Historic New England

Corn Popper

Dowel handle; wire basket; hinged cover; tin edging throughout

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), tin (metal)

GUSN: 64510

Accession Number: 1970.1313

Renaissance Revival library table with rectangular top and bowed ends. Inset green baize top with pas partout and Greek key gilt design, molded skirt with one long drawer in front. Block corners, turned legs, bracket stretchers with center finial. Modified trestle type.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64511

Accession Number: 1970.701

Armchair

Top rail has centered flower in cartouche with leaf and scroll motif. Turned baluster spindles. Arms curve from stiles and to seat, caned flag seat with bowed front rail. Turned front legs and stretcher, two cylindrical side and rear stretchers.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, oak (wood)

GUSN: 64512

Accession Number: 1970.702

Table

Three tapered cabriole legs support a lower trident shelf and upper round top with molded sides.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64513

Accession Number: 1970.703

Letter Box

Three tiered letter box of rustic design. Front and crest of pierced oak leaf and acorn carving. Sides carved to imitate bark. Twig feet and frame.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64514

Accession Number: 1970.704

Seal

Knop top with spool and vase form shaft with attached metal H seal.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 64515

Accession Number: 1970.705

Inkwell

Colorless rectangular base with canted corners and top. Circular well.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 64516

Accession Number: 1970.706

Print

Marked Etched by Max Rosenthal Phila 1890 from a painting by C.W. Peale. Signed in pencil. Bust portrait of George Washington with oval matting. Oak, rectangular frame.

Date: 1890

Maker: Rosenthal, Max (Etcher) AFTER Peale, Charles Wilson (Artist) Jas. H. Wilcox & Co. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64517

Accession Number: 1970.707

Print

Black and white engraving entitled A Dream of the Future depicting a young girl with her dog and a city in the distance. Engraved by J. J. Chant after W. P. Frith, T. Crewswick, and R. A. Anedell. Rectangular molded walnut frame with gilt inner frame, glass mount.

Date: 1861

Maker: Chant, J. J. (Engraver) AFTER Frith, W. P. (Maker) AFTER Creswick, T. (Maker) Ansdell, R. A. (Maker) Henry Graves & Co. (Publisher)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64518

Accession Number: 1970.708

Eagle Plaque

Pressed metal, metallic gold painted eagle grasping fasces in talons, wings outstretched.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 64519

Accession Number: 1970.709

Settle

Stamped 14 554 on rear. Elizabethan revival banquette, two animal paw feet. Chest with hinged lid; front, back, and side panels with foliate scroll carving on star punched background; straight reed and incised supports.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), walnut (wood), cherry (wood)

GUSN: 64520

Accession Number: 1970.710

Beater

Rounded tip, straight sides. Handle round and narrow with incised banding.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64521

Accession Number: 1970.711

Print of Lincoln Family

Engraving entitled, "The Lincoln Family in 1861" portrays the Lincolns seated at a dining table. J.C. Buttre after F.B. Carpenter. Rectangular molded frame with gilt bevel, glass mount.

Date: 1873

Maker: Buttre, J. C. (Maker) AFTER Carpenter, F. B. (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64522

Accession Number: 1970.712

Prints and Letter

Print of Thomas Aspenwall; a letter from William Prescott declining a dinner invitation from Aspenwall; and a print of unidentified man presumed to be Prescott. Engraved by John Sartain after a photograph published by Whipple.

Date: 1880

Maker: Whipple (Publisher) Sartain, John (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64523

Accession Number: 1970.713

Pedestal Table

Tripod bracket feet below turned shaft. Rectangular tip top with rounded corners. Married piece.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64524

Accession Number: 1970.714

Bookcase

Freestanding bookcase with bracket feet and canted corners, scrolled skirt. Two drawers with no handles in lower case; upper case set back, hinged glass-fronted doors with jig-sawn fretwork corners. Deeply molded pediment with fretwork crest.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oak (wood)

GUSN: 64525

Accession Number: 1970.715

Electric Lamp

Circular base, straight columnar shaft. Round, domed, cased glass shade with white interior and green exterior, and brass finial.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 64526

Accession Number: 1970.716

Throw Pillow

Square pink and beige damask cover.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, silk (textile)

GUSN: 64527

Accession Number: 1970.717

Dish

Heavy brown folk-style scroll des; on blue; overhanging lip

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 64528

Accession Number: 1970.1314

Penknife

Ivory handled with a folding blade.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 64529

Accession Number: 1970.1315

Open Arm Chair

Gothic Revival style with point arch crest with tracery design of modified rosette with tripartite globular points flanked by abstract foliate trefoil surmounted by point arch and double acanthus blossom. Rectangular stiles with flattened acanthus capitals terminate in stacked pointed finials with s...

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 64530

Accession Number: 1970.425

Window Seat

Carved ornate triangle pattern back with upholstered rail and seat with carving in front rail and recessed clover on corners at legs.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), carving (processes), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 64531

Accession Number: 1970.429

Grand Piano

Partially ebonized grand piano. Music stand with cut out lute and scroll design. Three legs have scroll motif above capital and tapered fluted shaft with molded base.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Chickering (Maker)

Material: staining, ebony (color), rosewood (wood)

GUSN: 64532

Accession Number: 1970.435

Settee

Gothic Revival settee with three part cresting, circular tracery in pointed arch, terminating in double acanthus bud. Four rectangular stiles with acanthus capitals. Back upholstered in three rectangular sections. Open upholstered arms with cawed hand supports. Seat rail with applied carved oak bran...

Date: 1850

Maker: Attributed to Brooks, Thomas, 1811-1887 (Furniture worker)

Material: carving (processes), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 64533

Accession Number: 1970.438

Frieze Wallpaper

Garland pattern tinted with green, red, and blue, and varnished. Hung upside down in parlor so appears as arch rather than floral swag.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Maker)

Material: Lincrusta Walton

GUSN: 64534

Accession Number: 1970.503

Wallpaper

Scrolling baroque pattern in a cream field. Tinted red, blue, and green.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Maker)

Material: Lincrusta Walton

GUSN: 64535

Accession Number: 1970.504

Figurine

Standing full length figure of a Turk or Indian rifleman, matte polychrome enamel wash colors. Blue and white striped shirt. Striped sash. Pantaloons with gilt and blue meander. White boots or stockings, lion skin. Leaning on rifle. Baroque pedestal base with central cartouche and floral enamel deco...

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 64536

Accession Number: 1970.656

Vase

In the Japanese taste. Round club-shaped earthenware vase with wide cylindrical mouth and shaped shoulders. Cream-colored matte ground on white clay body with a black circular reserve with bird motif; white gilt reserve with architectural view and palm leaf. Circular bronze base with bracket like fe...

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 64537

Accession Number: 1970.657

Pillow

Hand sewn square pillow of machine woven material with slightly ribbed texture. Muted pink color, loosely stuffed.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 64538

Accession Number: 1970.658

Pillow

Pink machine woven pattern design pillow

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 64539

Accession Number: 1970.659

Fireplace Tile

Floor to fireplace. Buff colored clay body with slip decoration, probably screened process. Brown and black Renaissance diamond border with circular devices enclosing a four-part scroll and palmettos design. Forms overall checkered pattern with border tiles of interlocking ovals and a floral element...

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 64540

Accession Number: 1970.660

Fireplace Tile

Buff slip ground with colorless glaze. Hand painted lilies with a separate blossom or sprig at each corner. Small vertical tiles with floral branch-motif and square tiles with birds on branches. Somewhat Japanese in style.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 64541

Accession Number: 1970.661

Jardiniere Vase

Buff colored clay body with white tin glaze. Circular body with cylindrical neck, circular mouth and rounded lip. Tapered at bottom to a circular slightly canted foot. Over glaze decoration in the majolica style, with a cobalt blue field with yellow and green scrolling stylized floral motif. Scroll ...

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 64542

Accession Number: 1970.662

Figurine

White matte porcelain body, molded. Figure of a young girl in romanticized renaissance dress, kneeling on a pillow and playing a lyre. Circular stepped molded base. Unmarked.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 64543

Accession Number: 1970.663.1

Hatpin Holder

Conical; squat circular body; ring at foot; gilt stars & banding

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 64994

Accession Number: 1970.855

Candlestick

White with blue, yellow, and orange floral scrolls and banding

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 64995

Accession Number: 1970.856.1

Candlestick

White with blue, yellow, and orange floral scrolls and banding.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 64996

Accession Number: 1970.856.2

Table Cover

Rectangular panel with edging 3 sides; 3attached panls with openwork hems

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, linen (material)

GUSN: 64997

Accession Number: 1970.857

Dressing Glass

3sq. framed mirrors; woodland scns. reverse; hinged, with feet

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing, glass (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64998

Accession Number: 1970.858

Needlework Bag

Circular; drawstring; tan with cream floral print; with needlecase, thread

Date: 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: rayon, satin

GUSN: 64999

Accession Number: 1970.859.1

Sewing Scissors

Gilt steel; in form of a bird; beak forms blades

Date: 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 65000

Accession Number: 1970.859.2

Print

Elongated rectangular; cherubs in chariots pulled by deer; on black

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65001

Accession Number: 1970.860

Print

Elongated rectangular; cherubs doing metalwork; on black; newspaper. liner

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65002

Accession Number: 1970.861

Andiron

Elaborate column lighthouse finial; thin, s-shaped legs; ball feet

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 65003

Accession Number: 1970.862.1

Andiron

Elaborate column lighthouse finial; thin, s-shaped legs; ball feet

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 65004

Accession Number: 1970.862.2

Fire Fender

Fence form; 6spool & ball turned supports; horiz. bars; ring finl.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 65005

Accession Number: 1970.863

Fireplace Broom

Turned hndle; spearhead & vase grip; black; rectangular head; black bristls

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 65006

Accession Number: 1970.864

Vase

Club-shapd; flarng. crimped mouth; white with red. band, multi. florals

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65007

Accession Number: 1970.865.1

Vase

Club-shapd; flarng. crimped mouth; white with red. band, multi. florals

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65008

Accession Number: 1970.865.2

Firetool Stand

Circular base; molded edges; cylindrical shaft; c-scroll arm top; spool finl

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 65009

Accession Number: 1970.866.1

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