Historic New England

Coin Purse

Circular form with flat top at opening; green and red with white, blue, yellow and pink beading forming concentric circles. Blue bead strap.

Date: Late 19th-century

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 241585

Accession Number: 1969.5414

Boy's Hat

Brown leather hat, similar to a top hat in shape, with a brim that is folded and buttoned up at the sides; brown ribbon around the top of the brim.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 241586

Accession Number: 1925.150

Boy's hat

Boy's black leather hat with visor brim; two leather straps on either side that tie up to the top of the hat with a black ribbon (possibly a chin strap?).

Date: ca. 1828

Maker: Barry, William (Hatter)

Material: leather

GUSN: 241590

Accession Number: 1970.44A

Pilaster Capital

Large Ionic pilaster capital; central rose decorates the center; one edge charred; white paint. Painted softwood (pine?).

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: carving (processes), softwood, pine (wood)

GUSN: 241593

Accession Number: 1922.45

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241595

Accession Number: 1998.1522.1

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241596

Accession Number: 1998.1522.2

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241597

Accession Number: 1998.1522.3

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241598

Accession Number: 1998.1522.4

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241599

Accession Number: 1998.1522.5

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241600

Accession Number: 1998.1522.6

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241601

Accession Number: 1998.1522.7

Haircombs

Box of asst. haircombs, barettes, hairsticks and 2 curling tongs.

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241602

Accession Number: 1998.1522.8

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241603

Accession Number: 1998.1522.9

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241604

Accession Number: 1998.1522.10

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241605

Accession Number: 1998.1522.11

French Scenic wallpaper "Palais-Royal" pattern. Twenty length pattern depicts groups of men and women walking, sitting, riding horses, reading, and playing games. Each panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block printed in grisaille on blue ground. Original manufacturer...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241606

Accession Number: 2010.27.1

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments with three dimensional geometric pattern of blocks (parallelopipedon) and chains printed in green and brown on green ground. Fragment [B] has an attached border of a three dimensional pattern in black and white on blue ground with orange accents. Block printed. Found underneath F...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241607

Accession Number: 2010.27.2A-D

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241608

Accession Number: 1998.1522.12

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241609

Accession Number: 1998.1522.13

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241610

Accession Number: 1998.1522.14

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241611

Accession Number: 1998.1522.15

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241612

Accession Number: 1998.1522.16

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241613

Accession Number: 1998.1522.17

Haircombs

No description

Date: 1860-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241614

Accession Number: 1998.1522.18

Curtain Rod

Cylindrical form, oak rod with belted brass ball finial.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), oak (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 241616

Accession Number: 1983.168.17

Bookends

Pair of hammered copper bookends. Rectangular shape with smooth center panel. Green felt glued to bottom edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), felt (textile)

GUSN: 241640

Accession Number: 2006.44.3539AB

Desk globe

Terrestrial globe on bent wire stand. Paper globe depicts all of the continents and oceans. Major countries are labeled with their capitals.

Date: 1909

Maker: Weber Costello Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), copper (metal)

GUSN: 241641

Accession Number: 2006.44.3540

Needlework Picture

Oval-shaped mourning picture depicts a plinth surmounted by an urn, with a willow tree on the left and a kneeling woman in a white Empire-waisted dress and several small houses in the background to the right. The plinth is inscribed (see Inscription field for text). The picture is worked on an ivory...

Date: 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), watercolor (paint), ink

GUSN: 241643

Accession Number: 1974.445

Mug

Large cylindrical shaped mug with twisted rope handle. Blue and white glaze with printed scenic decoration of a Chinese pagoda, mountains, river, and bridge. Three band blue border around rim. Unglazed bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 241645

Accession Number: 2006.44.3541

Pen holder

Cylinder shaped container with carved and openwork design and concave bottom. Appears to have been carved from a large gourd. Design includes carved flowering trees and people sitting in a pagoda.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241647

Accession Number: 2006.44.3542

Commemorative Medal

Commemorative bronze medal for the Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Medal in decorative relief with text homage. On front, depicts Great Fire of Boston of 1872, and small vignette of Dorchester town square. On back, wreath with text.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 225496

Accession Number: 2001.177

Commemorative Medal of the Boston Tercentenary

Brass commemorative badge attached to manufacturer's card in brown box. Badge composed of a rectangular pin labled "Committee," blue gros-grain ribbon. Brass medallion. Medallion front has idealized scene of Boston's State House over three mountains and a colonial meetinghouse. Front and back inscri...

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), ribbon (material), cardboard

GUSN: 225501

Accession Number: 2001.178

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, pale green foliate pattern on green ground. Center seam visible where two sections have been joined together. Attached narrow border of gilt circles and black mountain shapes on red ground with narrow band of green and black arches. Removed from the stairwell to the attic of a h...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225505

Accession Number: 2010.19.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, tan floral diaper pattern on cream ground with small diamond shaped medallions containing mauve or beige flowers. Center seam visible where two sections have been joined together. Paper attached to canvas backing. Removed from the Parlor at 86 Salem Road, Topsfield, Massachusetts...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225506

Accession Number: 2010.19.2

Grasscloth Fragments

Four natural-colored, grass, machine-woven wallpaper fragments. Unused on tan paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225524

Accession Number: 2001.179A-D

Chatham Wallpaper

Roller printed wallpaper. Pale yellow ground with rings of sixteen, small, greey dots, with inner white band and central ring of six, small, grey dots. Repeating pattern arranged in diagonal axes. Manufacturer's mark on selvedge. Matte finish.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225532

Accession Number: 2001.180

Wallpaper fragment

Roller-printed, pink and yellow floral print. Wallpaper fragment. Large and small bouquets of snap dragons, fersn and assorted flowers. Six color design, matte finish in approximately sixteen-inch repeats.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225543

Accession Number: 2001.181

Maze Wallpaper

Roller-printed wallpaper. Light aqua ground, gold diaper pattern consisting of hexagons with inscribed organic and abstract shapes. Unused, matte finish.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225549

Accession Number: 2001.182

Buckingham Wallaper

Roller-printed, wallpaper. Green hue, floral brocade with roses, peonies and persimmon over volute pattern. Dark green outlines to white highlights. Unused, matte finish, twenty-two inch repeats.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225560

Accession Number: 2001.183

King of Prussia Tablecloth

White, damask-weave, linen, table cloth with commemorative design in the reverse-pass technique. In the center, view of a city on a river- visible residential homes, church spires, as well as masted ships in the river. Inscriptions on either side and below, repeats six times, "BERLIN." Outside city-...

Date: 1720-1740

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 225580

Accession Number: 2001.185

Pillowcase

Natural-white linen pillowcase with embroidered monograms on front and back. Finished seams, opening at one end. Machine-woven, hand-sewn.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225581

Accession Number: 2001.186

Powder Horn

Power horn made of light-colored steer bone and wood butt end; two raised rings at the throat.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225586

Accession Number: 1918.1475

Powder Horn

Extra large steer horn, wood butt, large open through, cut out hole at butt end.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225587

Accession Number: 1917.302

Powder Horn

Steer horn with wood butt end; metal tacks; one tack in wood but end has string attached.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225588

Accession Number: 1917.691

Powder Horn

Small steer horn; wood butt end. Small piece of string tied around throat.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225589

Accession Number: 1917.694

Powder Horn

Extra large powder horn of steer horn; wooden butt end, throat without stopper.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225590

Accession Number: 1918.485

Powder Horn

Steer horn with wood butt end; no stopper, small string attached to butt end.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225591

Accession Number: 1919.484

Shot Pouch

Small leather pouch with stitching along the edges; wood stopper. Small bullets inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 225592

Accession Number: 1924.34

Powder Horn

Powder horn made out of steer horn, with a wooden butt end, secured with brass tacks around edge. Horn throat with a horn stopper.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 225593

Accession Number: 1927.1003

Powder Horn

Steer horn, wood butt end, complete with measuring gauge attached by metal chain, wood stopper.

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 225594

Accession Number: 1927.1137

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