Historic New England

Fork

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39097

Accession Number: 1937.522

Churn

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39102

Accession Number: 1937.536

Doll Hammock

Blue and white cotton netted doll hammock.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39103

Accession Number: 1937.540

Bust of woman

Parian bust of a woman with flowers in her hair and fabric draped around her shoulders.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 39124

Accession Number: 1937.568

Animal Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39125

Accession Number: 1937.569

FAN (A): Large folding fan; pierced and carved thin wooden sticks and guards with silver and gilt designs; leaf of pink chiffon with pink Chanatilly lace inset; handpainted butterflies and flowers; metal handle with pearl rivets. BOX (B): Pasteboard covered with tortoise shell paper with Egyp...

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), chiffon, lace (needlework), painting (coating), piercing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39126

Accession Number: 1937.570AB

Brise' Fan

Tortoise shell sticks; brise' type, pierced in coral and leaf patterns; pointed tips; threaded with pink ribbon; mother of pearl washers.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: figure- and animal-derived motifs, corals (animals), coral (material), piercing, silk (textile), tortoise shell

GUSN: 39127

Accession Number: 1937.571

Fan & Box

FAN: Long narrow ebonized sandalwood sticks and guards; inlaid with spangles; black chiffon leaf sewn all over with sequins; shell washers. BOX (B): Metal box with broad gold grosgrain bow has hinged lid and is covered with shiny paper printed in blue and yellow to imitate weaving.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gauze, sandalwood (wood), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 39128

Accession Number: 1937.574

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Pierced mother of pearl sticks, painted with gold; paper leaf, one side blue and white silvered paper painted with portrait of woman with a veil and man in military uniform, with central medallion of winged woman bearing flowers; reverse painted with three women in Spanish-style costume, o...

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl, painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 39129

Accession Number: 1937.575 A-C

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Sandalwood sticks carved with scrolls and leaves; paper leaf, one side painted with several women one holding infant, with ancient ruins in background; other side shows two women and two men, with dog sitting on the table; border of silvered/painted scroll and flowers; pink tassel with sil...

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), sandalwood (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 39130

Accession Number: 1937.576 A-C

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Abalone sticks and guards; sticks are pierced under leaf; white chiffon and lace leaf, hand painted with center female figure surrounded by flowers and branches in pastels and gilt; abalone washers, metal ring. BOX (B,C): Two-piece box covered with pebble texture paper.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: Cadet, Marie (Painter)

Material: abalone shell, painting (image-making), hand-painted, lace (needlework), paper (fiber product), piercing, silk (textile)

GUSN: 39131

Accession Number: 1937.578 A-C

Candlestand

Candlestand. Maple. Circular top with turned pillar. Rests on cabriole legs with snake feet.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 44441

Accession Number: 1987.1439

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany, yellow pine, white pine, inlay. Serpentine front and sides; applied beading on rails; molded top. Rests on turned and reeded legs

Date: 1821

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 44442

Accession Number: 1987.1440

Side Chair

Serpentine pierced slat back; square legs and stretchers with beaded outer edges; incised stiles.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 44443

Accession Number: 1987.1441.3

Side Chair

Side chair with serpentine crest, volute ears, and pierced splat. H-shaped stretcher. Round legs. Square seat with corduroy and leather upholstery.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 44444

Accession Number: 1987.1442.1

Chair

Side chair. Mahogany primary wood, maple secondary, leather, brass. Pierced "owl's eye" splat; yoke shaped crest with molded ears; leather seat outlined with decorative brass nails. Rests on front cabriole legs terminate in pad feet; chamfered rear legs. Legs have block and turned stretchers.

Date: 1765-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 44445

Accession Number: 1987.1443

Roundabout Chair

Roundabout chair. Maple, painted black, rush seat. Semicircular arm rail ending on outwardly turned handholds. Three ring-and-baluster turned larm supports. Plain tubular stiles. Rests on plain tubular legs below seat rail; front leg has one decorative ring-and-baluster turning just below the s...

Date: 1730-1740

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 44446

Accession Number: 1987.1444

Chair

Armchair. Ash, black paint, rush seat. Yoke-shaped crest and stiles; vasiform splat; arms on turned supports; rush seat. Ring-and-ball-turned front stretcher; swelled double rows of side stretchers; plain turned back stretcher. Rests on block-and-baluster-turned legs on Spanish feet.

Date: 1735-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 44449

Accession Number: 1987.1447

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44451

Accession Number: 1987.1450

Candlestand

Candlestand. Cherry, probably maple cleat, mahoganized. Spider legs, notched pillar base; urn-turned pillar; fixed octagonal top.

Date: ca. 1821

Maker: Attributed to Noyes, Samuel S., 1785-1832 (Maker)

Material: graining, cherry (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 44452

Accession Number: 1987.1451

Candlestand

Candlestand. Cherry. Top with serpentine edges atop slender turned pillar. Rests on narrow cabriole legs with snake feet.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44453

Accession Number: 1987.1452

The Sudbury Marshes

Impressionistic landscape with pond at right and fields at left, cloudy sky. Signed "HTG."

Date: 1895-1905

Maker: Attributed to

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44455

Accession Number: 1987.1454

Portrait of Edwin Buckingham

Framed lithograph portrait of Edwin Buckingham (1810-1833), rendered by Miss Lalanne of Pendleton's Lithography, Boston. Bust length view of young man facing left, wearing dark coat and waistcoat, a white shirt with high collar, and dark cravat.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Pendletons Lithography

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 44456

Accession Number: 1987.1455

Photograph

Two girls, one seated, the other standing, and a large black dog pose in front of a flower garden w/ cow pastures beyond.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 44457

Accession Number: 1987.1456

Photograph

Two women, one sitting on a stone wall, the other standing under a row of trees along the edge of a road.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 44458

Accession Number: 1987.1457

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44459

Accession Number: 1987.1458

Portrait of Edwin Buckingham Sears (1911-1987)

Bust length portrait of a young man. Sitter has dark brown hair and eyes. He is wearing a black graduation gown over a white collared shirt and striped tie. Oil paint on canvas, plain wood frame.

Date: 1935

Maker: Greene, Elmer Wesley, Jr., 1907-1964 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44460

Accession Number: 1987.1459

Mary Elizabeth Cutting Buckingham (1851-1896)

Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Cutting Buckingham, a young woman seated in a roundabout chair reading a book; screen at back. Wife of Edwin Buckingham.

Date: 1889-1896

Maker: Stuart, Mabel (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44461

Accession Number: 1987.1460

Portrait of Eliza Willett Buckingham

Bust-length portrait of a young woman in blue dress and white lace shawl. Wife of Joseph Tinker Bukingham.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 44462

Accession Number: 1987.1461

Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44464

Accession Number: 1987.1464

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44465

Accession Number: 1987.1465

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44466

Accession Number: 1987.1466

Pitcher

Stoneware pitcher. Bulbous body with oversized wide flaring mouth, circular foot, and strap handle. Decorated with applied, molded Bacchanalian figures and grapevine motif. Two-tone brown glaze.

Maker: Doulton Lambeth (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 44467

Accession Number: 1987.1467

Vase

Stoneware vase with green glaze, cylindrical in shape.

Date: 1898-1919

Maker: (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 44468

Accession Number: 1987.1468

Portrait of Marcia Drury

Bust-length portrait of a girl in brown patterned dress, heart stone on necklace. Ancestor of Edwin Buckingham Sears. Married to Charles Cutting.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44470

Accession Number: 1987.1473

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44471

Accession Number: 1987.1474

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a young man, possibly Joseph Huntington Buckingham, father of Edwin Buckingham, with reddish-brown hair and long sideburns.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44473

Accession Number: 1987.1476

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44476

Accession Number: 1927.1984

Pitcher

Earthenware pitcher with a yellow body. Single white band.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), yellowware

GUSN: 44477

Accession Number: 1931.1984

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 44478

Accession Number: 1933.1984

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44480

Accession Number: 1927.1985

Teacup

Handleless w/ spiral lobed body; horizontal indented band around body at midpoint; scalloped edge; underglaze blue "rope" band around exterior edge; underglaze blue dot, center of bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, underglazing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 44481

Accession Number: 1933.1985

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44484

Accession Number: 1927.1986

Cup and saucer

Handleless footed cup w/ underglaze blue banding around foot and inside and outside rim; yellow flower (orchids?) w/ green and blue stamen in chain around body; one flower in center of bowl; all decoration on saucer in interior.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pearlware, underglazing, earthenware, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 44485

Accession Number: 1933.1986