Historic New England

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40499

Accession Number: 1940.238

Silver card case (.1ab) and manufacturer's box (.2). Four vignettes, featuring filigree bearded dragon amid swirling clouds, on front and back sides of card case. Panels are bordered by delicate floral filigree pattern, suspended by rectangular framework of case. Small flat rectangular fabric-cover...

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 40500

Accession Number: 1940.239.1AB-.2

Toilet Bottle

Glass toilet bottle with a stopper. Ribbed body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 40501

Accession Number: 1940.240AB

Fan

Pierced ivory sticks with silver inlay; white silk leaf cut like petals, brocaded with gren leaves and red and pink flowers; shell washer, carved brass ring; white silk and metallic thread cord and tassel.

Date: 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), inlay (process), ivory (tooth component), piercing, silk (textile)

GUSN: 40502

Accession Number: 1940.241

Bellows

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40503

Accession Number: 1940.243

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verses sampler on natural linen ground. Polychromatic threads. Verse is worked in a border that runs along top and sides. Two pine trees at bottom. Alphabets: #1 complete, some letters repeated; #2 complete. Stitches used: cross stitch, rococo, satin stitch, and star stitch.

Date: 1787

Maker: Peabody, Lucretia, 1779-1854 (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 40504

Accession Number: 1940.251

Needlework Picture

Lace needlework design on fabric with outlines.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40505

Accession Number: 1940.256

Pair of Cuffs

Pair of cotton cuffs with lace trim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40506

Accession Number: 1940.259AB

Guimpe or Dickey

White linen and lace.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40508

Accession Number: 1940.261

Pair of Cuffs

Pair of white embroidered cuffs with lace trim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40509

Accession Number: 1940.263AB

Pair of Cuffs

Pair of white embroidered cuffs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40511

Accession Number: 1940.264

Pair of Sleeves

White cotton sleeves with embroidered edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 40512

Accession Number: 1940.268

Writing Pad

Japanned writing pad. Front cover is inlaid with mother of pearl in a floral design framed by a painted gold frame embellished with palmettes, spearheads, and beading. Pearlized button in each corner. Back cover is black with a single gold painted floral bouquet in center. Pearlized button in each c...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mother of pearl, japanning

GUSN: 40513

Accession Number: 1940.271

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40514

Accession Number: 1940.299B

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40515

Accession Number: 1940.299C

Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40516

Accession Number: 1940.302

Sewing Kit

Blue leather envelope-shaped sewing kit with gold decorations around the outside and scissors, comb, mirror, and needles inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 40517

Accession Number: 1940.303

Banquet tablecloth

Fine, white linen damask; overall pattern of fine, delicate floral vines in rows and borders. Grape vines; ribboned floral swags. Floral medallions with swags; birds in center rows. Fringed edges.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, fringe, hand weaving, jacquard, weaving, linen (material), textiles

GUSN: 40518

Accession Number: 1940.306

The Last of His Tribe Visiting the Hunting Grounds of His Forefathers

Landscape with central lake, mountains in background. Two couples, fishing, seated on bank in foreground. Frame is ornate, oil gilded compo decoration. Has net underlayment for texture and to secure ornament. Corners have stylized leaf and scroll design

Date: 1849

Maker: Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 40519

Accession Number: 1940.309

Child's Dress

Long; white; embroidered "V" panel (bodice front) with stylized central flower bands of buttonhole wheel; embroidered capped and turned back sleeves with ruffle; eyelet waistband; three large tucks at hem; drawstring neckline and two cloth covered buttons at waist.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 40520

Accession Number: 1940.315

Carpetbag

Upholstered hooked rug with green, brown, red, and off-white paisley; metal key plate; rug-wound handle, linen interior.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40521

Accession Number: 1940.331

Infant's Cap

Fine lawn cotton infant's cap; decorated in drawnwork and whitework in series of floral vines, edged in bobbin lace; closure with draw string at center front and center back.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 40522

Accession Number: 1940.336

Photograph

Portrait, 3/4 length; young man seated with arm resting on table at left.

Date: 1855-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (image-making), hand-painted, photographs

GUSN: 40523

Accession Number: 1940.33

Antimacassar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting, stitching, twill

GUSN: 40682

Accession Number: 1940.679

Napkin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 40683

Accession Number: 1940.681

Slipcover

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40684

Accession Number: 1940.683

Calling Card Case

Wood calling card case with a lift top. Floral and scroll border surrounds a central vignette depicting a domestic scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40685

Accession Number: 1940.691AB

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40686

Accession Number: 1940.692

Calling Card Case

Wood hinged card case with ivory and metal inlay.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40687

Accession Number: 1940.693

Telescope

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40688

Accession Number: 1940.696

Eyeglass Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 40689

Accession Number: 1940.697

Pillowcase

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40690

Accession Number: 1940.703

Sewing Machine

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40691

Accession Number: 1940.705

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40692

Accession Number: 1940.711A

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40693

Accession Number: 1940.711B

Work or Jewelry Box

Paper covered brown and green workbox. Mirror affixed to interior of cover. Contains two keys.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), mirrors

GUSN: 40694

Accession Number: 1940.713

Box

A wooden medicine box covered in green leather with a gold geometric design. Interior compartmentalized into eighty two sections designed to hold medical vials.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 40695

Accession Number: 1940.714

Medicine Chest

A wooden box covered in black leather with a hinged cover and red felt lining. Interior is compartmentalized into seventy six sections occupied by medical vials. Each vial is labeled and corked.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, glass (material), cork (bark), felt (textile)

GUSN: 40696

Accession Number: 1940.715

Folding Fan

Bone or ivory sticks, pierced; paper leaf with embossed ground and printed with one medallion with old man, woman and child; paper has white ground, printed with architectual elements and birds and vases in pink and silver; reverse is white paper embossed with flowers and scrolls.

Date: 1840s

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), embossing, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 40697

Accession Number: 1940.721

Coffeepot

Cylindrical pewter coffeepot with S-shaped handle with curled ends and thumbrest. Hinged lid with disk and ball knop. Two bands around base at half inch and at one inch from bottom. Six-sided curved spout.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Probably Mory and Ober (Maker)

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

GUSN: 40698

Accession Number: 1940.724

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40699

Accession Number: 1940.726

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40700

Accession Number: 1940.727AB

Belt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40701

Accession Number: 1940.728

Pocket Watch

A Niagara Falls style wall pocket of black and red wool and edged in red fabric tape. Adorned with three dimensional, thick clear beadwork, with outlining and edging in clear beads, and fabric hanging loop at top.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), beads (pierced objects), beading (process), beadwork, cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 40703

Accession Number: 1940.730

Small Oval Box with Cover

Small oval paper box with cover. Top of cover covered with brown paper and small embossed bronze paper medallion with floral bouquet. Paper printed with bronze-colored fretwork pattern on white background covers sides of box.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 40704

Accession Number: 1940.731AB