Historic New England

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

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

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28021

Accession Number: 1917.1483

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28022

Accession Number: 1917.1484

Textile Fragment

Cream, brown, and white striped plain weave textile fragment with selvedge and weave error.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28023

Accession Number: 1917.1485

Cloth Fragment

White and blue plain weave cloth fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28024

Accession Number: 1917.1486

Slipcover fragment

Rectangular; lightweight, sheer; polychromatic floral patterns on mottled brown and white ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), glazing (coating), tabby (textile), textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 28025

Accession Number: 1917.1487

Curtain Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz with blue, brown, and off-white ivy design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 28026

Accession Number: 1917.1488

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28027

Accession Number: 1917.1489

Diana Under a Tree

Mythological scene with representation of Diana in red & white under tree, with bow and arrows.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 28028

Accession Number: 1917.1490

Spike

A piece of hardware like a pintle, but the horizontal projection has been flattened and there are three holes in it. Tag "an iron, Robbins Farm"

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28029

Accession Number: 1917.1492

Windsor Chair

Rod back; bamboo turnings; brown with gold highlights.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28030

Accession Number: 1917.1498A

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Decorative plate; pull with round nuts and bolts; iron replacement thumb lift.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), incising, iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28031

Accession Number: 1917.1499

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28032

Accession Number: 1917.1501

Sand

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 28033

Accession Number: 1917.1502

Reamer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 28038

Accession Number: 1918.6

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Verse and alphabet sampler. Cross-stitched border with three large red flowers on either side. Alphabets: #1-missing "J." Cross stitch, satin stitch, and other unidentified stitches.

Maker: Rust, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 28039

Accession Number: 1918.13

Corner Block

Recessed panel with flower with four petals folded sideways into an S-curve; brown paint over white.

Date: 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 28041

Accession Number: 1918.90.7 AB

Soup Plate

Porcelain soup bowl with celadon green body with traces of gold on rim and polychrome enamel peacock perched on branches with butterflies and beetles.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, porcelain

GUSN: 28042

Accession Number: 1918.94A

Textile Fragment

Green and white plaid plain weave cellulosic textile fragment with selvedge and hem.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27872

Accession Number: 1917.1199

Pantry Box

Oval wooden box painted with one finger lap, tack and peg construction.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27873

Accession Number: 1917.1200

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27874

Accession Number: 1917.1201

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27875

Accession Number: 1917.1202

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27877

Accession Number: 1917.1207

Spring Latch

Iron spring plate (surface mounted) with iron pivoting latch and sliding bolt. Latter has brass knob and operates from one side only.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27878

Accession Number: 1917.1209A

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 27879

Accession Number: 1917.1213

Inkwell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27880

Accession Number: 1917.1217

Medicine Bottle

Colorless glass medicine bottle and stopper with original label.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27881

Accession Number: 1917.1218

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 27882

Accession Number: 1917.1222

Brass latch bar with knob on iron plate. Secured at pivoting point by rivet, and at end by combination keeper and spring. Mahogany graining on plate? All surface mounted. Operation from one side only.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 27883

Accession Number: 1917.1235

Firkin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27884

Accession Number: 1917.1253

Pot

Pot with lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27885

Accession Number: 1917.1255AB

Windsor Chair

Fan back, stylized bamboo turnings; yellow, dark green; various other colors.

Date: 1795-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27887

Accession Number: 1917.1259

Windsor Chair

Fan back side chair, painted black.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27888

Accession Number: 1917.1260

Barrel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27889

Accession Number: 1917.1261

Strap Hinge

Flat strap, tapered towards end, broken at midpoint. Attached to pin/plate - rectangle with slightly tapered and rounded ends. Strap hinge with connected brace. Heaviness suggests a later date (1750-1775?)

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27890

Accession Number: 1917.1269

Rubber Overshoe

Black rubber; slip-on: molded-no seams or closure; stamped decoration of square with small asterisk-like flowers inside and along outer edge of square with trilobed motif at tip near toe.

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 27892

Accession Number: 1917.1279