Historic New England

Handbag

Cream and pink silk and cotton with floral embroidered lace at top and silk ribbon drawstring.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 38790

Accession Number: 1936.853

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 38791

Accession Number: 1936.854

Needle Case and Pincushion

Needlebook with perforated cardboard covers; bird designs on both sides; purple silk inside cushion and natural flannel for needles.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cardboard

GUSN: 38792

Accession Number: 1936.856

Pin Cushion

Round pin ball with cream colored fabric and green beaded decoration.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38793

Accession Number: 1936.857

Pocket Watch

A Niagara Falls style wall pocket of blue wool and adorned with three dimensional, thick clear beadwork, with outlining and edging in clear beads, and fribbon loop at top.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 38794

Accession Number: 1936.858

Pincushion

Hat-shaped pincushion; brown silk with blue ribbon trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 38795

Accession Number: 1936.860

Sewing Kit

Black felt needle case shaped like a hand and a sleeve with pink stitching.

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 38796

Accession Number: 1936.861

Beaker

Cylindrical pewter beaker with flared rim, incised bands below rim and near base.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 38798

Accession Number: 1936.869

Hourglass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38799

Accession Number: 1936.870

Sewing Bird

This bird-shaped sewing clamp has a round, red velvet pincushion mounted on its post. The post and table clamp were cast with a foliate motif.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38801

Accession Number: 1936.872

Thimble

Metal thimble.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38802

Accession Number: 1936.874

Thimble

Metal thimble.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38803

Accession Number: 1936.875

Thimble

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38804

Accession Number: 1936.876

Thimble

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38805

Accession Number: 1936.877

Small Scale and Weights in Case

Small scale and weights in wooden, hinged box with latch. Measurement conversions are written in pencil on a piece of paper affixed to the inside of the box cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, string (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 38806

Accession Number: 1936.883A-I

Napkin Ring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38807

Accession Number: 1936.886

Button

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38808

Accession Number: 1936.887

Button

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 38823

Accession Number: 1936.902

Vest

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38824

Accession Number: 1936.904

Candlestand

Cabriole legs; rounded snake feet; turned urn-and-column pillar; fixed square top with molded edges.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 39044

Accession Number: 1937.439

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39045

Accession Number: 1937.440

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39046

Accession Number: 1937.441

Box

Small cubical wood box with hinged cover. Mahogany with high gloss. Rounded brass corners on cover and brass trim on box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39047

Accession Number: 1937.442

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39048

Accession Number: 1937.443

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39049

Accession Number: 1937.445

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39054

Accession Number: 1937.453

Square base w/ canted corners. Stepped and tapered shaft, to a large inverted triangular knop, above which is a smaller knop, and then a third, which is flat in eight places around its middle: to plain shaft (1") and a circular mouth.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39055

Accession Number: 1937.458

Candlestick

Candlestick with square base with canted corners, surmounted by a stepped and tapered section; two large knops with a smaller one in between, then becoming a plain shaft (1 5/8"), divided by a ring and topped by a circular mouth.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39056

Accession Number: 1937.459

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39057

Accession Number: 1937.460

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39058

Accession Number: 1937.461A

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39059

Accession Number: 1937.461B

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39060

Accession Number: 1937.463

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