Historic New England

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of a dock and sailing ship in foreground and commercial buildings beyond; a man stands in small sailboat in front.

Date: ca. 1895

Maker: unknown

Material: black-and-white photographs, albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 33994

Accession Number: 1931.655

Fan

Long black lacquered wooden sticks and guards; heavily-pierced and carved with floral design; short black moire' twill leaf; shell washer; metal ring.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), moiré, piercing, silk (textile), twill, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 33995

Accession Number: 1931.657

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 33996

Accession Number: 1931.659

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33997

Accession Number: 1931.663

Coverlet Fragment

Rectangular; green and cream; remains of hemmed edge.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 33998

Accession Number: 1931.688.2

Piece of a Blanket

White, plain weave lightly napped wool blanket fragment with woven dark stripe across one end and remains of embroidered stars in two corners; fragment is one end of blanket.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: Hall, Sarah Moors (Maker)

Material: embroidering, weaving, machine-made, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 33999

Accession Number: 1931.689

Pin

Hardwood pin, probably oak.

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood

GUSN: 34000

Accession Number: 1931.690

Pin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 34001

Accession Number: 1931.691

Spike

Hand-wrought spike with extra-large head.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 34002

Accession Number: 1931.693

Nail

Two hand-wrought lath nails.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 34003

Accession Number: 1931.694AB

Block

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 34004

Accession Number: 1931.697.2

Crane

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 34005

Accession Number: 1931.697.1 AB

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 34006

Accession Number: 1931.698

Nail

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 34007

Accession Number: 1931.699

Candle Mold

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 34008

Accession Number: 1931.700

Marbles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 34009

Accession Number: 1931.701

Mourning picture depicting a woman dressed in white leaning on a cylindrical monument surmounted by an urn. There is a weeping willow at her left. To the right in the distance are a church and another tree. The woman's face and arms, the background and church at right are painted. Stitches used in t...

Date: ca. 1829

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 34010

Accession Number: 1931.702

"Reveries of a Bachelor"

Parian sculpture of an owl on a branch.

Maker: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 34011

Accession Number: 1931.703

Flax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 34012

Accession Number: 1931.704

Brick

Brick.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 34013

Accession Number: 1931.708

Spoon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 34014

Accession Number: 1931.709

Vase

Glossy brown glazed earthenware vase with tapering body and flaring lip.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 34015

Accession Number: 1931.720

Vase

Yellow earthenware vase with cylindrical body and flaring rim.

Date: 1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 34016

Accession Number: 1931.721

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 34017

Accession Number: 1931.735

Bowl

Yellow-glazed earthenware bowl with exterior repeating border of geese and foliage, bands of yellow, green, blue, and white. Black interior band.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 34018

Accession Number: 1931.749

Vase

Earthenware vase with green glazed body and cream band around rim. Border of trees in black, brown, and beige.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 34019

Accession Number: 1931.760

Pitcher

Earthenware pitcher with cobalt blue, green, and brown mottled glaze. Loop handle and pointed spout.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 34020

Accession Number: 1931.766

Trivet

Earthenware circular trivet with scene of three-masted sailing vessel navigating choppy waters. White, brown, blue and yellow glaze on scene.

Date: 1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 34021

Accession Number: 1931.770

Plate

Greenish-yellow border; black center.

Date: ca. 1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery), tin (metal)

GUSN: 34022

Accession Number: 1931.780

Plate

Earthenware plate with blue-green mottled glaze.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 34023

Accession Number: 1931.781

Carpet Sample

Rectangular, with oriental-inspired polychromatic floral designs connected by vines on blue ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), weft loop weave, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 34024

Accession Number: 1931.788.2

Jug

Blue ceramic jug with a small spout and handle. Image of a white rabbit under the spout.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Revere Pottery, Paul (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Potter)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 34026

Accession Number: 1931.881

Hat

Brown straw with narrow brim; brim and crown trimmed with brown ribbon; brown and black tassel; leather sweatband; paper lining.

Date: ca. 1876

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, paper (fiber product), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 33714

Accession Number: 1930.1530

Hat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33715

Accession Number: 1930.1531

Hat

Gray felt hat with upturned brim, edge bound with black ribbon, and bow and band of black ribbon. Round silvered paper label glued to crown interior, stamped depiction of a male head in profile, no inscription.

Date: 1870-80

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 33716

Accession Number: 1930.1532

Mourning Print

Man, woman and young boy stand next to inscribed funerary monument; willows and church beyond; piece missing from veneered frame

Date: ca. 1845

Maker: Gleason, F (Publisher)

Material: chromolithography, willow (wood)

GUSN: 33717

Accession Number: 1930.1539

Carpetbag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33718

Accession Number: 1930.1540

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Center filled with rose vines; scrolling leafy border; angling pineapples in corners.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 33719

Accession Number: 1930.1542B

Hearth Shelf

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 33720

Accession Number: 1930.1545.1-.2

Stove

Cast iron stove.Two tiered parlor stove. Gothic design quatrefoil decoration on the second tier, matching front and back. Floral decoration throughout. Several doors, first tier has two on the front center and one on the side. The side second tier has one door on the side. Feet now separate.

Date: 1853

Maker: Vose & Co (Maker)

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 33721

Accession Number: 1930.1547

Handle

Suffolk-type pull with straight thumb lever. Flame-type escutcheons top and bottom. Half round profile handle.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 33722

Accession Number: 1930.1551

Quilt Samples and Envelope

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 33723

Accession Number: 1930.1554

Braided mat or rug

Oval, flat sided; braided wool rag. Primarily greens, blues and blacks; rectangular wool ingrain carpet center. One side mottled red and yellow pattern; the other red and yellow floral pattern.

Date: 1885-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, ingrain carpets, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 33724

Accession Number: 1930.1558

Thread Roll

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 33725

Accession Number: 1930.1562

Infant's Shirt

Cream; lace trim at open neckline; sleeveless; front opening; gathered at front and back as if "false" yoke; open shirt.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), linen (material)

GUSN: 33726

Accession Number: 1930.1567

Shirt

Cream; neckline has 2 large scallops (fall collar) embroidered w/ floral garland of eyelet and whitework, w/ edge of eyelet; pointed turned back sleeves w/ same embroidery as neckline; French seam at front; open front.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 33727

Accession Number: 1930.1568

Pair of Socks

Cream with pale blue; knit--pale blue with cream; cream circles alternate with cream lace patterned bands; ribbed ankle with one pearl button at each ankle.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine knitting, machine-made

GUSN: 33728

Accession Number: 1930.1571AB

Boots / Slippers

Pair of cream colored boot shaped slippers with featherstitched embroidery on the toe. Cream silk trim along sole and seams. Satin sole. Three white buttons at side and flannel lining.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, machine-made, silk (textile), satin

GUSN: 33729

Accession Number: 1930.1573AB

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 33730

Accession Number: 1930.1579

PETTICOAT

Cream wool flannel gauged to narrow waistband; featherstitching down seams; embroidered silk wheat stalks at hem; short.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, flannel, wool (textile)

GUSN: 33731

Accession Number: 1930.1586

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