Historic New England

Bar

Flat latch bar; round head at pivot and tapered over only half its length. Bar thickens at base of head.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1120

Accession Number: 1933.5371

doll's dress

Blue and White patterned. with braid trim. Long sleeved

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 1121

Accession Number: 1969.5371.23A

doll's jacket

Blue and whit with white braid.

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 1122

Accession Number: 1969.5371.23B

doll's shawl

Blue and white with white braid trim.

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 1123

Accession Number: 1969.5371.23C

doll's dress

Purple stripes and tiny black dots on white; fitted bodice, long sleeved, gathered skirt to piped waistband. trimed neckline

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1124

Accession Number: 1969.5371.24A

doll's cape

Purple stripes and tiny black dots on white trimed neckline

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1125

Accession Number: 1969.5371.24B

doll's dress

Brown squares and diamonds pattern on white background

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1126

Accession Number: 1969.5371.25A

Doll's Cape

Brown squares and diamond pattern on white background. Eyelet necktrim

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1127

Accession Number: 1969.5371.25B

doll's dress

Purple and lavendar print on white. Gathered at neckline and waist. Long sleeves

Date: 1842-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1128

Accession Number: 1969.5371.26

Doorknob

Knob set is brass, pivoting D-type handles on round and squared shank. Allows spring catch operation from both sides.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 1129

Accession Number: 1917.1209B

Framed pane of glass from Holmes House in Cambridge. Inscription reads, "Pane of glass take from a bedroom window in the old Holmes house, Cambridge. The letters O.W. were scratched upon the glass by the poet when a boy V.Y.B."

Date: 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1130

Accession Number: 1930.287

GLASS, WINDOW

Fragments of bull's-eye glass.

Date: 1711-1719

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 1131

Accession Number: 1938.1187AB

Doll's dress

Green with tiny white dots and narrow white and green stripes, which form large squares. Pleated to waist, cap sleeves, 3 pompons on bodice. Item edged with buckrAmerican

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 1132

Accession Number: 1969.6786

Doll's dress

White and blue stripes with blue dot pattern. Puffy sleeves

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1133

Accession Number: 1969.6787

Doll's skirt

Plaid

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1134

Accession Number: 1969.6788

Doll's shawl

Lacy white, vertical stripes, edged

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1135

Accession Number: 1969.6789

Doll's dress

Red, orange, blue and pink flowers on light and white striped background with red braid trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1136

Accession Number: 1969.6790

Doll's chemise

White with short sleeves

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1137

Accession Number: 1969.6791

Doll's muff

White with pink trim and tassels. Also lined in pink

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 1138

Accession Number: 1969.6792

Doll's bonnet

Quilted and taupe

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, silk (textile)

GUSN: 1139

Accession Number: 1969.6793

Doll's bonnet

Pink with tassels

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1140

Accession Number: 1969.6794

Doll's petticoat

White, quilted to the waist, and eyelet-edged hem

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilting

GUSN: 1141

Accession Number: 1969.6795

Doll's underskirt

Yellow stitching

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1142

Accession Number: 1969.6796

Doll's jacket

Flared shape, grey

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1143

Accession Number: 1969.6797

Doll's dress

Red stripes and pink abstract pattern on white background. Sleeves are puffy

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), gauze, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1144

Accession Number: 1969.6798

Doll's dress

Ivory background with brown polka dots. Brown braid is trim.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1145

Accession Number: 1969.6799

Doll's dress

Ivory background with brown flower pattern, ivory rick-rack trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1146

Accession Number: 1969.6800

doll's blouse

Light green background with brown, blue, red and green polka dots, green ribbon trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1147

Accession Number: 1969.6801.1

doll's skirt

Light green background with brown, blue, red, and green polka dots, with green ribbon trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1148

Accession Number: 1969.6801.2

doll's blouse

Smock-like style, short sleeved, fastens at neck with ties. Lavender(varying shades) dots and stripes on white

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1149

Accession Number: 1969.6802

doll's shoe

Small blue with blue flower

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1150

Accession Number: 1969.6803

Doll's cape

Red with simulalted ermine edge

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 1151

Accession Number: 1969.6804

Doll's Dress

Smock shaped, gathered at neckband. Pagoda sleeves. Purple dots and checks on white. Gold ribbon at neck

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 1152

Accession Number: 1969.6805

doll's socks

One pair white

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1153

Accession Number: 1969.6806

doll's shawl

Pink center, grey and white checked edging, long grey, white and pink tassels

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1154

Accession Number: 1969.6807

doll's pantaloons

White with eyelet trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1155

Accession Number: 1969.6808

doll's dress

Black and lavender criss-cross pattern on white background. Elbow length sleeves

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1156

Accession Number: 1969.6809

doll's cape

Brown

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 1157

Accession Number: 1969.6810

doll's apron

Black with blue trim

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 1158

Accession Number: 1969.6811

Doll's skirt

Pink and dark pink abstrackt snowflake-like pattern on white background

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1159

Accession Number: 1969.6812

Inkstand

Rectangular form with circular well centrally located; two carved cylindrical channels across top for holding pens; fitted with four conical shaped feet; dark stain finish.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4552

Accession Number: 1977.759

Foot Stool

Overhanging rectangular top nailed boot jack; ends with ogee arch cutout forming legs; ends narrower at waist and flaring at top and at foot; straight apron nailed at angle to conform to waist of leg end; painted black underneath top; stripped on all visible part; one leg end is half replaced having...

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4553

Accession Number: 1977.760

Basket

Round body of coil construction with flaring sides; grass? covered with bark; natural and stained bark creating continuous geometric pattern around the body; laced edging of bark around top edge.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: Native American (Maker)

Material: bark (plant material), staining, grass (plant material), coiling (pottery technique)

GUSN: 4554

Accession Number: 1977.761

Pestle

Cylindrical club form with tapering cylindrical neck with slight bulge in center; sloping shoulders with long cylindrical end section terminating in a round bottom.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 4555

Accession Number: 1977.762

Bucket or Firkin

Tapering cylindrical wooden storage bucket with pine staves and ash bands; pointed overlapping joints secured with iron brads and staples; two bands at base and one near top where ash bale handle attaches to sides with dowels with knob shaped ends; similar conforming pine and ash circular top fitted...

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4556

Accession Number: 1977.763AB

Bucket or Firkin

Tapering cylindrical wooden storage bucket with pine staves and oak bands; pointed overlapping joints secured with iron brads; one band at base and one below top edge where oak handle attaches to sides with wooden dowels with knob ends; wood unfinished and unpainted.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oak (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4557

Accession Number: 1977.764

Watercolor Landscape

Watercolor on paper; land and waterscape; body of water with island at center and man in boat fishing off island; blue hills in background; pink and yellow streaks in sky; gilt overall, molded wooden frame.

Maker: Freeman, R. G. O. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 4558

Accession Number: 1977.765

Scene from "Much Ado About Nothing"

Subject: Hero, Ursula & Beatice; Beatrice, hidden in plants, eavesdrops on the two other women speaking; large urn in upper left quadrant with "PETERS"; mahogany molded frame with gilt inner edge.

Date: 1790

Maker: Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4559

Accession Number: 1977.766

Madonna and Child

Round format portrayal of Madonna holding Christ child in lap; praying child looking on from right rear; medieval clothing; engraving surrounded by white mat; natural oak flat quadruple beaded frame with black inner edge.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: After Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4560

Accession Number: 1977.767

Boy with Clarinet

Limited edition; seated young boy playing clarinet; gray tones; matted in white with narrow black document frame under glass.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Chapen, James (Maker)

Material: ink, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4561

Accession Number: 1977.768

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