Historic New England

Cloth Fragment

Red, black, and cream printed plain weave cellulosic textile fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27921

Accession Number: 1917.1347

Textile Fragment

Blue and black printed plain weave cellulosic textile fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27922

Accession Number: 1917.1349

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27923

Accession Number: 1917.1353A

Pencil

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27924

Accession Number: 1917.1354

Smelling Bottle

Purple glass smelling bottle with original stopper painted red.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27925

Accession Number: 1917.1356

Needles in a Case

Scrimshaw needle case with needles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 27926

Accession Number: 1917.1357

Mustache Comb

A hinged mustache comb with a tortoise shell handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 27927

Accession Number: 1917.1358

Top

Turned wooden top, metal tip.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27928

Accession Number: 1917.1361

Curtain Fragment

Blue and red floral print on natural ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27929

Accession Number: 1917.1362

Nearly square, red and white, hemmed. Two couples, one gentile, the other harlequin-like, flanked by architectural pedestal with pomegranate tree in classical urn on one side, classical ruin on other. Below, mansion with padlock on door; black man foreground picking up basket. Framed in floral grou...

Date: 1768-1775

Maker: Bickerstaff, Isaac (Artist, Designer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27930

Accession Number: 1917.1363

Bed Curtain Fragment

Rectangular; figured woven blue and white tape binding two edges. Image in blue on white ground of fancy tailed cock duck with hen in center; large scale rococo floral scroll, flowers and fruit.

Date: 1765-1775

Maker: Bromley Hall Printworks (Printer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing

GUSN: 27931

Accession Number: 1917.1365A

Side curtain from set of bed hangings

This panel from a set of bed curtains is block printed with repeats of trailing floral vines with large blooms similar to crysanthemums. The panel is rectangular and finished with linen tape binding along hem and one side.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27932

Accession Number: 1917.1366B

Toile Fragment

White ground printed in red with flowering branches. Hemmed on three sides; selvage on fourth.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27933

Accession Number: 1917.1367

Curtain Fragment

Red and white toile of a man fishing and a canoodling couple.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27934

Accession Number: 1917.1368

Trammel and hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27985

Accession Number: 1917.1430AB

Trammel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27986

Accession Number: 1917.1431

Trammel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27987

Accession Number: 1917.1432B

Pestle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27988

Accession Number: 1917.1433

Staple

Hand-wrought. Broad flat top and sides; sharply tapered to long tang legs. Possibly for use as latch keeper or bolt retainer. Painted gray.

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27989

Accession Number: 1917.1434

Trivet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 27990

Accession Number: 1917.1438

Tobacco

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27991

Accession Number: 1917.1440

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27992

Accession Number: 1917.1441

Tumbler

Glass tumbler. Fluting around the base. Geometric etching around the rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27993

Accession Number: 1917.1442

Whole cloth quilt fragment

Red wool; overall diamond quilting; undulating feather and floral motifs. One edge bound in red tape.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, quilting, alteration (process and technique), textiles, wholecloth quilts, wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 27994

Accession Number: 1917.1443A

Skewer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27995

Accession Number: 1917.1444

Slide Bolt

Rectangular plate with bolt; wrapped loop on bolt; whitish paint.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 27996

Accession Number: 1917.1450

Hook

Wrought from rectangular stock. Hammered round at hook and loop ends. Painted yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27997

Accession Number: 1917.1452

Staple

No description

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27998

Accession Number: 1917.1453

Hinge

Forged from flat bar stock. Loop at each end to be retained by and to fit over "staple." End turned up at locking end.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27999

Accession Number: 1917.1455A

Staple

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28000

Accession Number: 1917.1455B

PINTLE

Forged one-piece construction. Round pin turned up from square tapered bar. Tagged "Small size gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead. E. Lexington"

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28001

Accession Number: 1917.1456

Catch

Wrought from flat stock with square tapered tang and rat-tail. Tagged "catch-tailed. Robbins House, Lexington."

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28002

Accession Number: 1917.1457

Carpetbag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28003

Accession Number: 1917.1458

PINTLE

Two-piece construction. Square bar. Round pin with conical top. Forged. Tagged "large gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead, E. Lexington."

Date: 1775-1789

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28004

Accession Number: 1917.1460

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Rectangular plate, patterned on each end. Handle missing. Lever tapered and turned down with concave head. Accession card: part of a latch, thumb piece and escutcheon.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28005

Accession Number: 1917.1461

Slide Bolt

Cut plate with riveted bolt collars (?); six nail holes (rod missing).

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28006

Accession Number: 1917.1462

Handle

Rectangular plate cut decoratively, though simply, at top; straight lever; painted black.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: filing, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28007

Accession Number: 1917.1464

Bottle

Blue-tinted, pear-shaped glass bottle with molded scrolls on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28008

Accession Number: 1917.1465

Teapot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28009

Accession Number: 1917.1467

Bottle

Blown glass bottle with a cork stopper. Organic material fills the inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28010

Accession Number: 1917.1468

Hook

Wrought from square stock. Hook and loop ends hammered round. Twisted shank.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal)

GUSN: 28011

Accession Number: 1917.1470

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28012

Accession Number: 1917.1471

Catch

Hand-wrought. Rectangular tapered tang. Traces of olive paint over black. Tagged "E. Robbins Stone House, Lexington."

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28013

Accession Number: 1917.1474

Ax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28014

Accession Number: 1917.1475

Ax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28015

Accession Number: 1917.1476

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28016

Accession Number: 1917.1477

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28017

Accession Number: 1917.1478

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28018

Accession Number: 1917.1479

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28019

Accession Number: 1917.1480

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28020

Accession Number: 1917.1481

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