Historic New England

Box

Small rectangular wood box with sliding lid.

Date: 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 34890

Accession Number: 1932.517AB

Photograph

View of three-story brick house with projecting entry way supported by Ionic columns, dark shutters, Palladian window, and fanlight.

Date: 1855-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 34891

Accession Number: 1932.519

Wallet

Brown, purple leather and red silk linings; strap for closure is missing; rounded flap outside and inside; 7 compartments; a note an pencil in 2 of compartments.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, silk (textile)

GUSN: 34892

Accession Number: 1932.521

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 34893

Accession Number: 1932.523

Nutcracker

Hinged, metal nutcracker.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 34894

Accession Number: 1932.524

Nutcracker

Hinged, metal nutcracker.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 34895

Accession Number: 1932.525

Chess

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35004

Accession Number: 1932.781

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35005

Accession Number: 1932.784

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35006

Accession Number: 1932.785B

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35007

Accession Number: 1932.787

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35008

Accession Number: 1932.788

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35009

Accession Number: 1932.789A

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35010

Accession Number: 1932.789B

Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35011

Accession Number: 1932.792

Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35012

Accession Number: 1932.795

Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35013

Accession Number: 1932.797

Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 35015

Accession Number: 1932.804AB

Baby Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 35016

Accession Number: 1932.805AB

Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35017

Accession Number: 1932.806

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35018

Accession Number: 1932.814AB

Purse

Beaded and metal purse with blue, pink, and white floral theme and blue beaded loops on the bottom.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35019

Accession Number: 1932.815

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35020

Accession Number: 1932.819

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35021

Accession Number: 1932.820

Painting

Ten or eleven naked children playing around large horseshoe.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: graphite (mineral), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35022

Accession Number: 1932.821

Ewer

White body w/ scenes of Naomi and her 2 lamenting daughters-in-law in relief; scalloped, lobed circular base; scrolled handle; scrolled and scalloped rim.

Date: 1847

Maker: Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, molding (forming), relief (sculpture techniques)

GUSN: 35023

Accession Number: 1932.824

Kerosene Night Light

No description

Date: 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 35024

Accession Number: 1932.835

Kerosene Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 35025

Accession Number: 1932.837

Purse

Dark green velvet drawstring purse with white floral beaded design; white beaded tassels.

Date: ca.1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35026

Accession Number: 1932.840

Long, narrow carved tortoise shell sticks in Chinese design (figures and flowers); white feather leaf painted with flowers and butterfly in reds, white and grens and blues; single spray on reverse; tipped with marabou.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), feather (material), painting (coating), tortoise shell

GUSN: 35027

Accession Number: 1932.841

Brise' Fan

Ivory brise' fan carved with birds and flowers; center medallion combed and monogrammed; cream silk ribbon.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 35028

Accession Number: 1932.842

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Name at bottom. Polychromatic. Rows separated by lines of cross stitching. Alphabets: #1 missing "I","J","K","Y","Z"; #2 missing "J","U"; Numbers: "1-10"

Date: 1790-1795

Maker: Dana, Martha Remington, 1784- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 35029

Accession Number: 1932.843

Handkerchief

Plain white handkerchief.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35030

Accession Number: 1932.860

Handkerchief

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35031

Accession Number: 1932.862

Pair of Cuffs

Pair of cuffs with an embroidered border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35032

Accession Number: 1932.864

Porringer

Round, pewter porringer with decorative flower handle and convex body with reeded rim.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Manning, Bowman & Co. (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 35033

Accession Number: 1932.876

Landscape with Plantation Scene

Tropical plantation scene in rocky landscape.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 35035

Accession Number: 1932.882

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35036

Accession Number: 1932.885

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35037

Accession Number: 1932.886

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35038

Accession Number: 1932.889

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 35039

Accession Number: 1932.893A

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 35040

Accession Number: 1932.895

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 35041

Accession Number: 1932.897

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 35042

Accession Number: 1932.899

Roasting Pan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 35043

Accession Number: 1932.904

Roasting Pan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 35044

Accession Number: 1932.905

Pan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 35045

Accession Number: 1932.907A

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 35046

Accession Number: 1932.907B

Fireplace Grate

A grate from a stove. It has a rounded top with a pierced fretwork design throughout the object. The center of the grate is adorned by a sunburst, which has a portrait within the center of the design.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 35047

Accession Number: 1932.917