Historic New England

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49666

Accession Number: 1980.12.2

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49667

Accession Number: 1980.13.1

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49668

Accession Number: 1980.13.2

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49669

Accession Number: 1980.14.1

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49670

Accession Number: 1980.14.2

Lamp burner

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 49671

Accession Number: 1980.15

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49672

Accession Number: 1980.16

Doorbell

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49673

Accession Number: 1980.18

Finial

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49674

Accession Number: 1980.19.1

Finial

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49675

Accession Number: 1980.19.2

Finial

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49676

Accession Number: 1980.19.3

Medal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49677

Accession Number: 1980.20

Jamb Hook

Mounting plate with two holes; screw-in finials with urns.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49678

Accession Number: 1980.22.1-.2

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49679

Accession Number: 1980.23

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49680

Accession Number: 1980.24

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49681

Accession Number: 1980.25

Scarab Paperweight

Earthenware paperweight with green glaze molded in the shape of a scarab beetle.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Grueby Faience Company (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 49682

Accession Number: 1980.26

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 49683

Accession Number: 1980.27

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49684

Accession Number: 1980.28.1

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49685

Accession Number: 1980.28.2

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49686

Accession Number: 1980.28.3

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49687

Accession Number: 1980.29.1

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49688

Accession Number: 1980.29.2

Tieback

Metal tieback with ceramic front decorated with black transfer-print of landscape with figure and tower.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 49689

Accession Number: 1980.30.1

Tieback

Metal tieback with ceramic front decorated with black transfer-print of exotic landscape with tower.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, metal

GUSN: 49690

Accession Number: 1980.30.2

Tieback

Metal tieback with porcelain front. Porcelain is painted with the image of a woman wearing a hat tied around her chin with blue ribbon.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, metal

GUSN: 49691

Accession Number: 1980.31

Tieback

Metal tieback with porcelain face decorated with profile of a woman.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, metal

GUSN: 49692

Accession Number: 1980.32

Notebook

Small ivory writing tablet with stamped days of the week (Monday-Saturday), silver colored metal clasp and un-monogrammed shield shape on front.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 49693

Accession Number: 1980.34

Pillowcase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 49694

Accession Number: 1980.35

White linen slipcover, roughly square with rounded corners. Four curling leaf motifs on quilted ground on face. Self-piping all around. 6-1/2" wide plain drop. Drawstring in hem. Linen backing on quilted area.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, quilting, upholstering, whitework

GUSN: 49695

Accession Number: 1980.37

Salt and Pepper Shakers

Each has a pierced bell-form cover with a reel-like finial on a baluster form body, and a flared circular molded base.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Poole Silver Co. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 51112

Accession Number: 1986.763.1-2

Goblet

A tulip-shaped cup with a rolled rim on a spoolturned stem and a stepped circular foot. the bowl of the cup and the foot are decorated with bands of dots and incised lines.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51113

Accession Number: 1986.764

Log Currier

Made of rattan, with a wrapped handle and a frame with turned finials that hold a woven "U" shaped center. It has splayed arched feet.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Heywood Bros. & Co. (Maker)

Material: rattan, reed (grass, material), splints (lighting devices)

GUSN: 51114

Accession Number: 1986.765

Fireplace Poker

Wrought iron rod with a hook at one end and a loop/eye at the other end.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 51115

Accession Number: 1986.767

Cup and saucer

A)--Cups w/ deep tulip shaped bowls tapering at base to narrower foot w/ applied "C" shaped gilt handle. The cup decorated w/ wide gold band at rim and narrow gold band at foot. B)--Saucers of circular form w/ slightly flared rim and sloping sides to recessed center. Wide gilt band at edge; narrow ...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: William Guerin & Co. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51116

Accession Number: 1986.772.1AB

Table Knife

The handle is of stering silver in a elongated tear drop shape, molded in a pattern of ribs and leaves (acanthus?). The blade is stainless steel.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), silver (metal), stainless steel, sterling silver

GUSN: 51117

Accession Number: 1986.773

Nutpick

Each has an acorn finial on a spiral incised rod-shaped handle.

Date: 1880-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 51118

Accession Number: 1986.774.1-12

Carving Knife

A sterling silver handle of elongated tear shape, molded in stylized petal, leaf(acanthus) and rib motif. It ends at a shaped guard.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Possibly Gorham & Co. (Maker)

Material: leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), silver (metal), stainless steel, sterling silver

GUSN: 51119

Accession Number: 1986.776.1

Ladle

A fiddle back terminal with a "dogs nose" tip on a long handle, with chamfered sides and rounded spurs above a deep, ovoid-shaped bowl.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51120

Accession Number: 1986.777

Bowl

Of low convex form with a simple chased border. It has a wide circular mouth, with a flat molded lip over bands of incised lines and chased stylized flowerheads and dots. It is raised on a circular molded fet.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Glendining, Herman W., Mr. (Maker)

Material: chasing, wrought, handmade, silver (metal), sterling silver

GUSN: 51121

Accession Number: 1986.778

Bowl

A squarish-rounded edge with a flared rim. It has a shaped cutaway and scroll incised corners on a deep bowl, with sloping sides and a flat round base.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Towle Silversmiths (Maker)

Material: silver (metal), sterling silver

GUSN: 51122

Accession Number: 1986.779

Trivet

Each is of a flat circular form in three graduated sizes. The silver plate tops are stamped with a wheel-like design of obelisks and urns with flowers. These are around a central medallion and wrapped around a press board base.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: pressboard, silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51123

Accession Number: 1986.780.1

Souvenir Spoon

A simple shallow egg-shaped bowl on a handle stem. It is cast in the form of a flowering vine with a shield and crown shaped terminus with the Medici(?) family coat of arms.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51124

Accession Number: 1986.782

Souvenir Spoon

Each is cast with a crown and shield shaped terminus with a Medici coat-of-arms; this is on a flowering vine patterned shaft and an egg-shaped bowl.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51125

Accession Number: 1986.783.1

Spoon

Each is cast with a fleur-de-lys terminus on an intertwined flowering vine shaft and an egg-shaped bowl.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51126

Accession Number: 1986.784.1

Teaspoon

Each has a shaped modified fiddle-back handle with a "dog nose" rib at the upturned end. It has an egg-shaped bowl and rounded spurs at the base of the handle shaft.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Towle & Jones (Maker)

Material: coin silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51127

Accession Number: 1986.785.1

Jardiniere

A red earthenware jardiniere, of low round shape with a rounded rim. It is on three squat feet, thickly potted, and the outside is covered with a Grenby/art-pottery style matte. It is matted in a dark-green glaze, while the inside has a clear lead glaze.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lead (metal), throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51128

Accession Number: 1986.787

Bowl

Pewter bowl; basin form with a flaring rolled rim; slightly convex base.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Winthrop Pewter (Maker)

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

GUSN: 51129

Accession Number: 1986.788

Dish

A Mexican earthenware dish, of very shallow round form with short upturned rim and a shallow foot ring. It is covered with mottled green lead glaze and an underglaze black. It is painted with stylized tulip and square geometric design.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lead (metal), painting (coating), throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51130

Accession Number: 1986.789

Bookend

An upright rectangular block, which is hand painted with a pastoral scene of a church in a field enclosed by trees. It is in an oval reserve in gold, black and brown. A splint of wood serves as a horizontal support. It has a varnish finish.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (image-making), hand-painted, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 51131

Accession Number: 1986.790.1-2

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