Historic New England

Butter Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67045

Accession Number: 1974.303F

Fruit Knife

Silver fruit knife with an oval handle, spool shaped neck, and a pointed blade.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67046

Accession Number: 1974.305.1

Fruit Knife

Silver fruit knife with a mother of pearl handle and a pointed blade.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl, silver (metal)

GUSN: 67047

Accession Number: 1974.306

Cheese knife

Silver cheese knife with a spatulate handle and a curved blade.

Date: 1892

Maker: Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67048

Accession Number: 1974.308

Fruit Knife

Silver fruit knife with an oval handle and a pointed blade. Floral design on the handle.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67049

Accession Number: 1974.307

Cheese Knife

Silver cheese knife. Trifid handle with an etched geometric design. Notched serpentine blade.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: bright cutting, silver (metal)

GUSN: 67050

Accession Number: 1974.309

Grass mat fragment

Rectangular section, straw colored, thin fibers. Woven green three line stripe at one end; red arrow with green and red lines flanking it woven in opposite corner. Cotton thread ties along one end.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material)

GUSN: 67051

Accession Number: 1986.1074.1

Carpet fragment

Triangular piece wool Brussels carpet woven in polychromatic rococco-like leaf S-scroll on cream ground.

Date: 1896-1900

Maker: Whittal's (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67052

Accession Number: 1978.185

Carpet fragment

Rectangular section, wool, flatweave; woven with thick earth tone wool yarns; white cotton yarn weft. Stylized star flowers in brown on grey ground; red zig-zag border on brown bands.

Date: ca. 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67053

Accession Number: 1986.1095

Ingrain carpet fragment

No description

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67054

Accession Number: 1986.1076

Rectangular strip of wool carpeting with selvage sides woven in a small-scale repeating floral pattern of rows of floral circles alternating with pinwheels on a mottled but cellular patterned ground. Colors predominantly brown, off-white and orange.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67055

Accession Number: 1987.256

Ingrain carpet fragment

Rectangular with selvage edge woven in isolated polychromatic stemmed floral sprig pattern with iris-like flowers on a mottled ground; shadows of small flowers and leaves. Raw edges. Colors: cream, red, yellow and blue, making the green.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67056

Accession Number: 1986.1078

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted handle with a star embellishment. Round bowl adorned with the Arabic language and stars.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67057

Accession Number: 1974.289

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon. Rounded handle with a scroll design. Circular bowl.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67058

Accession Number: 1974.255.1

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67059

Accession Number: 1974.284

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon with image of witch and straight pins from Salem Massachusetts. Manufactured by William B. Durgin Company for Daniel Low & Co. of Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1891-1920

Maker: Daniel Low & Co. (Retailer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67060

Accession Number: 1974.282

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Standish, Maine.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67061

Accession Number: 1974.285

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon that depicts several hallmarks from Alaska.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67062

Accession Number: 1974.286

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67063

Accession Number: 1974.283

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Round shaft with applied rings and a twisted embellishments. Oval bowl with a foliate design under the bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67064

Accession Number: 1974.288

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted shaft with a portrait of a roman soldier as its handle. Pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67065

Accession Number: 1974.287

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted shaft with a circular hand embellished with an engraved swan.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67066

Accession Number: 1974.290

Lemon Fork

Silver lemon fork with a pointed oval handle and three tines.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Towle Silversmiths (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67067

Accession Number: 1974.296

Dish

4 hairy paw feet support oval body w/ open work sides.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: Reed & Barton (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 67068

Accession Number: 1974.328

Nutpick

Oval handle.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: olive (fruit), olive (wood), silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 67069

Accession Number: 1974.321A

Nutpick

Silver nutpick with a rounded handle and a spool shaped mid-section. Shell design.

Date: 1847

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67070

Accession Number: 1974.320.1

Nutpick

Ball-turned end handle.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), turning (shaping process), machine-made, silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 67071

Accession Number: 1974.319A

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a rectangular handle and a pointed oval bowl. Colonial pattern.

Date: 1885

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67072

Accession Number: 1974.278.1

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and an oval bowl.

Date: 1885

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67073

Accession Number: 1974.277.1

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: Reed & Barton (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67074

Accession Number: 1974.270

Oyster Fork

Silver oyster fork with a tapered twist handle and three trident tines. Oval twist pattern.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67075

Accession Number: 1974.297.1

Teaspoon

One of a set of three. Silver teaspoon with a squared handle, pointed shoulders, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67076

Accession Number: 1974.262.1

Sauce Ladle

Silver sauce ladle with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulder, and an elliptical bowl.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: Twombly & Smith (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67077

Accession Number: 1974.263

Bottle

Green glass liquor bottle with foil at neck, long slender neck

Date: 1885-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blow molding, alloy

GUSN: 66823

Accession Number: 1986.944

Boot Tree

Polished carved wood model of leg from mid-calf, brass hinge

Date: 1870-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 66824

Accession Number: 1926.181

Engraving

Waist length portrait of young with dk. hair, flower at lt ear

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Baxter, C. (Artist) Hunter, F. (Engraver)

Material: mezzotint (process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66825

Accession Number: 1931.1316

Rifle

Steel body, mahogany stock, inscription on barrel incised

Date: 1883

Maker: Quakenbush, H. M. (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 66826

Accession Number: 1966.2162

Lithographic Print

Bust length portrait of Robert Burns as young man, looks left

Date: 1850

Maker: Hachnisch, A. (Artist) Schenck & Mcfarlane Lithrs. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66827

Accession Number: 1966.2163

Wallpaper

Complete unused roll chinoiserie design.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66828

Accession Number: 1966.2211

Unidentified Musical Instrument

Bamboo rod, hollow but sealed at both ends, three arched holes

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material)

GUSN: 66829

Accession Number: 1966.2212

Carpet Section

Two long strips of border cut from carpet, crimson looped pile

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: weft loop weave, wool (textile)

GUSN: 66830

Accession Number: 1966.2213

Wallpaper

Two unused pieces of wallpaper, printed in blue, small tile pattern of quatrefoils

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), printing (process)

GUSN: 66831

Accession Number: 1966.2214

Relief Sculpture

Rectangularang plaque with cast relief of woman in classical drapery

Date: 1876

Maker: P. P. Caproni & Bro. (Manufacturer)

Material: plaster

GUSN: 66832

Accession Number: 1966.2215

Relief Sculpture

Rectangularang cast tablet of man attacking lion, carved border

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), plaster

GUSN: 66833

Accession Number: 1966.2216

Wallpaper

Floral diaper in tan with yellow and green flowers.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), reeding, printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 66834

Accession Number: 1986.843

Wallpaper

Block pattern, tan, cream & brown on white with geom. border

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 66835

Accession Number: 1986.844

Wallpaper

Colonial pattern of man, woman, dog among floral design

Date: 1930-1935

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66836

Accession Number: 1986.845

Wallpaper

Tapestry pattern, gray, white, tan and brown garden scene.

Date: 1920-1935

Maker: United-Yorkard Div. (Manufacturer) Gregory and Brown Co.

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 66837

Accession Number: 1986.846

Wallpaper

Unused sample, diaper pattern, tan and white on ochre ground

Date: 1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66838

Accession Number: 1986.847

Wallpaper

2 tan tones & black on beige

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 66839

Accession Number: 1986.848

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