Historic New England

Container with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 29358

Accession Number: 1921.232AB

File/Bill Organizer

Red; flap and tongue closure; fan-style file - monthly - each labeled January - December; lined with green paper.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29360

Accession Number: 1921.235

Eyeglasses

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 29361

Accession Number: 1921.239A

Eyeglass Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29362

Accession Number: 1921.239B

Curtain Rod

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 29363

Accession Number: 1921.241D

Lace Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 29365

Accession Number: 1921.252

Japanned writing pad. Front cover is decorated with a multi colored floral bouquet of roses, tulips, and bluebells on a gold ground. Scrolling foliate leaf pattern frames the central design. One pearlized button in each corner. Back cover is black with a single floral bouquet painted in gold in the...

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), japanning

GUSN: 29366

Accession Number: 1921.253

Rogers Group Sculpture - Coming to the Parson

Young couple approaching seated man holidng a newspaper.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29367

Accession Number: 1921.273

Rogers Group Sculpture - The School Examination

Seated man with glasses on slate held by girl, woman behind.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29368

Accession Number: 1921.275

Rogers Group Sculpture - Going for the Cows

Horse grazing, boy and dog in foreground.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29369

Accession Number: 1921.277

Rogers Group Sculpture - Rip VanWinkle at Home

Man seated cross-legged on fence, two children playing with his hair and gun.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29370

Accession Number: 1921.278

Shoe

Dark brown shoe; laced with two pairs of eyes (punched leather); leather sole; flat heel/no heel; leather inner sole; tied with laces; wooden pegs in heel.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29371

Accession Number: 1921.279

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29372

Accession Number: 1921.281

Apple Corer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 29373

Accession Number: 1921.282

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 29374

Accession Number: 1921.283

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 29375

Accession Number: 1921.297

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 29376

Accession Number: 1921.298

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Theophilus Bradbury & Son (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 29377

Accession Number: 1921.307

Calling Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29378

Accession Number: 1921.314

Sewing Kit

Red leather, book-shaped needle case and pincushion.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29379

Accession Number: 1921.315

Small Scale and Weights in Case

Small scale with weights in oval metal box. Box bottom is lined with green fabric, cover lined with padded silk.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, cloth

GUSN: 29380

Accession Number: 1921.321

Samuel Appleton Medal for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

This bronze medal shows a bas-relief profile of an older man with sideburns on the recto side, surrounded by an inscription and a date in Roman numerals.

Date: 1845

Maker: Mitchell, Francis N. (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 29381

Accession Number: 1921.328

Tea bowl and saucer

Interior: wavy blue dot border; cipher "JRW" [?] below two black and white doves perched on black and white bar with gilt branch in their beaks.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 29382

Accession Number: 1921.330.1-.2

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29383

Accession Number: 1921.337A

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29384

Accession Number: 1921.337B

Waistcoat

Tan; white lining & back; w/ buckle (missing) & tab closure; shawl collar; 5 brown buttons; 3 pockets; single breasted.

Date: 1870-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: corduroy, cotton (textile), stitching, twill

GUSN: 29385

Accession Number: 1921.343

Sampler

Unfinished pictorial sampler worked on ivory linen ground; in polychromatic silk thread with a floral/geometric border and satin saw stitch on the interior in floral and animal patterns.

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 29386

Accession Number: 1921.344

Wafer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29387

Accession Number: 1921.348

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Town Pump

Woman wearing a veil and soldier with a backpack astanding at a water pump.

Date: 1862

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29394

Accession Number: 1921.370

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Camp Fire

Black cook and seated soldier at kettle.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29395

Accession Number: 1921.373

Curtain

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29396

Accession Number: 1921.386

Mourning Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29397

Accession Number: 1921.439

Parasol

Brown plaid silk with checkered satin stripes; false-grained wood stick, ferrule missing; bone ribs; ivory around ferrule bottom; bone-tipped spokes; hook and string with bone onion bulb closure; forked stretchers; leather-encircled spring; painted metal slider; marquis folding hinge.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), leather, metal, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28923

Accession Number: 1920.15

Apron

White and blue silk apron with large tassels.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 28924

Accession Number: 1920.16

Bedspread

White; woven candlewicking design with central stylized eight bastioned "snowflake" motif; star in center, angled trees and flowers inside. Body of spread covered in concentric borders; bar and dot; line and chevron with flowering plants; chain, line interspersed with rings and finally chain; self-f...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: candlewicking (embroidering), cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, whitework

GUSN: 28925

Accession Number: 1920.17

Architectural Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28926

Accession Number: 1920.18A

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28927

Accession Number: 1920.33A

Stock Lock

Wooden box with iron works mortised in. Box surface mounted. Full dovetail cover plate over works. Plate is painted (or grained and varnished) - now black. Brass key surround on plate. Deadbolt 3/4" x 1 3/8" x 5/8". Key-operated from both sides. Three mounting holes, countersunk on side oppos...

Date: prob. 18th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), oak (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28928

Accession Number: 1920.40AB

Rim Lock

Iron deadbolt lock for flush-mounting on door (let-in from surface). Enclosed works covered by oversized plate, painted black. Deadbolt 1 3/4" x 3/8" x 1/2". White paint on back of lock and on bolt.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28929

Accession Number: 1920.41AB

Toy Bureau

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28930

Accession Number: 1920.43

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28931

Accession Number: 1920.48

Quilt

Quilt with fifteen rows of ten blocks. Each row of alternating plain white blocks, one with pieced eight point star of various printed cottons. Fill between points of dimity. Border of running diamonds of printed cottons, dimity fill.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: calico, cotton (textile), dimity, stitching, piecing, quilting, printing (process), rolling up, textiles

GUSN: 28933

Accession Number: 1920.50

Whole cloth quilt

T-shaped quilt with stripes of brown and white printed cotton with repeating floral motifs arranged in rows and divided by swag-like curtains. Outlines of some motifs are quilted.

Date: 1820-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), stitching, machine sewing (technique), quilting, alteration (process and technique), textiles

GUSN: 28934

Accession Number: 1920.51

Teapot

Porcelain teapot, pear shaped with molded lotus leaves and flowers covering the surface with scalloped foot. Glazed interior and crabstock handle. Lid has molded lotus leaves and flowers with flower shaped knop. Part of five piece set.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming)

GUSN: 28935

Accession Number: 1920.55.3AB

Sugar Bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl with molded lotus leaves and flowers covering the surface with scalloped foot. Glazed interior and foot. Lid has molded lotus leaves and flowers with flower shaped knop. Part of five piece set.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming)

GUSN: 28936

Accession Number: 1920.55.5AB

Platter

Porcelain platter with trefoil-shape and relief molded border of lotus leaves, partially glazed. Part of five piece set.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), porcelain

GUSN: 28938

Accession Number: 1920.55.1

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with relief molded border of lotus leaves, partially glazed. Part of five piece set.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming)

GUSN: 28939

Accession Number: 1920.55.2

Cream Pitcher

Porcelain cream pitcher with molded lotus leaves and flowers covering the surface. Scalloped rim and foot. Glazed interior and crabstock handle. Part of five piece set.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming)

GUSN: 28940

Accession Number: 1920.55.4

Dollstand

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28941

Accession Number: 1920.56B

Doll

Wooden doll with curled hair in a pink dress.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28942

Accession Number: 1920.56A

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