Historic New England

Striped Bag

Tan bag with tiny brown stripes woven into the fabric.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 52780

Accession Number: 1941.1576

Base

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 52782

Accession Number: 1941.1583B

Glass Dome

Tall, oval glass dome.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52783

Accession Number: 1941.1583C

Bunting or Binder

Greenish cream; all seams featherstitched with cream silk thread; two darts.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 52784

Accession Number: 1941.1586

Bib

White; diamond shape with rounded neck; one narrow tape tie (other one broken off/lost); reversable.

Date: ca. 1861

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 52785

Accession Number: 1941.1587

Pair of Booties

Cream with blue trim; knit with blue crocheted scalloped edge; lace pattern; cream ribbon ankle tie; ribbed foot.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 52786

Accession Number: 1941.1596AB

Shirt

Cream; scalloped boat neckline and armseye--edged w/ cream/white linen; pullover; closed flannel style.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, wool (textile)

GUSN: 52787

Accession Number: 1941.1599

Hand towel

Nearly square cotton woven check; off white ground with brown and light blue stripes. Hemmed ends; selvage sides.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand weaving, textiles

GUSN: 52788

Accession Number: 1941.1602

Hand towel

Roughly square cotton; white with light blue windowpane checks with blue band outlined in brown, border. Large patched area in different blue and white windowpane check. Selvage sides; hemmed ends.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), cross-stitching, textiles

GUSN: 52789

Accession Number: 1941.1603

Apron

White and blue checked silk; shield-shaped bib; bib and skirt edged with black silk fringe; self ties with button closure; no shoulder straps

Date: 1864-1868

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 52790

Accession Number: 1941.1605

Shawl

Cream silk; machine knit; stripe effect; applied border and fringe.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 52791

Accession Number: 1941.1606

Safety Glasses

Metal safety glasses [a] with a metal case [b].

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 52792

Accession Number: 1941.1608AB

Pair of Stockings

White thick knitted stocking, plain and quite large.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 52793

Accession Number: 1941.1609AB

Light Bulb

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52795

Accession Number: 1941.1618

Compote

White glass compote with shallow bowl and tall footed stem. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior of bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52796

Accession Number: 1941.1619

Candy Dish

Small white glass bowl (a) with lid (b). Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior of bowl and lid. Lid has berry knop.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52797

Accession Number: 1941.1620AB

Sugar Bowl

White glass sugar bowl with foot, berry knob handles and lid with berry knop. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior of bowl and lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52798

Accession Number: 1941.1621AB

Sugar Bowl

White glass sugar bowl with foot, berry knob handles and lid with berry knop. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior of bowl and lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52799

Accession Number: 1941.1622AB

Sugar Bowl

White glass sugar bowl with foot, berry knob handles and lid with berry knop. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior of bowl and lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52800

Accession Number: 1941.1623AB

Cup

White glass cup with foot and opposing berry knob handles. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52801

Accession Number: 1941.1624

Cup

White glass cup with foot and opposing berry knob handles. Molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52802

Accession Number: 1941.1625

Goblet

White glass goblet with molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 52803

Accession Number: 1941.1626.1

Goblet

White glass goblet with molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52804

Accession Number: 1941.1626.2

Goblet

White glass goblet with molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52805

Accession Number: 1941.1626.3

Goblet

White glass goblet with molded berry and leaf pattern on exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52806

Accession Number: 1941.1626.4

Eggcup

Pair of white molded glass egg cups. Footed cups with exterior berry and leaf decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 52807

Accession Number: 1941.1627.1-.2

Framed document hand written history, on lined paper of Quincy family property. Beginning "Edmund Quincy of England built a house on the Mount Wallaston plantation and died there in 1635..." Plain wood frame.

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56085

Accession Number: 1988.82

Commemorative Certificate

Framed certificate of promotion for Samuel Miller Quincy to Brigadeer General. Polychrome engraving w/ elaborate detail.

Date: 1866

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56086

Accession Number: 1988.85

Landscape Picture

Colored engraving of Amsterdam, Holland; a view from the Old Ramport showing ships and a canal with bridges over it. Under glass; black and gold frame.

Date: 1752

Maker: Henry Overton & Robert Sayer (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 56087

Accession Number: 1988.86

Picture

Watercolor? on paper; glass; plain wood frame w/ gilt and gesso inner frame. Multi-color depiction of a bluejay on a twig. Indecipherable writing on twig.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 56089

Accession Number: 1988.98

Portrait of Abigail Phillips Quincy (1803-1893)

Photograph of a woman in a lace cap, dark dress, and white shawl. Sitter is seated in a Victorian chair with carved back at a writing desk in the Dining Room at Quincy House.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Hadcock, Henry L., 1855-1931 (Photographer) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56091

Accession Number: 1988.81

Commission Certificate

Colonel's commission in cursive script, eagle emblem for Samuel Miller Quincy.

Date: 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56092

Accession Number: 1988.84

Wall Mirror

Rectangular mahogany veneer frame; wide, shallow molding; rectangular glass.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneering

GUSN: 56093

Accession Number: 1988.92

Landscape with Pond

Multi-colored oil on canvas of rural landscapes with rock and pond in foreground and mountains in rear. Gilt and gesso frame. Stenciled inscription on back reads: "15/ ANCIENNE MAISON/ VALEE/ BELLAMOINE Successeur/ 7 RUE DE MARTRE-SEC/ PARIS."

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 56097

Accession Number: 1929.314

Portrait Print

Print shows Lafayette standing with hat and cane in hand; caption left to right "A. Scheffer Pinxit. 1822"; "Imprime par Durand & Sauvil"; Leroux Sculpt. 1824" "Lafayette" "A Paris, chez l' Auteur, Rue St. Victor, N0. 9, et chez chaillou Md. D' Estamps, Rue St. Honore No. 140." On back: "J. Eastma...

Date: 1824

Maker: Scheffer, A. (Painter) Leroux (Engraver) Durand & Sauvil (Publisher) Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 56098

Accession Number: 1924.554

Toilet Bottle

A) Square clay body with colorless glaze. Rectangular squat body with flat bottom. Hipped canted shoulders taper to circular neck with flat circular mouth ring. Overglaze polychrome floral sprig enamel decoration with gilt lines at all corners. B) Mushroom-type stopper with conforming decoration.

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 56099

Accession Number: 1933.1369AB

Candlestick

Rectangular base; bell-shaped section above; next section is bulb like; top section is cylindrical. Incised rings at middle of bulb and near top of cylinder.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 56100

Accession Number: 1937.465

Eyeglasses

Wire-rimmed glasses w/ green tinted lenses and temples w/ hinged extensions.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), wire

GUSN: 56101

Accession Number: 1937.692A

Vase

Opaque medium blue glass body. Slender neck, lip flares out, bulbous bottom on disk base. No opening in top.

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 56102

Accession Number: 1937.758

Toilet Bottle

Opaque white glass body. Flat basal ring with polished bottom. Cylindrical or cann-shaped body with rounded shoulders, tapering to a narrow cylindrical neck. Overall hand-painted enamel wash decoration of naturalistic flowers (morning glories or clemantis and a rust colored rose). Ball-top stopper i...

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 56103

Accession Number: 1937.798AB

Toilet Bottle

A) White clay body with colorless glaze. Bulbous undulating form, reminiscent of mid-Eastern forms, with squat bulbous bottom on a circular foot ring, swelling to a narrower center (bell-like) with a knop at neck and terminating in a cylindrical neck with circular mouth ring. Decorated with overglaz...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 56104

Accession Number: 1938.1322AB

Sewing Table

Sewing table with four round, tapered legs, cuffed, reeded with ring turnings where legs join case. Two drawers with pressed gilt metal knobs. Rectangular top with two leaves supported by brackets which swing out from case. Unusually thick top. Entire exterior stained and varnished (later) rather po...

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 56105

Accession Number: 1939.356

Box

Rectangular, hinged box with walnut veneer containing a variety of gaming chips made of abalone, with carved decoration and indecipherable initials.

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), inlay (process), abalone shell

GUSN: 56106

Accession Number: 1939.632

Chair

Wing chair with arms, Marlborough legs, and molded corners.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 56107

Accession Number: 1948.125

Chair

Straight tapered legs with beading and shaping. Rectangular side, rear median stretchers with rounded top face; flared rectangular seat with serpentine front. Straight, tapered stiles with pad crest with carved swag decoration. Splat has four columns which intersect in diamond pattern; reeded.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 56108

Accession Number: 1950.436

Card Table

Veneered, herringbone pattern around three rectangles on apron. String and diamond inlay on legs. Legs are slender, taper to floor. Hinged top, folds out and is supported by swing leg.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), inlay (process)

GUSN: 56109

Accession Number: 1952.193

Wall Mirror

Federal period rectangular looking glass; mahogany frame; engaged, reeded colonnettes flank rectangular glass and rectangular eglomise panel depicting group of houses on water, canal or pond. Original glass.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 56110

Accession Number: 1955.40

Washstand

Washstand with four columnar legs with peg feet; lower tier has open shelf with drawer below. Upper tier has shaped, projecting front with flanking drawers and central cut out for basin. Shaped sides and raised crest rail with ears. Round wooden pulls.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), veneer, mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 56111

Accession Number: 1956.23

Watch Holder

Watch stand with veneered front of geometric designs and round, velvet-lined depression for holding the watch case. Rear, hinged door reveals spare for storing the chair; lined with red paper.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), inlay (process), paper (fiber product), velvet (fabric weave), veneering

GUSN: 56112

Accession Number: 1940.698

Candlestick

One of a pair of pewter candlesticks. Square molded base rises to ring and elongated baluster form, which flares to round rim.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Leinzen (Maker)

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

GUSN: 56117

Accession Number: 1950.470.1

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