Historic New England

Puzzle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37375

Accession Number: 1934.2840

Ladies hand fan with ivory sticks, pierced and inlaid with silver; one guard stick has small mirror with a gilt frame; paper leaf has white ground with scrolling gilt pattern enclosing cartouches, cartouches are lithographed and painted with winter scenes of figures skating and on a sleigh; two fig...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 37376

Accession Number: 1934.2844

Fan & Box

Fan: brown wooden sticks w/ leaf of brown turkey? feathers oil painted w/ spray of purple and yellow pansies and daisy trail; long aubergine silk tassel w/ braided ring. Box: large white; covered w/ moire paper; one guard; stick has silver shield.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37377

Accession Number: 1934.2845AB

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37378

Accession Number: 1934.2846A

Tieback

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37379

Accession Number: 1934.2846B

Hand towel

No description

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Small, Sarah J. (Maker)

Material: fringe, fustian, hand weaving, tabby (textile), weaving, textiles

GUSN: 37380

Accession Number: 1934.2850

Tile

Square decorative ceramic tile; cream colored background; brown transfer print of the Old Meeting House in Hingham.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Mintons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 37382

Accession Number: 1934.2858

Girl's dress and jacket

Girl's dress [A] with matching jacket [B]. Brown and tan silk with small checked pattern. Trimmed with plain brown silk. Picked up by the donor at a Brookline rummage sale.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37383

Accession Number: 1934.2859AB

Child's dress

Child's dress, dark red silk with no sleeves. Front buttons missing. To be worn with a guimpe.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37385

Accession Number: 1934.2860

Plate

Large redware plate with looping lines of yellow slip and the word "Ninety." Red-brown glaze and impressed edge. Small asterisk -shaped figure near plate edge is formed by the absence of glaze. Possibly made using a wax resist technique.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, slipware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 37386

Accession Number: 1934.2862

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37387

Accession Number: 1934.2863

Cologne Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37388

Accession Number: 1934.2870

Toilet Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37389

Accession Number: 1934.2872

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 37390

Accession Number: 1934.2877

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37391

Accession Number: 1934.2883

Portrait Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 37392

Accession Number: 1934.2884

Photograph

View of plowed and planted field w/ house just visible in background; many men and a few women posed (not in work clothes) w/ hoes in middle ground.

Date: 1873

Maker: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 37393

Accession Number: 1934.2885

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37394

Accession Number: 1934.2886

Dress

Brown silk & wool crepe w/ tan satin stripe. A=Bodice - standing band collar of brown taffeta w/ light green satin ribbon lining & bow at back; same green satin along center front & waist. Tan silk mousseline along center front covering taffeta hook & eye closure; slightly pointed at waist front &...

Date: 1897-1898

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), stitching, machine-made, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 37395

Accession Number: 1934.2887AB

Basket

Bowl-shaped wood splint basket with square base, expanding sides and round rim. Checker weave base of wide standards. Some of the standards are split to form narrower side standards, resulting in standards of differing widths. The sides are a checker weave. The rim is re-inforced with interior and...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 37396

Accession Number: 1934.2989

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany, maple. Back composed of four solid slats; stretchers: saddle seat. Rests on Marlborough legs with beaded front legs.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37397

Accession Number: 1934.2891

Side Chair

Chair. Cherry wood, upholstery. Ladder back form. Four pierced anthemion slats; upholstered seat; serpentine front rail; "H" and rear stretchers. Rests on molded tapered legs.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 37398

Accession Number: 1934.2892

Cradle

Cradle. Pine, paint, grain-paint. Three-pitch hood; shaped sides, front skirt and footboard; crotch mahogany grain-painting; blue interior.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 37400

Accession Number: 1934.2897

Mirror

Mahogany veneered looking glass

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37401

Accession Number: 1934.2898

Worked Stone

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 37402

Accession Number: 1934.2899

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37405

Accession Number: 1934.2902

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37408

Accession Number: 1934.2904

Pan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37409

Accession Number: 1934.2905

Fireback

Fireback depicting a cow and a farmer. Above the farm scene is an ornate border and a gothic archway design.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37410

Accession Number: 1934.2906

Ingrain rug

Rectangular, seamed carpeting; green wool edge binding. Persian style with stripes of red, green and light blue; white details highlighting rows of alternating foliated hexagons; diamond centers with foliated octagons. Floral border.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, alteration (process and technique), wool (textile)

GUSN: 37411

Accession Number: 1934.2907.1

Violin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37412

Accession Number: 1934.2908

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37413

Accession Number: 1934.2909

Photogravure

Photogravure in color. "The Old Dutch church near New Ulster co., N.Y. Built during the reign of George the first - from the painting by E. L. Henry, N.A." shows groups of people, houses, and carriages in front of a church. On white mat. Plain gilt frame

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37134

Accession Number: 1934.1996

Bowl

Pearlware bowl with hand-painted blue feather edge.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), hand-painted, pearlware

GUSN: 37135

Accession Number: 1934.2003

Globe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37136

Accession Number: 1934.2004A

Broom

No description

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37137

Accession Number: 1934.2007

Bellows

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37138

Accession Number: 1934.2008

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37139

Accession Number: 1934.2033

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37140

Accession Number: 1934.2034

Bellows

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37142

Accession Number: 1934.2051

Basket

Small, shallow circular basket with round wood base, slanting wood spindle sides and wood hoop rim. Basket is painted red with handpainted floral wreaths and sprigs in green, white and blue.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), hand-painted

GUSN: 37143

Accession Number: 1934.2058

Candlestick with Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37145

Accession Number: 1934.2068A

Candlestick with Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37146

Accession Number: 1934.2068B

Sculpture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 37147

Accession Number: 1934.2072

Sculpture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 37148

Accession Number: 1934.2075

SAUCER

No description

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 37149

Accession Number: 1934.2081

Decorative Bowl

Opalescent glass bowl with ribbed round body, straight neck, and flared irregular rim and two applied glass handles

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37150

Accession Number: 1934.2091

Vase (Cylindrical Glass Container) with lid

Green-tinted tall glass cylindrical container (with lid - 1934.2092b); decorated with crest and four-petalled flower designs in red and white; crest in red, black, blue, whtie, and gold with lion emblem and crown. lid that accompanies 1934.2092A - green-tinted glass lid decorated with crests and fou...

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), dye, paint (coating)

GUSN: 37151

Accession Number: 1934.2092AB

Student Lamp with Shade

Nickel-plated student lamp with argand burner and pale blue opaque glass shade with painted motif of flying storks.

Maker: unknown

Material: nickel (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 37153

Accession Number: 1934.2093A-C

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37156

Accession Number: 1934.2094

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