Historic New England

Eyelet Screw

Cut from flat stock; blunt end. Traces of yellow paint on eye.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28055

Accession Number: 1918.111

Escutcheon

Two brass keyhole escutcheons; one rosehead screw still attached.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 28056

Accession Number: 1918.113AB

Iron mortise lock set with iron key. Lock works are of iron, with knob-operated spring-bend bolt and key-operated deadbolt. Each from both sides. Knobs and spindle not extant. Knob-operated deadbolt (one side only) with brass knob, spindle, and escutcheon are attached. Face plate is brass.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28057

Accession Number: 1918.113D

Change Purse

Lozenge-shaped change purse with hinged metal frame, chain strap and push-button clasp. The interior of the purse is lined with blue fabric, the sides are made of red leather covered with mother of pearl. The mother of pearl on the front side of the purse is relief carved with an image of a young co...

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, cloth, leather, mother of pearl

GUSN: 28058

Accession Number: 1918.122

Notebook

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28059

Accession Number: 1918.123

Fourth Liberty Loan pin

Blue pin with a white flag framed by a red border with four vertical blue strips in the middle

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28060

Accession Number: 1918.124

Tile

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28061

Accession Number: 1918.128B

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 28062

Accession Number: 1918.133

Table

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28063

Accession Number: 1918.138

Wine Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28064

Accession Number: 1918.156

Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28065

Accession Number: 1918.175

Rocking Chair

Rush seated painted rocking chair.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), rush (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28066

Accession Number: 1978.105

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 28067

Accession Number: 1918.194C

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 28068

Accession Number: 1918.221AB

Cup and saucer

Ironstone handless cup and saucer with mulberry-colored transfer-printed pattern with elements overglazed in blue, green, yellow and red. Border pattern of scrolls and roses. Central scene of urn, vase, and flowers.

Date: 1853

Maker: Wooliscroft, George (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), overglazing, transfer printing

GUSN: 28069

Accession Number: 1918.228.1-.2

Handle

Patterned plate and profiled handle with through door iron bolts and nuts on back. Concave head on straight lever.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28070

Accession Number: 1918.230

Handle

Straight lever, patterned plate, and profiled handle (casting?). Two iron bolts through door at handle attachment points. Square nuts included.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28071

Accession Number: 1918.231

Card Case

Card case (A) and lid (B).

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 28072

Accession Number: 1918.232AB

Collar

White embroidered collar with woven in silk blue ribbon, floral pattern.

Date: 1848-1858

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28073

Accession Number: 1918.234

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28074

Accession Number: 1918.236

Pocket Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28075

Accession Number: 1918.237

Container

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28076

Accession Number: 1918.241

Match Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28077

Accession Number: 1918.243

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28078

Accession Number: 1918.246

Tin Trunk

Tin box with hinged, domed lid. Lid has hinged latch on side and round pull on top. Box is painted black with red and gold fruit. Box is rusted with paint loss.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28079

Accession Number: 1918.247

Key

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 28080

Accession Number: 1918.249

Parasol

Marquise/folding parasol; black silk edged with machined Chantilly flounces; folding, black hooked handle; marquise hinge; pointed ferrule.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), Chantilly lace, lace (needlework), metal, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28081

Accession Number: 1918.253

Nail

A nail with rounded brass head. Method of manufacture uncertain. Round shaft, pointed tip. Tag "Pin, Otis House. Found near one of windows."

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28239

Accession Number: 1918.805

Nail

Nail with crockery head set in brass; round shaft; pointed tip. Method of manufacture uncertain.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28240

Accession Number: 1918.806

Nail

Nail with crockery head set in brass, round shaft, pointed tip. Flatter head than 1918.806.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28241

Accession Number: 1918.807

Sauce Warmer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28242

Accession Number: 1918.812

Decanter stopper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28243

Accession Number: 1918.813

Decanter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28244

Accession Number: 1918.814

Button

Eight metal buttons on original card. Secured to card with string.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 28245

Accession Number: 1918.817

Peaslee Garrison House

Watercolor painting of a red house and gray outbuildings on a hillside with chickens in the foreground. Rear view of the Peaslee Garrison House, East Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Date: 1915-1918

Maker: Warren, Harold B. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 28246

Accession Number: 1918.819

Button

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 28247

Accession Number: 1918.821

Button

A metal button with a frieze of stars on perimeter; a circle of crescent moons in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 28248

Accession Number: 1918.822

Button

Two dozen silver-plated waistcoat buttons, loose.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 28249

Accession Number: 1918.823

Bone Buttons

Set of 40 bone buttons possibly made from horn. A string holds the buttons together with another button covered with white weave piece of cotton fabric. NOTE: The original 1918 accession card notes there are 42 bone buttons.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 28250

Accession Number: 1918.824

Button

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 28251

Accession Number: 1918.825

Button

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 28252

Accession Number: 1918.826

Shutter Knob

Round knob with top mssing; escutcheon plate with stamped (?) decoration.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 28253

Accession Number: 1918.829

Shutter Knob

Pressed, flat round knob with beaded escutcheon plate (loose).

Date: 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), pressing

GUSN: 28254

Accession Number: 1918.830

Shutter Knob

Small metal and glass shutter knob from the dining room of the Harrison Gray Otis House. Crosshatch pattern on metal visible through glass knob front. Attached escutcheon of brass with threaded screw attachment.

Date: 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 28255

Accession Number: 1918.831

Shutter Knob

Round, flattened; threaded screw attached to back.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), porcelain

GUSN: 28256

Accession Number: 1918.832

Shutter Knob

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 28257

Accession Number: 1918.841

Shutter Knob

Round, flat knob; attached screw for mounting.

Date: ca. 1918

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28258

Accession Number: 1918.842

HL Hinge

HL-type flat strap hinge. Countersunk holes.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28259

Accession Number: 1918.844

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28260

Accession Number: 1918.845

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28261

Accession Number: 1918.846

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