Historic New England

Wallet

Light brown; scalloped flap w/ leather strap closure; "X" on front & back; 5 compartments, one has same flap & strap; white kid lining.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather

GUSN: 46539

Accession Number: 1961.211

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 46540

Accession Number: 1961.212

Box

Small round lathed wood box with cover. Painted yellow with tassel pull and delicate concentric circle design carved on cover. Mirror inside cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46541

Accession Number: 1961.213AB

Straight Razor

A hinged straight razor with a wood handle and a steel blade.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 46542

Accession Number: 1961.214

Shaving brush

Shaving brush with a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46543

Accession Number: 1961.215

Printing Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46544

Accession Number: 1961.216

WALLET

Dark brown; side by side; opens up to reveal 4 compartments; embossed w/ words inside & out.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing, handmade, leather

GUSN: 46545

Accession Number: 1961.218

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap with spearhead end. Barrel side only. Evidence of having been painted. Tagged "Hinge, English. -- England (somewhere)"

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46546

Accession Number: 1961.220

Cockshead Hinge

Five-part joint; one rosehead nail remaining; one end broken, others rusted.

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 46547

Accession Number: 1961.221

HANDLE

Coiled handle for leaded window.

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46548

Accession Number: 1961.222

Beaded purse. Purse has two narrow bands of yellow and orange beads with a large band of a beaded floral design in blue and pink on white beaded ground. The bottom section of the purse is covered with blue beads.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46549

Accession Number: 1961.224

Pocket Knife

Set of 12 pocket knives.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46550

Accession Number: 1961.227

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46551

Accession Number: 1961.230

Iron

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46552

Accession Number: 1961.305

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46553

Accession Number: 1961.518C

Tile

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 46554

Accession Number: 1961.1312

Bedkey

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46555

Accession Number: 1962.1

Caster

No description

Maker: Hurd, Jacob, 1702-1758 (Silversmith)

Material: bright cutting, punchwork, silver (metal)

GUSN: 46556

Accession Number: 1962.2B

Caster

Caster with pierced top and turned finial. Cupcake base.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: Grant, Thomas, 1731-1804 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal), bright cutting

GUSN: 46557

Accession Number: 1962.3AB

Cloth Sample

Fragment of cream silk brocade.

Date: ca. 1793

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 46558

Accession Number: 1962.4

Textile Wallcover

This loosely plain-woven linen fragment is stained with paint in a pattern of leaves and grapes called "verdure." It formed part of a wallcovering installed in the Leavitt House, Hingham, Massachusetts. It was part of a larger pastoral scene according to the paper tag once attached to it (see Inscri...

Date: 1680-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), ink and paint application techniques

GUSN: 46559

Accession Number: 1962.8

Domed Ornament

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46560

Accession Number: 1962.9

Tile

Black and white glazed ink printed tile depicting hunting scene with Rococo border.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 46561

Accession Number: 1962.10A

Tile

Black and green glazed ink printed tile depicting three men drinking with Rococo border.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 46562

Accession Number: 1962.10B

Tile

Black and white glazed ink printed tile depicting pig with piglets and wolf with Rococo border.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 46563

Accession Number: 1962.10C

Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47330

Accession Number: 1966.85

Box

Small cylindrical wood box with cover. Domed cover with three graduated tiers with rounded edges, leading to a small squat finial. Lip and base of box have projecting and rounded edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47331

Accession Number: 1966.86AB

Fishhook

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47332

Accession Number: 1966.87

Fishing Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47333

Accession Number: 1966.88

HL Hinge

A: smaller ofthe two, with white/green paint. B: most of the paint is now gone.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 47334

Accession Number: 1966.90AB

Handle

Bean escutcheons; thumb lever penetrates below top escutcheon. Semi-round profile handle. Straight lever with flat head. Painted white over black.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 47335

Accession Number: 1966.91

Handle

Heart escutcheons. Flat tapered handle; straight thumb lever penetrates below top escutcheon. Traces of white paint.

Date: 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 47336

Accession Number: 1966.92

Furniture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47337

Accession Number: 1966.93

Slipper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 47338

Accession Number: 1966.103

Table

Pembroke table with lacquer decoration.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47340

Accession Number: 1966.125

Table

Pembroke table with lacquer decoration.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 47341

Accession Number: 1966.126

Window Bench

Bow-front, open back window bench; uphlostered seat and arms; carved legs and arms.

Date: 1793-1800

Maker: Attributed to McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 47342

Accession Number: 1966.127

Table

Splayed legs with inlay, casters; trestle base; elliptical top with inlaid lozenge, borders.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), inlay (process), mahogany (wood), oak (wood), veneering

GUSN: 47343

Accession Number: 1966.129

Armchair

Armchair. Campeche form. Mahogany with plush upholstery. Upholstered arms, back, and seat; heavily carved griffin arm supports, curule base, scroll-carved front rail.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 47344

Accession Number: 1966.131

Blanket

Rectangular, off-white, plain weave, heavily napt, single piece blanket with selvage side edges and raw ends bound with red wool blanket stitch; thin blue woven stripe at each end with enbroidered wheels in each corner; each wheel with outer ring of green wool; inner ring of red and yellow with cent...

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, machine-made, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 47345

Accession Number: 1966.134

Fireboard

Fireboard covered with scenic wallpaper with two women to right and man with sheep to left. To far right are several columns of a classical building in ruin, to far left part of a timber and brick house surrounded by border of graph vines and yellow buds.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 47346

Accession Number: 1966.135

Fireboard

Fireboard with various layers of wallpaper attached. Top layer is machine printed with pink grapevines framing vignettes of blue flowers in pink urns on white or cream ground. Earlier layer is also machine printed with green foliate swags on a gray ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47347

Accession Number: 1966.136

Bandbox

Round pasteboard bandbox without lid. Box is covered with wallpaper with an allover stylized floral and scroll pattern and a geometric border. Block printed in pink (now faded to white) on a blue ground. Interior and bottom of box are lined with newspapers dated 1823, 1824 and 1825.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47348

Accession Number: 1966.137

Cane

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47349

Accession Number: 1966.150

Bathtub

Tin bathtub. The outside is painted to resemble pine paneling with red painted details on the arms, edges and foot. Interior is painted white.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 47350

Accession Number: 1966.155

Washstand

Splayed front legs, shaped stretcher-shelf, middle shelf with drawers, supper stand with shaped splashboard and corner shelf

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood), graining

GUSN: 47351

Accession Number: 1966.159

Sunbonnet

Green and white checked gingham cotton; piped brim; shirred band near crown; long neck ruffle; self ribbon ties; self lining.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, textiles

GUSN: 47352

Accession Number: 1966.177

Bonnet

Drawn bonnet; gray iridescent silk taffeta; hoops, shirring and ruffles; steel gray neck ruffle stiffened with net; iridescent gray silk ribbon ties; crown stiffened with canvas; brim supported by three wired frames.

Date: 1847-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, reed (grass, material), silk (textile), taffeta, textiles

GUSN: 47353

Accession Number: 1966.181

Sheet

Rectangular, off-white linen sheet, seamed, hemmed top and bottom with selvage edges.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: Wing, Grandmother (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, linen (material), piecing

GUSN: 47354

Accession Number: 1966.189

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 47355

Accession Number: 1966.191

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