Historic New England

Writing Slate

A student's writing slate in a wooden case, of rectangular molded panel form. It is painted black with a double hinged opening to two slates and a wire closure.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), slate (rock), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2702

Accession Number: 1991.927

Rectangular-shaped body of pine painted dark red. Three sets of sound holes in top and thirty-six small circular sound holes in one side of body. Four crudely carved wood tuning pegs at each end to attach strings.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), nylon, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2703

Accession Number: 1991.928

Tall Case Clock

Of simple country form with a rectangular hood with a glazed door opening to a painted wood dial with roman numerals, a lunette decorated with trees and grass and polychrome rainbow strips in spandrels. The case has a rectangular thumb molded door that has a single wood knob, and a raised molded edg...

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Perkins, John, 1801-1832 (Maker)

Material: graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2704

Accession Number: 1991.929

Blanket Chest

Pine blanket chest, with a rectangular lid with molded edge and cleats on a case with a single long drawer with turned wood pulls. On raised, shaped "bootjack" ends and shaped front apron. Grain-painted in yellow and brown-red to simulate pine. Drawer edge painted to simulate inlay.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, dovetail joints, iron (metal), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2705

Accession Number: 1991.930

Stool

The shaped saddle seat is raised on four slightly splayed bamboo turned legs. they are formed by bamboo turned front stretchers, bulbous turned side stretchers and a bamboo turned medial stretcher. It is painted red.

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2706

Accession Number: 1991.931

Terrestrial Globe

Terrestrial globe ona mahogany tripod stand. The spinning globe has a green cast on the frame with astrological signs. It rests in a carved/turned mahogany pedestal with three scrolled and splayed feet, on casters.

Date: 1838

Maker: Loring, Josiah (Maker)

Material: iron (metal), mahogany (wood), paper (fiber product), printing (process), varnishing

GUSN: 2707

Accession Number: 1991.932

Set of Bookcases

Set of four stacked pine graduated bookcases, of open rectangular form and equal width. The top case (shortest) has molded cornice and is black printed on top. It is all yellow stained on the outside with red-painted interiors.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2708

Accession Number: 1991.933A-D

Nightstand

A red-painted maple and pine Hepplewhite bedside table. It has an overhanging square top above a chamfered single drawer with a wood knob handle. It has a straight side and square tapering legs that are slightly splayed. It is small and low.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2709

Accession Number: 1991.934

Pair of Camphene Lamps

Pair of Victorian pewter camphene lamps; cylindrical toward top; bulbous below; domed upper end with short neck where a threaded disk has two brass wick tubes, tapered and flaring, on short baluster shaft; dished, circular, stepped and molded base.

Date: 1848-1854

Maker: Capen & Molineaux (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy

GUSN: 2710

Accession Number: 1991.935.1-2

Tin Stage Orders Box

Red-painted tin box with a hinged door with a key and a slot at the top for orders and way bills. It is decorated with scrolls in yellow paint. The body of the box is made from a single sheet of tin, seamed at the right side, center; the seam is reinforced with two strips of tin tacked perpendicular...

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2711

Accession Number: 1991.936.1

Bust Carving

Carved head and shoulders of a man with a high, standing collar and brushed back hair (to the center of his forehead). His features are small, the eyes incised, and the mouth wide.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2712

Accession Number: 1991.937

Portrait of a Man

Of rectangular format, a portrait of a man, waist length, with black hair, blue eyes and a black coat. He sits in a red upholstered arm chair with his right arm on the table with a green cover. A round ink well and a document are in front of him and he holds a quill pen in his right hand. In the bac...

Date: dated 1834

Maker: Gassner, George, Mr., 1811-1861 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2713

Accession Number: 1991.938.1

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with a shaped field of polychrome tones, within a border in the shape of a rustic frame of varrigated tans on a varrigated brown ground. Hooked on a burlap foundation and bound with cottontape.

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2714

Accession Number: 1991.939

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with squares filled with polychrome diagonal stripes. The edges are bound with cotton tape. The predominate colors are red, black, tans, blues, browns, orange and green.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2715

Accession Number: 1991.940

Rug

Hooked rug of long rectangular form, of cotton on burlap with a black tape edge. It is on a pink-beige/brown stripe ground with a navy/gray stripe border and 3 quadrafoil medallions resembling paper cut-outs badly centered along the ground.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 2716

Accession Number: 1991.941

Rug

Of rectangular form patterned with a single rose sprig on a beige field within a varrigated brown/green border. It has gray/black cotton tape binding.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2717

Accession Number: 1991.942

Portrait of a Man and a Woman

Half-length portraits of a man and woman on separate canvases, painted to hang side by side. There is contiguous space suggested by a swag curtain at the top. He wears a black suit and white vest; she wears a grey dress with a gold belt buckle and red coral beads, lace collar and cap, and holds a fa...

Date: dated 1831

Maker: Smith, Royall Brewster, 1801-1849 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2718

Accession Number: 1991.943.1-2

Windsor Stool

Deep blue-painted Shaker wooden stool; rectangular seat with groove carved just under the seat; four round, slightly splayed legs that taper towards the bottom with conforming stretchers. Distinctive deep bright blue color, somewhat dainty.

Date: 1815-1840

Maker: Shaker Village (Maker)

Material: gluing, oak (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2719

Accession Number: 1991.944

Box

Important masonic rectangular lift-top box painted vermillion red ground with masonic designs (including pillars, compass & square, beehive, hammer & chisel, trees, eye of god) in gold, black and green on front and top. A single stepped oval handle on top of the hinged lid. Lock removed to reveal ...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2720

Accession Number: 1991.945

Box

Grain-painted rectangular box, umber over yellow vinegar/putty style decoration lift top with original hinges, dust lip inside, dove tailed construction.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: American linden (wood), graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2721

Accession Number: 1991.946

Overmantel-Landscape with Harbor Scene

Overmantel painting, landscape with houses along the left bank of a river. In the left foreground, is a large yellow house with a small connected outbuilding and fence. In the center is a dead tree with a large bird perched on the top branch. A hound scents a rabbit, which hides behind a rock at the...

Date: 1780-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: boards (flat objects), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 2722

Accession Number: 1991.948

Genre Painting

Small oblong rectangular format of a landscape with thatched cottages in the right foreground and left middle ground; three men in large hats, one with a beard, talk on the right; more figures are visible in the field in the middle distance at the left. Oil on wood panel.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2723

Accession Number: 1991.949

Candlestick

Brass candlestick on square base; cylindrical cup above vase and ring baluster shaft; raised circular drip-pan rim molded into raised square base; shaft welded into base (no marks).

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), welding

GUSN: 2724

Accession Number: 1991.950

Table and Two Benches

Table with rectangular overhanging top supported by five turned legs; the top is grainpainted in five different patterns in yellow and brown; wood supports screwed in underside; benches with long curve-ended crest rails supported by turned stiles and legs; conforming flat seat.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), graining

GUSN: 2725

Accession Number: 1991.951.1-.3

Rug

Shirred rug, wool on cotton ground with a bold flower design in red and green on black ground at center.Bordered by a stylized flowering vine on a yellow ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2726

Accession Number: 1991.952

Applique and Needlework Rug

Applique and needlework rug with alternating ground blocks of taupe wool and navy blue felt. It has stylized floral and foliate scroll needlework on a applique border with flowers at each corner. The center has a large blue ground with a stylized tree-like flower at the center with balanced floral d...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), embroidering, felt (textile), needlepoint (needleworking), wool (textile), yarn

GUSN: 2727

Accession Number: 1991.953

Foot Warmer

No description

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, iron (metal), nailing, oak (wood), piercing, pine (wood), wrought

GUSN: 2778

Accession Number: 1991.1228

Portrait of Jacob Goold

Rectangular format, waist length portrait of Jacob Goold. Depicts an old man with night cap style hat and house coat. Holding a book, index finger on left hand points down. Facing left side of painting. Oil on panel.

Date: 1803

Maker: Greenleaf, Benjamin, 1769-1821 (Maker)

Material: boards (flat objects), oil painting (technique), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 2779

Accession Number: 1991.1229

Candle Lantern

Tin and glass candle lantern; two large glass panels on the sides; other sides are tin with shaped windows, pierced round top and loop strap handle; painted green with tin leaf-like motifs attached to the shoulders.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming), piercing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2780

Accession Number: 1991.1230

Doorstop

Round and thick, emerald green pressed glass doorstop with starburst flower pattern on the top.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: coloring, glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 2781

Accession Number: 1991.1231

Hand Mirror

Long, oval wooden hand mirror with delicate stringing around the glass; pine handle tapers and is pierced and has two round inlaid bits of ebony; seems to be a woman's.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: ebony (wood), mirrors, pine (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 2782

Accession Number: 1991.1232

Blanket Chest

Rectangular bright aqua blue-painted pine blanket chest; overhanging hinged lid above projecting front and rear panels; inset sides with bracket feet; nailed and glued construction.

Date: 1850-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2783

Accession Number: 1991.1233

Footstool

Rectangular overhanging top; shaped and carved apron with carved bootjack ends; painted dark green and decorated in yellow with a pinstripe reserve enclosing leafy vine and the inscription "Frances Jane Fernald" upon the top; the front side apron is carved with pinwheels and hearts, heightened with ...

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2784

Accession Number: 1991.1234

Comb-back Windsor Side Chair

Comb-shaped crestrail over seven rod-turned spindles and baluster-turned stiles on shaped seat; raised on four splayed and bulbous turned legs; side stretchers and medial stretcher; painted black with yellow-gold pinstriping.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: hickory (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2785

Accession Number: 1991.1235

Washstand

Pine washstand painted bright yellow with dark and lighter brown outlining; painted motif of a potted, flowering plant on a tripod on the splashboard; squared galleried top; shaped splashboard with corner shelves and sloped sides around a double-top; cut-out bowl holder with solid removable top; fou...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, gluing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2786

Accession Number: 1991.1236

Chest of Drawers, or Case of Boxes

Red-painted pine "box of drawers" or "case of boxes" as they were known; small chest form with 6 drawers- 3 rows and 2 columns; pine knobs on a molded plinth base; large dovetails at top.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2787

Accession Number: 1991.1237

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer printed pearlware chamberpot; squat, globular body on a small, rounded foot with a side strap handle; fitted lid with flat top, concave sides and ring handles; allover underglaze blue transfer print decoration with pastoral English landscape which shows figures in a landscape;...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2788

Accession Number: 1991.1238AB

Chamber Pot

Pearlware child's chamber pot ; squat, irregular bulbous body on low, flared foot; flat overhanging rim and scroll handles; decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue floral decoration and blue bands to rim and foot.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (image-making), hand-painted, pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), underglazing

GUSN: 2789

Accession Number: 1991.1239

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer-print ironstone child's chamberpot; squat, globular body on low ring foot with rounded outflared rim and strap handle; light-blue transferprint scenes of exotic buildings in a landscape and leafy vine trim, marked IRONSTONE/FRIBURG/G. PHILLIPS, LONGPORT.

Date: 1834-1848

Maker: Phillips, George (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery), throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2790

Accession Number: 1991.1240

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer-print pearlware chamber pot, of squat globular form with a low straight foot, a flat overhanging rim and a strap handle. It has a underglaze blue transfer-print decoration of figures in a country landscape with cows and houses in the forground and background, as well as a conf...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2791

Accession Number: 1991.1241

Chamber Pot

A Pearlware chamber pot of squat globular form with shoulder to body handle and a flat overhanging rim. It is decorated with an underglaze blue freehand decoration of a bold, stylized scrolling vine between blue ribbed bands around the sides. There is a leaf decoration to the rim and handle and it b...

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), molding (forming), painting (coating), pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), underglazing

GUSN: 2792

Accession Number: 1991.1242

Doll's Canopy Bed

A tall-post canopy bed with a flat rectangular canopy resting on four pencil-turned posts and pencil-turned tapering lower posts, as well as a shaped rectangular headboard. There are four rails and it is all red-stained.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), staining

GUSN: 2793

Accession Number: 1991.1243

Doll Mattress

Of rectangular form, white linen with hand-sewn seams and stuffed with old blankets.

Date: 1840-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), sewing (process)

GUSN: 2794

Accession Number: 1991.1244

Doll Bed Canopy and Headcloth

A canopy for a flat-top doll's bed; an off-white cotton printed with delicate floral sprigs in brown, red, green and pink. All sides are ornamented with a cotton tape border with yellow and red wool swags. The headcloth is of the same fabric and is tacked into place.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 2795

Accession Number: 1991.1245AB

Doll Blanket

Of square form, patterned with a field of a white lined grid over a medium blue grid on a butternut ground, and enclosed by a plaid border in like colors.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 2796

Accession Number: 1991.1246

Mourning Picture for Josiah Bartlett and Mary Bartlett

Of rectangular format, of a woman bent over a neoclassical sarcophogus resting on claw feet on a rusticated base, in a wooded landscape with a foreground stream. There are trees behind and on the side and over the tomb, as well as a vine of roses. She is draped in classical style- white dress and a...

Date: 1795-1812

Maker: Bartlett, Laura, 1799-1872 (Artist) Miss Rowson's Academy for Young Ladies

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2797

Accession Number: 1991.1248

Folio Lithograph

Colored lithograph of oblong rectangular format. It shows a small sailing schooner flying the American flag, with six men onboard, rounding the Eastern Point Light. Beside the lighthouse there stand two men waving hats and a woman waving a handkerchief. It has a plain black frame with thinly painted...

Date: 1873

Maker: Haskell & Allen (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 2798

Accession Number: 1991.1249

Watercolor

Of rectangular format, of a landscape with large trees and rolling hills. On the banks of a pond is a rectangular tomb with an urn on top, adorned with a garland of roses. A cactus plant is on the forground rocks. It is possible that the gold frame with rope molding is original. [see photo neg.#4751...

Date: 1818-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2799

Accession Number: 1991.1250

Watercolor

A watercolor memorial painting, showing in the center a rectangular tomb surmounted by an urn and a wreath of roses. At left is a woman in mourning in a grey dress and scarf. To her left is a leafy tree with a bold trunk painted in oils, and two houses- one white and one yellow. At her right stands ...

Date: 1818-1825

Maker: Jarvis Newell, Mary (Maker)

Material: ink, oil paint (paint), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2800

Accession Number: 1991.1251

Watercolor

An almost square format, still life with a fluted blue bowl sprinkled with mica. It is filled with stenciled fruit of indeterminate kinds in yellow, pink and purple shades. In an original red-painted frame and glass.

Date: Sept. 1827

Maker: Stearns, Mary Ann H. (Maker)

Material: ink, mica (mineral), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2801

Accession Number: 1991.1252

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