Historic New England

Placemat

Rectangular white cotton placemat with embroidered basket of flowers in center.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Worcester, Sarah Ames Lothrop (Maker)

GUSN: 103651

Accession Number: 2008.29.1

Placemat

Rectangular white cotton placemat with embroidered flowers surrounding a circular open work medallion with five hanging tassels along bottom.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Worcester, Sarah Ames Lothrop (Maker)

GUSN: 103652

Accession Number: 2008.29.2

Placemat

Rectangular white cotton placemat with embroidered bellflowers and leaves with open work medallions and three hanging tassels from bottom.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Worcester, Sarah Ames Lothrop (Maker)

GUSN: 103653

Accession Number: 2008.29.3

Table Runner

White cotton crocheted table runner with floral and scroll leaf open work pattern.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Worcester, Sarah Ames Lothrop (Maker)

GUSN: 103654

Accession Number: 2008.29.4.1

Placemats

Pair of white cotton placemats with an embroidered open work floral and scroll leaf pattern.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Worcester, Sarah Ames Lothrop (Maker)

GUSN: 103655

Accession Number: 2008.29.4.2-3

Opera Glasses and Case

Mother of pearl and brass opera glasses [.1] with a leather fitted case [.2] lined in blue satin.

Date: 1871-1890

Maker: L. Kimball & Son (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), mother of pearl, leather

GUSN: 103656

Accession Number: 2008.30.1-.2

The John Hancock House, Boston, Mass.

Oil painting of the John Hancock House on Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Gilt wood frame.

Date: 1859

Maker: Furneaux, Charles (Painter)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 103657

Accession Number: 2008.38

Ladle

Large silver ladle with shaped handle engraved with an engraved "B."

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Cogswell, Henry, 1824-1865 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103658

Accession Number: 2008.42

Bowl

Plain wooden shallow bowl with machine created concentric circles on the interior and exterior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103659

Accession Number: 1913.195

Bowl

Plain wooden shallow round bowl.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103660

Accession Number: 1913.196

Bowl

Round wooden shallow bowl with concentric circles on the interior and exterior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103661

Accession Number: 1913.197

Rectangular cream plastic radio with a gold metal speaker cover on front, round tuner dial under glass on right over two brown plastic tuning knobs, black plastic handle attached to top. Brown plastic covered wire and plug on reverse.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103662

Accession Number: 2008.34.1

Wall Clock

Square metal wall clock painted cream with a round face behind glass with black numbers, black plastic hour and minute hands and a red second hand, wire and plug on reverse.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: General Electric Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103663

Accession Number: 2008.34.2

Stool

Wooden stool with round flat seat painted red, three bent rectangular wood legs.

Date: 1932-1933

Maker: Aalto, Alvar (Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976) (Designer)

GUSN: 103664

Accession Number: 2008.34.4.1

Stool

Wooden stool with round flat seat painted black, three bent rectangular wood legs.

Date: 1932-1933

Maker: Aalto, Alvar (Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976) (Designer)

GUSN: 103665

Accession Number: 2008.34.4.2

Stool

Wooden stool with round flat seat painted blue, three bent rectangular wood legs.

Date: 1932-1933

Maker: Aalto, Alvar (Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976) (Designer)

GUSN: 103666

Accession Number: 2008.34.4.3

Coffee Table

Round wood table with round indent on top, three metal legs with black rubber covers on feet.

Date: 1949-1957

Maker: Eames, Charles (Designer) Herman Miller Furniture Company (Retailer)

GUSN: 103669

Accession Number: 2008.34.5

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

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather, featuring a symmetrical design with scrolls, swags, winged cherubs, fruit and urns. Gold on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103577

Accession Number: 2008.6.99

Batik Bed Skirt and Fragment

Cotton bed skirt for a twin bed. White and blue floral batik style gathered skirt lined with black cotton. Fragment of batik fabric in same pattern and color.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103578

Accession Number: 2005.1.5AB

Bedspread

Woven cotton twin size bedspread with dark blue horizontal stripes on a cream ground. Fragment of same material.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103579

Accession Number: 2005.1.6AB

Tablecloth

Cotton tablecloth. Blue, yellow and tan crosshatch pattern on a white ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Neumann, Vera (Designer) The Vera Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103580

Accession Number: 2005.1.7

Tablecloth

Cotton tablecloth. White woven cloth with printed yellow cherry design.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Neumann, Vera (Designer) The Vera Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103581

Accession Number: 2005.1.8.1

Napkin

Cotton napkin. White napkin with a bunch of printed yellow cherries in one corner, yellow edge.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103582

Accession Number: 2005.1.8.2

Men's Bathing Suit

Men's wool bathing suit. Blue wool shorts with a knitted vertical stripe pattern, draw string waist band, five belt loops, a small pocket on right side with flap and button, and a fish appliqué on front left leg.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Catalina (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103583

Accession Number: 2008.10.1

Bathing Suit

Men's wool bathing suit [a] with belt [b]. Blue wool shorts with a knitted zigzag pattern, small pocket with flap and button at top right front, white woven cotton belt with metal buckle.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Jantzen Knitting Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 103584

Accession Number: 2008.10.2AB

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration-center scene of a young woman leaning on a wooden fence with a dog at her feet.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103585

Accession Number: 2008.9.4

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration, center scene of a couple in a field with two sheep.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103586

Accession Number: 2008.9.1

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration, center scene of a couple in the woods feeding two deer.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103587

Accession Number: 2008.9.2

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration, center scene of a young woman in Empire-style dress smelling flowers. Iron gate behind her.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103588

Accession Number: 2008.9.3

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration, center scene of a couple standing in the doorway of a wooden shelter.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 103589

Accession Number: 2008.9.6

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration, center scene of a couple standing in the doorway of a wooden shelter.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103590

Accession Number: 2008.9.5

Piano Stool

Swivel piano stool. Round wooden swivel seat with reed border upholstered in red velvet, tripod wooden base with turned center post and three s-curve shaped legs, nipple shaped finial at bottom.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Briggs, Joshua (Maker)

GUSN: 103591

Accession Number: 2008.8

Letter Holder

Painted red wooden letter holder. Contains: Western Union Telegram; 1939 letter to Mrs. Bertram K. Little from John B. Little; 1943 letter to John B. Little from Clarence Wilson Brazer; 1947 letter to John B. Little and Warren M. Little from Mrs. Bertram K. Little; Undated letter to John B. Little a...

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: Little, John B. (Maker)

GUSN: 103592

Accession Number: 2008.11.1A-N

Door Knocker

Door knocker in the form of a woodpecker. Flat wooden woodpecker painted in red, black and white attached to a piece of tree with bark.

Date: ca. 1937

Maker: Little, John B. (Maker)

GUSN: 103593

Accession Number: 2008.11.2

'Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Clear molded glass with round straight body and long tapered neck, white and black label with gold background, partial green and white paper stamp at top of neck.

Date: ca. 1942

Maker: Bernheim Distilling Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103594

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.1

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Clear molded glass with rectangular shaped body and short tapered neck, black screw-on metal cap, red and white paper stamp over cap, and cream paper label with red, gold and blue on front.

Date: 1942

Maker: Austin Nichols & Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103595

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.2

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Clear molded glass with round straight body and long tapered neck, white and black label at front and back, partial stamp in white, green and red at top of neck.

Date: 1946

Maker: Gibson Distilling Company (Manufacturer) Joseph S. Finch & Co. Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103596

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.3

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Clear molded glass with round body with molded gadroons along base and shoulders, long tapered neck, gold cap, white label with a color image of a plantation on a river with a steam boat, red and white stamp over adhered over the cap.

Date: 1942

Maker: Southern Comfort Corporation (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103597

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.4

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Brown molded glass with round body, long tapered neck, gold metal cap, gold label with a scalloped edge, yellow paper label in the shape of a rope around neck, two paper stamps affixed over cap.

Date: 1942

Maker: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Limited (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103598

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.5

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Green molded glass with round body, long tapered neck, two white paper labels on front with black lettering..

Date: 1942

Maker: James Buchanan & Co., Limited (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103599

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.6

"Nip" Liquor Bottle

"Nip" liquor bottle. Green molded glass with rectangular shaped body and short tapered neck, metal flip cap, red and white paper stamp over cap, and paper label with black and gold lettering on cream background.

Date: 1942

Maker: James Buchanan & Co., Limited (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103600

Accession Number: 2008.11.3.7

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