Historic New England

Dressing Robe

Printed paisley stripe - multicolored paisleys on plum/brown ground alternates with band of five stripes (light blue, red, white, yellow, and green) with stylized and geometric floral patterns. Quilted plum taffeta around neck, shoulders and center front to hem. Cuffs with bell-shaped sleeves (als...

Date: 1853-1863

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 30716

Accession Number: 1925.691

Travelling Costume

Brown wool challis; high neckline; long sleeves with box pleats and covered buttons at shoulder and tucked inner arm. Turned back cuffs; center front of bodice, cape, and collar trimmed with olive velvet in scalloped pattern with brown silk tape. Tucks above and below waist; bodice support is bon...

Date: 1858-1863

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), wool (textile)

GUSN: 30717

Accession Number: 1925.692A-D

Dressing gown

Dressing gown, printed cotton with brown vertical stripes alternating with cream stripes and geometric pattern of squares. High neckline with piping; ruffle along center front from neck to hem. Long sleeves with ruffles at shoulders and extending from cuffs to elbow. Smocking at back; cartridge ple...

Date: 1858-1863

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30718

Accession Number: 1925.693

Waistcoat?

Black & white striped (narrow stripes); single breasted; turnover collar with revers; 5 buttonholes; cut away; waist seam; back pleat opening; 2 pairs buttonholes at cuffs; 2 breast pockets.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), checker pattern, stitching

GUSN: 30719

Accession Number: 1925.695

Coat, Cutaway

Black & white (broad) stripes; turnover collar; single breasted; 3 buttonholes; 1 breast pocket; waist seam; flap at back with 2 pockets hidden; cut away coat.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), checker pattern, stitching

GUSN: 30720

Accession Number: 1925.696

Pants

Blue and white checked; full fall front; button waist with two pockets; waist is high and curved at back; back tab closure missing; silver covered wooden buttons.

Date: 1834 C-1867 c

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), checker pattern

GUSN: 30721

Accession Number: 1925.698

Pants

White; light blue stripes; full fall front with seven buttons; waist with three buttons; three pockets; waistband curves at back; sixteen silver plated buttons in all.

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 30722

Accession Number: 1925.699

Pants

Cream with tan and black pinstripes; fall front with waistband with three buttons; two pockets; brass buttons; tab closure at back; linen lining at cuff.

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: Wilson, J. (Jr.) (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30723

Accession Number: 1925.700

WALLET

Brown with white kid lining; flap (strap missing) closure with "X" on front and back; 6 compartments, one has flap and tongue.

Date: 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: hand sewing, leather

GUSN: 30725

Accession Number: 1925.704

Painted Cloth

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30726

Accession Number: 1925.709

Painted Cloth

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30727

Accession Number: 1925.710

Sculpture of boy

Parian sculpture of a seat boy holding a bird.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 30728

Accession Number: 1925.717

Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 30729

Accession Number: 1925.718

Hood

White silk trimmed with coral satin; quilted diamond pattern; thin batting; cap-shaped hood with angled lappets; brim brimmed with coral satin ruching; neck and edges trimmed with coral satin ribbon, with streamers; lined with white cotton muslin.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30730

Accession Number: 1925.720

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30731

Accession Number: 1925.722

Folding Fan and Box

FAN (A): Thirteen sticks and two guards of ivory; sticks are pierced and inalid with silver (motifs of birds and scroll and base with flower); guards have inlaid meander; leaf of white kid is painted with watercolor: center oval medallion shows village scene of farmers cutting hay, with horse and w...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: Duvelleroy, J. (Maker)

Material: inlay (process), ivory (tooth component), kidskin, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), piercing

GUSN: 30732

Accession Number: 1925.723 AB

Bell Crank

Brass bell cranks attached by wire to angle irons (1925.727).

Date: 1795-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 30733

Accession Number: 1925.726

Lantern

Brass lantern with tinted glass. Possibly for use in a photography dark room.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 30735

Accession Number: 1925.733

Gunpowder Flask

Flattened, oval metal flask painted red with round oval label. Lable is white printed with black image of man pointed shotgun with dog at his feet. Text on label reads: "Sea Shooting Gunpowder, Hazard Powder Co, Hazardville Con., Duck Size No. 1."

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30736

Accession Number: 1925.736

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 30737

Accession Number: 1925.741AB

Skewer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30738

Accession Number: 1925.747

Navigational Instrument

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 30740

Accession Number: 1925.751

Spectacles

Metal spectacles [.1] with a leather case [.2]. Round lenses with a c bridge. Double hinged side arms with ring finials.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), lenses (components), wood (plant material), leather

GUSN: 30741

Accession Number: 1925.752.1-.2

Handbag

Green cotton with tan striped pattern and geen silk handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 30742

Accession Number: 1925.756

Pair of Gloves

White cotton half arm-length gloves.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30743

Accession Number: 1925.757

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30744

Accession Number: 1925.758

Portrait of John Hancock

Framed mezzotint portrait of John Hancock, published in 1775.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30805

Accession Number: 1926.42

Tufted rug

Rectangular; knitted white cotton yarn base; polychromatic wool tufted design sewn in. Rectangular center pile with striped hit or miss pattern. Framed by double border; blue/grey inner line and blue, green and red dotted outer line.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), knitting (process), tufting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 30808

Accession Number: 1926.49

Needlework Coat of Arms

"By the Name of Willard" inscribed motto ribbon for this coat of arms (possibly imaginary --Willard arms are different), consisting of three tigers or leopards' heads in an argent field on a shield outlined in copper spangles, surmounted by a helmet flanked with worked mantling and another tiger or ...

Date: ca. 1794

Maker: Attributed to Willard, Mary (Maker)

Material: embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30809

Accession Number: 1926.50

Saltcellar

Blue and white; oval eight-sided rectangle with butterfly, cell and drape border around base and network border with floral reserves around rim of top; right-oriented landscape scene of three-story building atop bridge with figures passing below, right; second bridge with figure carrying load, left ...

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 30810

Accession Number: 1926.55

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30811

Accession Number: 1926.57

Shaving Mug

Blue, transfer print pearlware shaving mug depicting pastoral scene with fountain and stream; distant village and mountains; tower ruin with cattle and herder. Mug body and handle have been repaired.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating), pearlware

GUSN: 30812

Accession Number: 1926.60

Soup plate

Earthenware plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed "Bamboo" pattern. Three large floral sprays on rim and central scene of bamboo and flowers sprouting from lilypad-strewn pond.

Date: 1844-1859

Maker: Thomas Dimmock & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30814

Accession Number: 1926.62

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Border of alternating medallions, featuring nautical scenes, and floral sprays. Central scene depicts Medina.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Jacob Furnival & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30815

Accession Number: 1926.63

Boots

Pink kid; ankle boot w/ scalloped edged side button closure; 10 small white buttons; topstitched; top has scalloped edge and is higher at front; round square toe; round throat; 2 3/4" vamp; center back and center front seams; sole has narrow waist; shaped for left and right; 1" self-covered heel; wh...

Date: ca. 1872

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, linen (material), stitching, machine-made

GUSN: 30816

Accession Number: 1926.64AB

Soup plate

"British Views", dark blue with fruit and flower border; modest cottage with geese, dog, man and woman chopping wood.

Date: 1820-1828

Maker: Henshall & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30817

Accession Number: 1926.386

"Ladies' Hair Pins" Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 30818

Accession Number: 1926.68

Pair of Gloves

Cream leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30819

Accession Number: 1926.79AB

Cap

Cotton cap with dotted pattern in fabric. Wide cap strings

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30820

Accession Number: 1926.80

Pair of Gloves

White leather gloves with tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30821

Accession Number: 1926.81AB

Handkerchief

White handkerchief with small white stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30822

Accession Number: 1926.82

Powder Horn

Engraved powder horn with chamfered tip, geometric throat, concave wood plug with turned stopper, two iron rings. Crudely engraved images include animals and buildings.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30824

Accession Number: 1926.86

Quilt Fragment

Plain cotton weave upper in green and off-white depicting log cabin, barrel of hard cider, portrait of Harrison in ellipse with words "Harrison And Reform" in band below portrait. Floral garlands and motifs throughout image. Backing is comprised of pieces of differently patterned plain cotton weave....

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30825

Accession Number: 1926.87

Pincushion

Pincushion made of a badge worn at the Cochituate Water celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848.

Date: 1848

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 30826

Accession Number: 1926.94

Needle Case

Fold-up pink velvet needle case with transluscent beaded floral and leaf decoration; beaded fringe trim; interior lined with blue silk; pincushion and pocket.

Date: 1876-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), beads by form

GUSN: 30827

Accession Number: 1926.96