No description
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 27261
Accession Number: 1914.173
Looped handle with round shaft; flattened hook shaft and arrow hook.
Date: 18th c.?
Material: iron (metal), wrought
GUSN: 27262
Accession Number: 1914.175
Pair of wood knobs. Set screw to metal spindle. Wood escutcheons. Walnut or mahogany finish. Tagged "Increase Smith House, Centre St., Dorchester, @1760, probably knobs are later."
Date: 1825-1850
Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27263
Accession Number: 1914.184
Spring latch bolt on flat plate (spring broken). Bolt is strongly tapered to round head at pivot. Knob operation from both sides by brass "D" type pivoting handles on iron spindle. Additional sliding bolt with spring split off on back side is operable from one side only. Brass knob on this bolt....
Date: ca. 1796
Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)
GUSN: 27264
Accession Number: 1914.188
White woven trim with open knotted design and fringe with small pom poms
GUSN: 27267
Accession Number: 1914.226A-E
Porcelain soup bowl with celadon green with polychrome enamel peacock perched on rose branch, surrounded by two butterflies.
Date: 1850
Material: enameling, porcelain
GUSN: 27268
Accession Number: 1914.228
Shaped panel of plainweave glazed cotton block-printed with gold/yellow and red floral rosettes with a border of rococo anthemion leaves alternating with classical urns on a blue ground. The cover is shaped to fit a grecian sofa.
Date: ca. 1818
Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)
Material: cotton (textile), glaze, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 27269
Accession Number: 1914.244A
Rectangular fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 27270
Accession Number: 1914.244E
Nearly rectangular fragment with one selvedge and one cut edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.
GUSN: 27271
Accession Number: 1914.244J
Pin on rotating end.
Date: 1774
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 27134
Accession Number: 1912.172
Hinge set. Two separate pieces (a is missing). a) two-piece pintle on rectangular plate. b) barrel (2" width) to one side of rectangular plate (1" width); three holes. Plates mount either in different plances, or are perpendicular to one another. As of 2024 a is found.
GUSN: 27135
Accession Number: 1912.173AB
Strap hinge with vertical support. Shaped ends; spear ends; evidence of paint.
Date: ca. 1774
Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)
GUSN: 27136
Accession Number: 1912.176
Piece of a brown slipcover.
GUSN: 27141
Accession Number: 1913.4
Iridescent brown silk satin; stiffened brim with extended points; crown stiffened and lined with paper, gathered onto brim; piped neck ruffle with brown silk cord drawstring; brim lined with off-white silk.
Date: 1850-1859
Material: stitching, paper (fiber product), satin, silk (textile)
GUSN: 27143
Accession Number: 1913.11
Date: 1785-1815
Material: bone (material), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material), steel (alloy)
GUSN: 27144
Accession Number: 1913.12
Cotton drawstring purse with whitework embroidery and pleated edge.
GUSN: 27145
Accession Number: 1913.13
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 27149
Accession Number: 1913.41
Alphabet sampler. Vertical rectangle, ivory linen ground. Unfinished. Monochromatic blue lettering. Alphabets:#1-complete, #2-complete, #3-complete, #4-"A-Q" missing "J".
Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)
GUSN: 27150
Accession Number: 1913.43
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 27151
Accession Number: 1913.45
GUSN: 27153
Accession Number: 1913.47
GUSN: 27157
Accession Number: 1913.56
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 27158
Accession Number: 1913.65
Flat strap hinge, HL type. Square edges and ends. Most paint removed.
Date: ca. 1746
GUSN: 27164
Accession Number: 1913.95
GUSN: 27165
Accession Number: 1913.96
Long taper; round head. No traces of paint. Slight bevel along long edges.
Material: beveling, iron (metal)
GUSN: 27166
Accession Number: 1913.97
Tapering shaft.
Material: oak (wood)
GUSN: 27167
Accession Number: 1913.98
GUSN: 27170
Accession Number: 1913.127
Long tapered flat bar with bean/oval head. White over red paint. Tagged "From latch on Washington Webster Farm barn, Haverhill"
Date: 1700-1750
GUSN: 27171
Accession Number: 1913.129
GUSN: 27173
Accession Number: 1913.131
GUSN: 27177
Accession Number: 1913.193
Square paper fan with a rose in the center and a brown handle.
GUSN: 27179
Accession Number: 1913.200
Blue transfer-printed earthenware soup plate. Overall scroll and floral motif.
Date: 1830-1850
Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing
GUSN: 27180
Accession Number: 1913.201
Earthenware, green transfer-print plate with scalloped rim. Printed with "Royal Sketches" pattern depicting a pair of swans swimming in a lake in the foreground and a cathedral on a hill in the background. The scene is encircled by a garter bearing the words "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" - "Evil to hi...
Date: 1820-1840
Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing, molding (forming)
GUSN: 27181
Accession Number: 1913.202
Earthenware plate with brown transfer-print pattern "Oriental" depicting three figures on a platform under a large umbrella with fanciful Asian-style buildings in the distance. Border pattern of exotic flowers over chevron-pattern ground edged with lozenges.
GUSN: 27182
Accession Number: 1913.203
GUSN: 27183
Accession Number: 1913.204
GUSN: 27184
Accession Number: 1913.205
GUSN: 27185
Accession Number: 1913.206
Date: 1790-1810
Material: earthenware, painting (coating), pearlware, underglazing
GUSN: 27186
Accession Number: 1913.207
Creamware footed compote. Faceted body.
Date: 1800-1815
Material: creamware, glazing (coating)
GUSN: 27187
Accession Number: 1913.208
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 27188
Accession Number: 1913.209
GUSN: 27189
Accession Number: 1913.210
GUSN: 27190
Accession Number: 1913.668
This needlework depicts three large-scale flowers in a vase, with two birds on either side. It is worked primarily in satin stitch.
Date: 1780-1820
Material: embroidering, silk (textile)
GUSN: 27192
Accession Number: 1913.1249
Pilaster cap with acanthus leaf design. Originally painted white. (The sides are still white.) Now the front is painted gold, blue, red and white. acc card: "The measured drawings made of this house before its destruction do not reveal this detail or any likely spot from which it might have come...
Date: ca. 1800
Material: painting (coating), softwood
GUSN: 27194
Accession Number: 1914.3
Bulbous, green glass bottle with cork stopper. Twisted glass body.
Date: 1800-1825
GUSN: 27195
Accession Number: 1914.4
GUSN: 27198
Accession Number: 1914.9
Watch case with hinged cover. Brown pebbled leather, raised rectangle on cover with embossed gold outline. Lined with blue satin. Mount for watch in center of interior, lined with blue velvet. Brass interior latch opperated by external brass knob on front. Box contains watch key 1914.10b.
Material: leather
GUSN: 27199
Accession Number: 1914.10B
Material: cotton (textile), weaving, piecing, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27200
Accession Number: 1914.17
T-shaped quilt with a star pattern made with yellow, red, blue, and white diamonds.
Date: ca. 1850
Material: calico, cotton (textile), stitching, piecing, quilting, printing (process), rolling up
GUSN: 27201
Accession Number: 1914.18
Date: 1860 c.
Material: fringe, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)
GUSN: 27202
Accession Number: 1914.19