Historic New England

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39036

Accession Number: 1937.413AB

Ivory brise' fan; intricately carved, guards with chinoiserie, sticks with grape leaves and grapes; central cartouche with gilt monogram: H.L. or F.C.L.; medallion with landscape at lower front; discolored white silk ribbon; animal characters along top of each stick.

Date: 1790-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 39037

Accession Number: 1937.414

Portrait of Captain Isaiah Lewis

Portrait of a man with curly dark hair, black jacket, elaborate stock and collar.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 39039

Accession Number: 1937.420

Chair

Arm chair with green upholstery

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 39042

Accession Number: 1937.435

Candlestand

Cabriole legs; rounded snake feet; turned urn-and-column pillar; fixed square top with molded edges.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 39044

Accession Number: 1937.439

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39045

Accession Number: 1937.440

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39046

Accession Number: 1937.441

Box

Small cubical wood box with hinged cover. Mahogany with high gloss. Rounded brass corners on cover and brass trim on box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39047

Accession Number: 1937.442

Tea chest

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39050

Accession Number: 1937.447

Float

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39051

Accession Number: 1937.450

Float

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39052

Accession Number: 1937.451

Float

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39053

Accession Number: 1937.452

Float

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39054

Accession Number: 1937.453

Candlestick

Square base w/ canted corners. Stepped and tapered shaft, to a large inverted triangular knop, above which is a smaller knop, and then a third, which is flat in eight places around its middle: to plain shaft (1") and a circular mouth.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39055

Accession Number: 1937.458

Candlestick

Candlestick with square base with canted corners, surmounted by a stepped and tapered section; two large knops with a smaller one in between, then becoming a plain shaft (1 5/8"), divided by a ring and topped by a circular mouth.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39056

Accession Number: 1937.459

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39057

Accession Number: 1937.460

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39058

Accession Number: 1937.461A

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 39059

Accession Number: 1937.461B

Box

Small round wood box with fitted cover. Sundail and compass inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39064

Accession Number: 1937.474AB

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39067

Accession Number: 1937.478

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material)

GUSN: 39068

Accession Number: 1937.479AB

Pen

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 39069

Accession Number: 1937.480

Calender

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 39070

Accession Number: 1937.481

Small Container

Small, woven, pillow-shaped container.

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 39071

Accession Number: 1937.482

Box

Cylindrical wood box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39072

Accession Number: 1937.484AB

Poker

One in set of fire tools consisting of shovel, tongs and poker. All w/ turned brass finial at top. Poker's finial is different than shovel and tongs (prob. different set).

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 20044

Accession Number: 1998.286.3

Firetool stand

Cast iron fire tool stand. Base shaped like shield and decorated w/ vines rising out of a lion's head. 2 claw feet at back of base. Lion's head near top of back and connected to C-scrolled arms. Flower at top.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 20045

Accession Number: 1998.287

Wood box

Wood box, homemade, papered w/ dado paper on 3 sides. No lid. Wood joined w/ iron strips. Paper is dark green, black and yellow, medallions and floral print.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: homemade, iron (metal), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20046

Accession Number: 1998.288

Bellows

Pair of bellows, red w/ stencil decoration on front. Handle has leaf pattern, body has 3 pieces of fruit and leaf pattern inside black border. Tanned leather connecting wood pieces w/ brass pins. Finished w/ brass tube. Backside--wood has hole in center of body, leather shows through.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20047

Accession Number: 1998.289

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20048

Accession Number: 1980.452

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20049

Accession Number: 1980.453

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20050

Accession Number: 1980.454

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20051

Accession Number: 1980.455

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20052

Accession Number: 1980.456

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20053

Accession Number: 1980.457

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20054

Accession Number: 1980.458

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20055

Accession Number: 1980.459

Tilt-top table

Tilt-top table. Mahogany. Square top with serpentine-carved edges. Turned baluster with tripod base. Rests on cabriole legs that terminate in slippered feet.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 20056

Accession Number: 1998.290

TRIM

No description

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20057

Accession Number: 1980.460

Portrait of Richard Hawley Tucker (1791-1867)

Half-length, frontal oil portrait of a man, Richard Hawley Tucker (1791-1867), with light brown hair, blue eyes and wearing a black coat, yellow vest, blue scarf and white shirt. His left shoulder points away from the viewer and his arm rests on a shelf. Mounted in an ornate, four inch gilt frame.

Date: 1833

Maker: Feulard (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 20058

Accession Number: 1998.291

Portrait of Captain Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr.

Full-length watercolor portrait of Captain Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr. with a long white beard, seated in a white rocking chair on the piazza. Dressed in a blue-gray suit, Tucker rests with both his arms on the arms of the chair and his hands clasped. In a 2 1/2 inch gilt frame.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: Lipman, Mde. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 20059

Accession Number: 1998.292

The Battle of Langsyde

In the central foreground of this engraving, Mary in wealthy robes kneels down beside Douglas, whose back is propped up against a religious figure. His faithful dog lies by Douglas' side. Soldiers, religious figures, and horses surround the central figures. Framed in a 2 1/2 inch gilt frame.

Date: 1844

Maker: Landseer, C. (Painter) Parkes, Mary (Publisher) Murray, John George (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 20060

Accession Number: 1998.293

Portrait of Jennie White

Chest-length frontal portrait of young girl, Jennie White, with brown curly hair pulled back away from her face and brown eyes. The girl is wearing an off the shoulders white shirt with a red wrap around her shoulders. In a four inch gilt oval frame.

Date: 1858

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 20061

Accession Number: 1998.294

Baluster

Baluster with the following turning sequence: 1: Twisted vase, vase, square, two twists going in the same direction with one much shallower than the other. 2: Same baluster but shaft has only one twist and is slightly longer. 3: Same baluster except shaft is like rope molding. Brown paint.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20062

Accession Number: 1982.329.1-3

Baluster

Slender turned baluster; twisted shaft above a reeded vase. Yellowed white paint.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 20063

Accession Number: 1982.333

Baluster

Baluster with one end doweled and the other mitered; square base is surmounted by fluted urn and flutes, square, and then sharply turned shaft; grey/cream paint.

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, mitering, painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 20064

Accession Number: 1982.341

Photograph

Half-length frontal portrait of a woman (Frances Stone Carr) w/ her left shoulder turned slightly away from the viewer. The woman has tightly curled brown hair and dark eyes, and is wearing a dark dress, white crocheted collar and dark brooch. Frame is oval and gilt.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), photographs

GUSN: 20065

Accession Number: 1998.277.2

Engraving

In the center of the engraving Leonardo Da Vinci lies in bed w/ several religious figures, wealthy men and women surrounding him during his last moments. The man nearest to Da Vinci, the king, has one arm under Da Vinci and one arm reaching for a glass of liquid. Several figures kneel in the foregro...

Date: 1845

Maker: Fisk, William (Painter) Parkes, Mary (Publisher) Scott, James (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 20066

Accession Number: 1998.295

Pilaster Capital

Carved interior pilaster cap with original gilt and green paint. Newspaper article from the Daily Kennebec Journal dated Oct. 15, 1879 glued to back.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), carving (processes), gilding

GUSN: 20067

Accession Number: 1985.653

Side chair

Federal side chair w/ gilt decoration and red striping and caned seat. Crest rail and wide slat w/ arched openwork beneath. Slender turned lower slat. Front legs and front stretcher turned.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 20068

Accession Number: 1998.296

Search Collections

Displaying: 188851 - 188900 of 226,395