Historic New England

Watch Cock

Watch cock with pierced and engraved scroll and floral decoration, eagle with splayed wings at center.

Date: 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102705

Accession Number: 1929.468

Watch Cock

Watch cock with pierced and engraved decoration, engraved urn at center with radiating fire design above.

Date: 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102706

Accession Number: 1929.465

Watch Cock

Elliptical shaped watch cock with pierced and engraved scroll design.

Date: 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), chasing

GUSN: 102707

Accession Number: 1933.1511

Watch Fob

Gold watch fob with a scroll decoration above a hinged reversible rectangle set with a banded agate on one side and gold flowers under glass on the reverse.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102708

Accession Number: 2007.15.91

Seal

Seal made a single piece of banded agate in a vase shape, end features a bird holding a twig in its beak in intaglio.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102709

Accession Number: 1969.3616

Seal

Carved bone seal with a rectangular mother of pearl end with the monogram "SSM" in intaglio.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102710

Accession Number: 1921.299

Seal

Small round black glass seal with a side portrait of a man in intaglio, metal loop on reverse.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102711

Accession Number: 1917.1322E

Watch Fob

Gold plated watch fob with engraved floral decoration and set with a round yellow topaz with a beveled edge, black silk ribbon attached.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102712

Accession Number: 1934.1797

Watch Fob

Brass watch fob wet with a dark stone oval seal with the monogram "FH" in intaglio.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102713

Accession Number: 1918.375

Watch Fob

Gilt metal watch fob with foliate decoration, front engraved with the monogram "HBJ"

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), flat chasing

GUSN: 102714

Accession Number: 1974.205

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of abstract foliage, twenty-five teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103065

Accession Number: 1920.531

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring flowers within roundels and a row of diamonds, eighteen teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), piercing, tortoise shell

GUSN: 103066

Accession Number: 1920.535

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of flowers and scrolling foliage, twenty-nine teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103067

Accession Number: 1928.938

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling flowers, foliage, and a lyre at center, forty-two teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell, carving (processes), piercing

GUSN: 103068

Accession Number: 1924.177

Mother of pearl back comb featuring on the front an scene of Asian men having tea under the trees on the left and two men in a garden on the right. The center of the comb features a shield shape with the monogram "DLR." The reverse is decorated with a floral design.

Date: ca. 1807

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl

GUSN: 103069

Accession Number: 1930.1656

Hair Comb

Horn side comb with molded scroll top and sixteen teeth with ball points.

Date: After 1903

Maker: Kingman, Edward B. (Inventor)

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103070

Accession Number: 1946.490

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, six teeth.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103071

Accession Number: 1955.32

Hair Comb

Black celluloid back comb with a pierced scroll and floral design at top set with faceted jet beads, five teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103072

Accession Number: 1955.31

Hair Comb

Blonde celluloid back comb with a flared pierced top featuring scrolls and set with round faceted colorless glass stones, four teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103073

Accession Number: 1946.843

Hair Comb

Celluloid back comb with a fan shaped pierced top set with round faceted glass stones, four teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103074

Accession Number: 1993.372

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved top featuring carved relief cornucopia and grape bunches over a pierced star ground, and carved and pierced foliate edge, thirteen teeth (one missing).

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103075

Accession Number: 1973.2

Hair Comb

Horn comb in the form of a moth with a six tooth hinged comb on reverse.

Date: 1870

Maker: Brow, Elias (Inventor)

GUSN: 103076

Accession Number: 1917.192

Comb

Double sided bone comb with very fine teeth.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103077

Accession Number: 1917.945

Hair Comb

Brass back comb with rounded top and nine teeth.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103078

Accession Number: 1917.1288

Hair Comb

Curved tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract carved and pierced scrolled foliate design at top, multiple teeth (one missing).

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103080

Accession Number: 1920.538

Hair Comb

Curved horn side comb with straight square top and multiple teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103081

Accession Number: 1920.539

Hair Comb

Small gilded metal side comb with three rosettes and a wavy border at top, fifteen teeth.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103082

Accession Number: 1920.540

Pocket Comb

Bone jack knife style pocket comb with a vulcanite case featuring a cornucopia, eagle with shield and spray of flowers in relief on one side, and a standing George Washington in relief on the other.

Date: 1850-1873

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103083

Accession Number: 1921.177

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of horn side combs with folded over tops featuring a pierced abstract shape and carved scroll line design, thirty-two teeth on comb A, thirty-three teeth on comb B (one missing).

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103084

Accession Number: 1925.563ab

Hair Comb

Vulcanite back comb with a row of nine graduated ivory balls at top, eight teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: vulcanite, ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 103085

Accession Number: 1925.820

Hair Comb

Celluloid hinged back comb with a flared wing shaped top featuring a pierced geometric design, center top set with a horn rosette, seven teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulosic

GUSN: 103086

Accession Number: 1927.967

Hair Comb

Ivory back comb with a row of nine graduated balls at top, eight teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103087

Accession Number: 1928.240

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of small rectangular side combs with multiple fine teeth.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103088

Accession Number: 1928.826ab

Hair Comb

Vulcanite or hard rubber back comb in a horseshoe shape, eleven teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 103089

Accession Number: 1928.901

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103090

Accession Number: 1928.939

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103091

Accession Number: 1928.941

Bobby Pins in Original Box

Two metal bobby pins "Bob-Ettes" in original orange cardboard box.

Date: 1929

Maker: The Hump Hair Pin Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103092

Accession Number: 1929.441

Hair Comb

Horn hinged back comb with a cut steel rosette bead top, seven teeth (one missing).

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103093

Accession Number: 1929.500

Pocket Comb and case

Black vulcanite pocket comb with large teeth on left side and smaller teeth on right. "Mauchline Ware" wooden case printed with an image of The Flume at Franconia Notch, NH.

Date: ca. 1874

Maker: unknown

Material: sycamore (wood)

GUSN: 103094

Accession Number: 1929.1491AB

Hair Comb

Sterling silver back comb with a crown shaped top featuring an engraved leaves in center, five teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103095

Accession Number: 1929.1493

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of tortoiseshell side combs with pierced and carved scrolls at top, each have multiple teeth.

Date: 1950-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103096

Accession Number: 1932.1176ab

Hairpin

Celluloid hairpin with two folded leaves at top and a ridged ball at center, two prongs.

Date: 1870-90

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulosic

GUSN: 103097

Accession Number: 1934.1228

Hair Comb

Horn hinged back comb with seven teeth attached to a winding coil.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103098

Accession Number: 1934.1939

Pair of Hairpins

Pair of celluloid hairpins with gilt and set with cut colorless glass stones.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103099

Accession Number: 1935.251ab

Hairpin

Metal curved hairpin.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 103100

Accession Number: 1935.1034

Hairpin

Dyed horn hairpin with pierced top, two prongs. Broken.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103101

Accession Number: 1935.1040

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced decorative top set with three jet balls and one faceted teardrop ball, two prongs.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell, jet (coal)

GUSN: 103102

Accession Number: 1935.1041

Hair Comb

Vulcanite or hard rubber black hair comb with round top and thirteen teeth.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: R.C. Co. Goodyear (Manufacturer)

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 103103

Accession Number: 1935.1155

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolled heart design, two teeth (one broken).

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103104

Accession Number: 1936.819

Hairpin

Tortoiseshell hairpin with molded twist top, two teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103105

Accession Number: 1936.879

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