Historic New England

Soap dish w/ liner

Ironstone wash set; white w/ blue and gilt floral decoration; water pitcher, basin, chamber pot, soap dish w/ liner, sponge dish, toothbrush holder; transfer printed w/ Damask Rose pattern; gold banded edges.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: W. Davenport & Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 18839

Accession Number: 1998.1476.4AB

Sponge dish

Ironstone wash set; white w/ blue and gilt floral decoration; water pitcher, basin, chamber pot, soap dish w/ liner, sponge dish, toothbrush holder; transfer printed w/ Damask Rose pattern; gold banded edges.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: W. Davenport & Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 18840

Accession Number: 1998.1476.5AB

Toothbrush holder

Ironstone wash set; white w/ blue and gilt floral decoration; water pitcher, basin, chamber pot, soap dish w/ liner, sponge dish, toothbrush holder; transfer printed w/ Damask Rose pattern; gold banded edges.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: W. Davenport & Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 18841

Accession Number: 1998.1476.6AB

Towel rack

Hanging towel rack w/ small oval mirror. Oak w/ carved oak leaf decoration. Two slender turned racks connected to sides w/ incised detail.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 18842

Accession Number: 1998.1477

Side chair

Grain painted Grecian side chair. Two back slats peaked at center. Curved stiles w/ slightly scrolled tops. Caned seat w/ wide skirt. Flat front stretcher; cabriole front legs.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18843

Accession Number: 1998.1478.1

Rocking chair

Windsor chair. Pine painted black. Unornamented crest rail w/ backward-sloping stiles and four spindles, all w/ simple turning. Similar turning on legs and stretchers. Short rockers.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 18844

Accession Number: 1998.1479

Chest of drawers

Empire bureau. Mahogany veneer with brass key surrounds on drawers. Horizontal top is grained wood. Two small upper drawers and four bottom drawers. Thick cabriole legs on casters.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 18845

Accession Number: 1998.1480

Rocking chair

Grecian rocking chair. Mahogany veneer and graining, now badly faded. Curving stiles join low arm supports. Curved legs; rockers worn down from use. Metal supports beneath arms. Upholstery badly faded.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18846

Accession Number: 1998.1481

Portrait of a Girl

Colored engraving of a young girl in a straw hat with a blue bow and wearing a blue/green dress. The girl has brown hair and brown eyes and holds a doll in a red dress with her right hand and hugs a dog with her left hand. Frame: 2 in. black.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: coloring, engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18847

Accession Number: 1998.1482

Drawing

Pencil drawing of a farm house with a pond and fence in the foreground and a taller fence in the background. A large building or castle can be seen in the distance before a mountain. Frame: 1 1/2 in. gold.

Date: 1852-1856

Maker: Possibly Tucker, Mary Ronald (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 18848

Accession Number: 1998.1483

Chest of drawers

Empire bureau, mahogany veneer with brass key surrounds on drawers. Two small upper drawers and four bottom drawers, the three lowest flanked by turned columns on vase and ring-turned feet.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 18849

Accession Number: 1998.1484

Tieback

Mercury glass tieback pin (possibly once held back curtain atop mirror); door knob shape.

Yellow and orange silk cords w/ silk-covered wooden balls at each end.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 18566

Accession Number: 1998.1251.3

Table mat

Table mat w/ fringe embroidered w/ red, yellow and green woolen yarn border.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 18567

Accession Number: 1998.1252

Print

In the engraving of a family scene on July 4th, 1776, two men are leaving their American family (families) to fight for independence. An older man and woman, probably the parents, are on both sides of the young men. Mounted in a 3 in. gilt frame.

Date: 1847

Maker: Mattyson, T. H., Esq. (Painter) Sadd, Henry S., 1835-1884 (Engraver) Neale, John (Publisher)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18568

Accession Number: 1998.1253

Photograph

The photo is mounted in a white painted frame w/ gilt highlights. In this photograph, 3 horse-drawn carriages are captured while paused along a road that was probably blasted from the cliff. There is a drop off into a valley & Mt. Abram looms in the background.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), photographs

GUSN: 18569

Accession Number: 1998.1254

Photograph

Photograph of a painting. In carved rustic, brown frame. Eleven figures are in rowboat on a lake depicting the journey of life. To one side of rower, 3 children are looking out apparently excited about the future. In front of the rower, a couple is courting, another young couple has a young child in...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), photographs

GUSN: 18570

Accession Number: 1998.1255

Painting

In this nighttime scene, the moon reflects on the river and two large trees are seen in the foreground. A row of trees is seen on both banks of the river and a large hill rises up in the background. The painting is mounted in a gilt frame.

Date: 1852-1856

Maker: Tucker, Mary Geraldine, 1841-1922 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, painting (coating)

GUSN: 18571

Accession Number: 1998.1256

Candlestick

Pair of brass candlesticks; rectangular base with turned stick.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), molding (forming)

GUSN: 18572

Accession Number: 1998.1257.1-2

Vase

Ceramic vase of a woman holding a cornucopia; gilded edges; woman in floral dress with floral wreath on her head; cornucopia has bluish tint.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic glaze, gilding, underpainting

GUSN: 18573

Accession Number: 1998.1258

Mantel clock

Mantel clock with cast iron painted and gilded case. Edges elaborately detailed with leaves and drops. Paw feet. [A small sticker on each round glass face piece]

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18574

Accession Number: 1998.1259

Franklin stove

Franklin stove with Gothic decoration; black cast iron with gothic arches, relief molding, pendants; front loading door with handle; reliefs of stars and castles as well.

Date: 1859

Maker: A.C. Barstow & Co. (Maker)

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), molding (forming), relief (sculpture techniques)

GUSN: 18575

Accession Number: 1998.1260

Bootjack

Bootjack w/ platform for boot and gripping tong; screwed on plate where maker's mark may have been but is now completely worn off.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18576

Accession Number: 1998.1261

Pot holder

Yellow crocheted pot holder w/ tufts on each side. Small hole for hanging.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, yarn

GUSN: 18577

Accession Number: 1998.1262

Photograph

In a copper metallic frame, a photograph captures a two-horse wagon that is paused along a fence. A road in the background winds through the valley and trees and shrubery can be seen along the slope sides. The mountains rise in the background.

Date: 1850

Maker: W.H. Jackson & ? (Maker)

Material: albumen (egg white), photographs

GUSN: 18578

Accession Number: 1998.1263

Print

Mounted in a 1/2 in. gilt frame. In this scene, many children are gathered around a central male older figure who bows to the last boy entering the room. The older gentleman appears to be teaching the children as they listen and/or write. In the background an open archway shows trees and a natural s...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Mulready, William (Painter) Smyth, J. T. (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 18579

Accession Number: 1998.1264

Side chair

Set of three Grecian side chairs, mahogany w/ simple crest rail of crotch mahogany veneer. Curved stiles and legs. Upholstered in a printed cretonne.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 18580

Accession Number: 1998.1265.1

Side chair

Set of three Grecian side chairs, mahogany w/ simple crest rail of crotch mahogany veneer. Curved stiles and legs. Upholstered in a printed cretonne.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 18581

Accession Number: 1998.1265.2

Side chair

Set of three Grecian side chairs, mahogany w/ simple crest rail of crotch mahogany veneer. Curved stiles and legs. Upholstered in a printed cretonne.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 18582

Accession Number: 1998.1265.3

Side chair

Empire side chair w/ scalloped crest and solid lyre splat. Cabriole front legs; back legs slightly flared. Slip-set reupholstered in printed cretonne.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 18583

Accession Number: 1998.1266

Rocking chair

Rocking chair w/ a carved crest of grapes and leaves, scrolled knuckles on arms. Metal supports running beneath arms. Rococo Revival upholstered in printed cretonne.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 18584

Accession Number: 1998.1267

Slipper chair

Slipper chair w/ low arms. Curved crest, stiles, and legs. On casters. Upholstered in printed cretonne.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18585

Accession Number: 1998.1268

Footstool

Footstool, formerly a child's Windsor rocker, now upholstered in printed cretonne on top and as a skirt. Original rocker legs (painted green) have been roughly refashioned into jagged edges at feet.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 18586

Accession Number: 1998.1269

Sofa bed

Sofa bed. Incised geometric detail on crest and sides. Tufted upholstery on seat, apron and back. Three legs (front ones curved) on either side. Rests on casters.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: Sidney Squires & Co. (Maker)

Material: oak (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 18587

Accession Number: 1998.1270

Throw pillow

Needlepoint pillow floral design on purple ground. Brown velvet back. Floral design poss. roses.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), needlepoint (needleworking), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 18588

Accession Number: 1998.1271

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