dalton, Frank (Maker)

Material: photographs

GUSN: 14347

Accession Number: 1986.374

Bookcase

Flat molded cornice over simple three-section case; each section w/ 6 or 7 adjustable shelves; quarter round molding at base; mahogany stained.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), staining

GUSN: 14348

Accession Number: 1986.376

Bookend

Each w/ wood upright in squat baluster form; "punch" carved w/ leafy sprays and geometric devices centering a stack of semi-circles outlined in gilt and painted blue, green, and red w/in a blue field and gilt border; all raised on a tin horizontal plate.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), tin (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 14349

Accession Number: 1986.378.2

Trinket box

Small rectangular alabaster box w/ pierced sides (quatrefoil grill); solid fitted top inlaid w/ pink mother-of-pearl flowers w/ black (onyx?) stems.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: abalone shell, alabaster (mineral), inlay (process), onyx (mineral), piercing, staining

GUSN: 14350

Accession Number: 1986.379AB

Smoker's stand (?)

The rounded base, a cross-section of a tree limb, supports 3 carved oak leaves and upright element which is carved out on one side and rounded on other. Lower section of upright carved as a branch.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood)

GUSN: 14351

Accession Number: 1986.381

Feather Landscape

Rectangular format comprised of polychrome feathers. A marsh or waterfall scene with a bud in the foreground; painted sky upper third of image; within a white and silver painted frame carved on facade with "train wheel" devices.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 14352

Accession Number: 1986.384

Photograph

Black and white photographic reproduction of oil painting: Ruben's self portrait; wooden frame, painted black w/ inside gilded edge; under glass.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 14353

Accession Number: 1986.386

Photograph

Sepia-toned photomechanical print of oil painting by Murillo: Virgin and child w/ St. Elizabeth and John The Baptist as a child; sheep in foreground and God the Father w/ doves and angels in the sky above.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Perkins, F. A. (Framer)

Material: photographs, photomechanical processes

GUSN: 14354

Accession Number: 1986.387

Search Collections

Displaying: 164751 - 164800 of 224,537