Historic New England

Silhouette

Hollow cut paper silhouette over black textile of a young boy facing left, set in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and beaded borders and rosette decorations.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103831

Accession Number: 1925.655

Silhouette

Painted bust length silhouette portrait of a man facing right on white paper, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and reed borders.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103832

Accession Number: 1925.656

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set on a black textile of a young girl set in a painted gold wood frame under glass.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103833

Accession Number: 1925.658

Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk of a woman facing right, drawn ink hair details, mounted in a oval brass frame with foliate and reed borders, verre eglomise mat with oval opening with gold border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103834

Accession Number: 1925.659

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette portrait set over black ground of a man facing left, drawn details for hair and vest, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with reed and bead borders.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Possibly Chamberlain, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103835

Accession Number: 1925.660

Silhouette

Painted bust length silhouette portrait of a man facing left, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103836

Accession Number: 1925.661

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette portrait set over black silk of a woman facing right, mounted in an oval brass frame with foliate and bead borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), paper (fiber product), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103837

Accession Number: 1925.662

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set on black ground of a woman facing left, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with foliate and reed borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103838

Accession Number: 1925.663

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette portrait set over a black ground of an older woman facing left wearing a bonnet, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with reed and bead borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103839

Accession Number: 1925.664

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black paper of a woman facing left with a comb in hair and lace collar, mounted in a gilded wood frame.

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103840

Accession Number: 1926.604

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a shell on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170394

Accession Number: 2006.44.2288.3

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with shell design.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170395

Accession Number: 2006.44.2288.2

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a heart on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170396

Accession Number: 2006.44.2289.1

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with shell design.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170397

Accession Number: 2006.44.2288.1

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a flower on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170399

Accession Number: 2006.44.2291.2

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a wheel design on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170400

Accession Number: 2006.44.2290.1

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a flower on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170401

Accession Number: 2006.44.2291.1

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a wheel design on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170402

Accession Number: 2006.44.2290.2

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a flower on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170403

Accession Number: 2006.44.2291.3

Ice cream mold

Glass mold with grape design and ribbed sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170404

Accession Number: 2006.44.2287.1

Ice cream mold

Metal ice cream mold with a heart design on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170405

Accession Number: 2006.44.2289.3

Ice cream mold

Glass mold with a grape design on the bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170406

Accession Number: 2006.44.2287.2

Ice cream mold

Glass mold with a pineapple design on the top. Ribbed sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170407

Accession Number: 2006.44.2286.2

Ice cream mold

Glass mold with pineapple design and ribbed sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170408

Accession Number: 2006.44.2286.1

Baking pan

Metal rectangular baking pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170409

Accession Number: 2006.44.2282

Baking pan

Rectangular baking pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170410

Accession Number: 2006.44.2285

Bread pan

Cast iron bread pan with ring hook.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 170411

Accession Number: 2006.44.2275

Bread pan

Cast iron bread pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 170414

Accession Number: 2006.44.2274

Baking pan

Rectangular baking pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170416

Accession Number: 2006.44.2284

Bread pan

Cast iron bread pan

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 170417

Accession Number: 2006.44.2276

Bread pan

Metal rectangular bread pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170418

Accession Number: 2006.44.2279

Bread pan

Cast iron bread pan

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 170419

Accession Number: 2006.44.2278

Bread pan

Cast iron bread pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 170420

Accession Number: 2006.44.2277

Bread pan

Rectangular metal bread pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170421

Accession Number: 2006.44.2280

Footstool

Empire style mahogony footstool with an embroidered vegetal pattern on the seat. Two C shaped legs joined by a stretcher.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 170422

Accession Number: 2006.44.2050

Phillips House

Framed photographic print of a house, #34 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts. In front of the house is a large tree, and beside the house, on each side, is another house. There is a wood fence to the left and metal fence in front. The picture is taken from across the street.

Date: 1898-1912

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170423

Accession Number: 2006.44.894

Wall lamp

Wall lamp with two arms and glass shades with etched design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170424

Accession Number: 2006.44.1201.2

Bookcase

Mahogany double door bookcase with an A-shaped gallery centered by a carved shell with bellflowers that sits atop a case of double sliding glass doors. The doors are flanked by reeded Ionic columns and topped with an egg-and-dart molding below dental moldings, which extend around the corners.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 170425

Accession Number: 2006.44.695

Hand mirror

Round Chinese bronze mirror. Concentric rings design with Chinese characters.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 170426

Accession Number: 2006.44.951.1

Bowl

Medium-sized wooden bowl, or calabash, from Hawaii, called an umeke. The bowl has a smooth, polished exterior and unpolished interior. The top edge of the bowl curves inward. The thick walls of the bowl are cracked and have been repaired using a traditional technique of inserting hourglass-shaped pl...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170427

Accession Number: 2006.44.2078

Sculpture

Bronze sculpture of a boy at a grinding wheel.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 170428

Accession Number: 2006.44.1186

Mirror case

Square, teak wooden case with circular green fabric padding and lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: teak (wood)

GUSN: 170429

Accession Number: 2006.44.951.2AB

Bowl

Wood bowl, or umeke, with polished interior and exterior surfaces. From Hawaii, also referred to as "calabash." Two hourglass-shaped plugs have been inserted to hold together a cracked surface - a traditional method of repair. A small Hawaiian royal coat of arms has been affixed to the outer surface...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170430

Accession Number: 2006.44.2077

Trinket box

Painted treen barrel-shaped trinket box with lid. Black and red painted plant design. Several cracks in box, one of which is mended.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 170431

Accession Number: 2006.44.738AB

Kapa beater

Wooden four-sided kapa (barkcloth) beater, or i'e kuku, from Hawaii. Three sides have ribbed, parallel lines, each side's ribbing having a slightly different width. One side has a regular diamond and triangle design carved into the surface. Kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth, comes in a variety of textur...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 170441

Accession Number: 2006.44.957

Sculpture

Bronze and green patina sculpture by Auguste Nicolas Cain entitled: Lioness with her Catch, and Two Small Cubs.

Date: ca. 19th century

Maker: Cain, Auguste Nicolas, 1822-1894 (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 170442

Accession Number: 2006.44.1165

Bowl

Small wood bowl or calabash from Hawaii, known as an umeke. Polished with a shiny patina inside and out. There are a few spots of lighter wood as well as a crack. The crack has been repaired using a traditional method of inserting an hourglass-shaped plug. Umeke are highly esteemed and are frequentl...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170443

Accession Number: 2006.44.2075

Throwing club

Wooden throwing club or 'i Ula tavatava, from Fiji. The round club head is deeply carved with flanges and grooves, and topped with a smaller, rounded knob. The short handle is decorated with incised triangle shapes along the bottom half and along the top with vertically-aligned rows of shallow pierc...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 170444

Accession Number: 2006.44.956

Coconut bowl on stand

Large hollowed-out coconut bowl attached to a koa wood pedestal stand [a] with cover [b], from Hawaii. An accompanying note explains that the bowl is made from a very large coconut which was raised on the slopes of the Punch Bowl (in Honolulu), and presented to a member of the Phillips family by a ...

Maker: unknown

Material: coconut (fruit), koa (wood)

GUSN: 170445

Accession Number: 2006.44.735AB

Floor lamp

Metal electric floor lamp with an hexagonal lampshade with birds.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 170446

Accession Number: 2006.44.2081

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