Historic New England

Wedding Gown

Lavender-opal satin wedding dress with train. Faux pearl buttons down front, lace at collar and cuffs, pleated insets on train. Pink fabric roses attached at hip.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 103670

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.1

Wedding Veil

Ivory tulle veil.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: tulle (meshed textile)

GUSN: 103671

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.2AB

Wax Flower Hair Ornament

Wax orange blossom flower hair ornament.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 103672

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.4

Pair of Wedding Shoes

Pair of white leather shoes with heels and pleated satin bows (detached).

Date: ca. 1883

Maker: Thayer McNeil & Hodgkins (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 103673

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.3AB

Lace Fragments from Wedding Dress

Two fragments of ivory lace with a floral design and a lace bow.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 103674

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.5A-C

Silk Fragment from a Wedding Dress

Piece of lavender-opal silk fabric.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103675

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.6

Piece of Tulle from a Wedding Veil

Piece of folded ivory tulle.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: tulle (meshed textile)

GUSN: 103676

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.7

Bride Doll

Small doll with porcelain face, hand and feet. Dressed in a white satin wedding dress with a lace collar, pearls, tulle veil and a bouquet of wax orange blossoms.

Date: 1883

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, satin

GUSN: 103677

Accession Number: 2008.28.1.8

Corset

Ivory satin corset with lace trim along top, lace up back and button and hooks along front, four straps with metal buckles.

Date: ca. 1895

Maker: unknown

Material: satin

GUSN: 103678

Accession Number: 2008.28.2

Evening Gown

Ivory chiffon evening gown with lace overlay, beaded fringed décolleté neckline, short puffed sleeves, and train.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: chiffon, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 103679

Accession Number: 2008.28.3

Pair of Shoes

Pair high heeled shoes covered in ivory satin with square rhinestone buckles.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Jones Peterson & Newhall Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: satin, rhinestone

GUSN: 103680

Accession Number: 2008.28.4.1AB

Pair of Shoe Trees

Pair of wooden shoe trees.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Jones Peterson & Newhall Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103681

Accession Number: 2008.28.4.2AB

Tea Napkins

Twelve white silk tea napkins with hand painted floral sprays in center and silk fringe along sides.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103682

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.1-12

Table Runner

White silk table runner with hand painted floral sprays and silk fringe at ends.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103683

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.13

Envelope

Paper envelope containing hand painted tea napkins and table runner, painted white and purple floral spray on front with handwritten note.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103684

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.14

Shawl

Ivory silk shawl with embroidered floral pattern and crocheted silk fringe along each edge.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), crocheting

GUSN: 103685

Accession Number: 2008.28.6.2

Shawl Box

Hinged wood box covered in black lacquer and painted yellow flowers at corners of lid, center painted "Mehaffey," metal hinges and lock in front.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 103686

Accession Number: 2008.28.6.1

Doll Dress

White cotton dress with pink rosebuds, short flared sleeves, gathered waist, full skirt, lace trim at sleeves, collar and chest.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103690

Accession Number: 2008.34.3.6

Aluminum coffee percolator with tapered body, s curve spout, black c shaped handle, and stepped round base with two electric prongs, removable lid with teardrop shaped glass finial. Removable aluminum strainer inside and detachable black and white cord.

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103694

Accession Number: 2008.46.1A-E

Universal Electric Percolator Box

Rectangular cardboard box with black label with orange border.

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103695

Accession Number: 2008.46.2

Pen Nib on Original Card

Metal pen nib attached to original cardboard card featuring a castle and lake scene over a bust portrait of a young man and a scrolling leaf and thistle border in white on an orange background.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Joseph Gillott's (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103696

Accession Number: 2008.41

Cloth Fragment

Triangular shaped cotton cloth fragment in dark brown with light brown vertical stripes and red and beige diamonds.

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103697

Accession Number: 1953.614

Ribbon

Green and white silk ribbon tied in a bow.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 103698

Accession Number: 1953.615

Patterns

Two patterns cut out of the 1870 Portland, Maine newspaper.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103699

Accession Number: 1953.616.1-2

Lighting Device

Wooden rectangular candle box painted green. Slide lid with three semicircle shaped finger grooves.

Date: 1865-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103700

Accession Number: 2008.43.1AB

Dinner Forks

Set of four dinner forks with pointed oval handles and four tines.

Date: 1865

Maker: Rogers, William (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103701

Accession Number: 2008.43.2.1-.4

Forks

Set of four dinner forks with pointed oval handles and four tines.

Date: 1865

Maker: Rogers & Brothers (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103702

Accession Number: 2008.43.3.1-.4

Dinner Fork

Silver dinner fork with pointed oval handles and four tines.

Date: 1865

Maker: Rogers & Brothers (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103703

Accession Number: 2008.43.4

Dinner Knife Blade

Silverplated dinner knife blade, missing handle.

Date: 1860-1920

Maker: Edwards, James, 1842-1882 (Manufacturer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103704

Accession Number: 2008.43.5

Dinner Knife Blades

Pair of silver dinner knife blades.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: Horton & Co. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103705

Accession Number: 2008.43.6.1-.2

Dinner Knife Blades

Pair of silver dinner knife blades with a broken bone handle.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), bone (material)

GUSN: 103706

Accession Number: 2008.43.7.1-.2

Dinner Knife

Silver dinner knife with a plastic handle and a rounded blade.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 103707

Accession Number: 2008.43.8

Knife Handle

Rectangular bone knife handle.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material)

GUSN: 103708

Accession Number: 2008.43.9

Butter Knife

Silver butter knife with an upturned oval handle and a curved blade.

Date: 1865

Maker: Reed & Barton (Manufacturer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103709

Accession Number: 2008.43.10

Chest of Drawers

Wooden chest of drawers painted mustard yellow with floral and scroll stencil decoration on drawers and top, four equal size drawers with round wood pulls, turned pilasters on sides of front, reverse serpentine shaped skirt.

Date: ca. 1859

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103710

Accession Number: 2008.26.1.1

Dresser Mirror

Rectangular wood mirror [A] painted yellow with floral and scroll stencil decoration, serpentine shaped crown [B], two turned supports on each side [C and D].

Date: ca. 1859

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103711

Accession Number: 2008.26.1.2A-D

Box with Lid

Round box made of birch bark with lid. Lid and box are embroidered with dyed moosehair in a floral pattern. Flower on lid is likely a morning glory or convolvulus, a motif often used in Wendat (Huron) women's moosehai embroidery.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103402

Accession Number: 1969.19159AB

Trunk with Wallpaper Lining

Small black leather covered trunk with brass tacks along edges and in a double diamond pattern on cover, brass handle at top, black metal lock at front, inside is lined with pink wallpaper with white zigzag and wavy vertical lines and orange flowers (2001.119.2).

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wallpapers, leather, wood and wood products

GUSN: 103403

Accession Number: 2001.119.1

Set of Napkin Rings

Three round tortoiseshell napkin rings with carved horizontal bands.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103404

Accession Number: 1947.804.1-3

Pincushion

Shoe-shaped pin cushion covered in tan, brown and blue floral material, small red tassel at front, leather sole.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103405

Accession Number: 1947.805

Pincushion

Heart shaped pin cushion covered in red silk with white cotton stitching along edge, pink and green silk grosgrain ribbons attached.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103406

Accession Number: 1947.806

Cloth Fragment

Piece of tan cotton fabric with printed scenes in red of colonial houses, barns and the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103407

Accession Number: 1947.807

Trunk with Wallpaper Lining

Small rectangular trunk with rounded hinged top covered in cow hide, brass tacks and leather strips along edges, brass handle at top, brass lock at front, inside lined with block printed wallpaper with blue floral and swag pattern and polka-dots on cream ground (2001.117.2).

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: Fitz, Aaron (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103408

Accession Number: 2001.117.1

Trunk with Wallpaper Lining

Small black leather covered rectangular trunk with round hinged top, edged in red leather with brass tacks, yellow painted lines on front, back and cover, inside lined with block printed wallpaper with white and green scrolling flowers on a light blue ground (2001.118.2).

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wallpapers, leather

GUSN: 103409

Accession Number: 2001.118.1