Historic New England

Candlesnuffer

Brass chamber candlesnuffer with candlestick.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 48431

Accession Number: 1970.474.2

Candlestick

One of a pair of brass candlesticks with oval bottoms

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 48432

Accession Number: 1970.476.1

Candlestick

One of a pair of brass candlesticks with oval bottoms

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 48433

Accession Number: 1970.476.2

Tumbler

Etched glass tumbler

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48434

Accession Number: 1970.477

Genre scene of two seated figures in a tavern. Woman in left foreground in blue skirt and red blouse with white scarf and cap, seated at wooden bench. To right is a barrel with board on it used as a table and bearing a plate and tankard. Man in green coat and black cap seated behind barrel. Other fi...

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 48435

Accession Number: 1970.478

Interior Scene

Genre scene of man and woman seated at tavern. Man in right foreground in green tunic and red cap is seated on wooden bench. Left foreground with wooden table with tankard, plate, and a cloth covering. Seated behind the table is the woman in blue dress and white cap making gestures with her left han...

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 48436

Accession Number: 1970.468

Landscape

Pastoral landscape. Central foreground with group of goatherders watching a woman in gold with tambourine. Girl in blue and young man in red with herd of goats at water's edge. At right is river, bridge, mountains in background under open sky. Dense forest over left third. Some luminous quality to w...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 48437

Accession Number: 1970.469

Dinner plate

Blue and white; very loosely painted; solid blue and striped scallop outer border; solid blue inner border; bridge, foreground, with two boats behind; pavillion with arching tree, right; other pavillion, left, on rock; rocks distant with two boats in front; whole scene abstracted because of loosenem...

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 48438

Accession Number: 1970.471.1

Cup and saucer

Part of a set of six blue and white cups and saucers; double-handle cups; blue and white herringbone bands as border; landscape scene of bridge, foreground; two two-story pavilions, right; one-story building on hill and two blue hills, rear; cup has blue dots on spine of loop handles; interior of cu...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 48439

Accession Number: 1970.472.1.1-.2

Childrens' Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene with a large duck, two baby ducks, and a small house at left. Text below reads "A mother's gift." With pink lustre at rim, lustre accent on handle, and lustre line encircling the mug 1/2" from base.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 48440

Accession Number: 1970.1310.569

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and loop handle. Dark blue silhouettes of deer (three) against sponged blue background. Dark blue bands around base and rim, and black lines around inside of rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 48441

Accession Number: 1970.1310.885

Firescreen

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48442

Accession Number: 1970.970B

Jar with lid

Dark brown glazed redware jar (a) with lid (b). Applied strap handle. Incised stripe below mouth. The lid sits inside rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48443

Accession Number: 1970.135AB

Teacup

Porcelain teacup. Gold gilt accented rim and handle. Painted floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilt paint, hand-painted

GUSN: 48444

Accession Number: 1970.341.7

Teacup

Porcelain teacup. Gold gilt accented rim and handle. Painted floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilt paint, hand-painted

GUSN: 48445

Accession Number: 1970.341.8

Meat Cleaver

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 48448

Accession Number: 1971.83

Food Chopper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 48449

Accession Number: 1971.86

Kerosene Lamp with Chimney and Globe

Glass kerosene lamp (a) with glass chimney (b) and globe (c).

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48452

Accession Number: 1971.130.1A-C

Kerosene Lamp with Chimney and Globe

Glass kerosene lamp (a) with glass chimney (b) and frosted glass globe (c).

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48454

Accession Number: 1971.130.2A-C

Trunk

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48455

Accession Number: 1971.132

Wallpaper

First layer of wallpaper from the dining room of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Pattern cannot be determined.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48456

Accession Number: 1971.136.1

Wallpaper

First layer of wallpaper removed from the second floor bedroom (Parlor Chamber) of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts.Wallpaper has lost much of its pattern. Appears to be block-printed with green plaid stripes alternating with a floral pattern in gray, green, tan and brown on cream o...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48457

Accession Number: 1971.137.1.1

Wallpaper

First layer of wallpaper from a small sample removed from the second floor bedroom (Parlor Chamber) of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Pink floral wallpaper roller-printed in pinks on a pink or light gray ground. (This first layer is identical to the eleventh layer of sample 1971...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48458

Accession Number: 1971.138.1

Wallpaper

First layer of wallpaper removed from the attic ("room k") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Three fragments of wallpaper with indeterminate pattern and ground

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48459

Accession Number: 1971.139.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of the first layer of wallpaper removed from a beam in the attic ("room k") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Scrolling floral pattern roller-printed in pale yellow, white, pale green and outlined in dark olive on cream ground. (Same paper found in the Southeast bedr...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48460

Accession Number: 1971.140.1

Wallpaper

First layer of wallpaper removed from the attic ("room L") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Diaper and sprig patterned; diamonds formed by c-scrolls. Roller-printed in purple and green on white ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48461

Accession Number: 1971.141.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of first layer of wallpaper removed from the closet in attic ("room O2") of the Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Assymetrical, stylized floral pattern roller-printed in yellow, tan and red on black ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48462

Accession Number: 1971.142.1

Shadow Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48302

Accession Number: 1970.261

Keepsake Token in the Shape of a Ring

Ring-shaped alabaster keepsake token.

Maker: unknown

Material: alabaster (mineral)

GUSN: 48303

Accession Number: 1970.263

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 48304

Accession Number: 1970.265AB

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 48305

Accession Number: 1970.266AB

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 48306

Accession Number: 1970.267AB

Nail Buffer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather

GUSN: 48307

Accession Number: 1970.268

Paper Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48308

Accession Number: 1970.269

Toilet Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48309

Accession Number: 1970.271

Demitasse Spoon

Silver demitasse spoon with a downturned pointed handle and an oval bowl.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 48310

Accession Number: 1970.272.1

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: Lincoln & Reed (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 48311

Accession Number: 1970.273.1

Saucer

A saucer with a pink lustre border and an integrated coral design. Centrally located hand painted flower.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, overglazing, luster (optical property), hand-painted

GUSN: 48312

Accession Number: 1970.274.1

Soup plate

Earthenware soup plate with scalloped edge. Decorated with flowers and delicate geometric border pattern. Red transfer-print pattern forms the outline of the flowers and the border. Flower petals and leaves are handpainted in greens, reds and purples.

Date: 1906-1936

Maker: Booth's Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, hand-painted, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48313

Accession Number: 1970.276

Quilt

Body of alternating rows of nine-patch diamonds with eight-pointed star within; points of white; body and interspaces of brown and white cotton; solid white diamonds; sawtooth border. Quilted in tiny grid pattern.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: calico, quilting

GUSN: 48314

Accession Number: 1970.278

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 48315

Accession Number: 1970.294

Dress

Women's dress made of brown silk with novelty satin vertical stripe of brown, black, pink, green yellow and white in alternating broad and narrow rows. High neckline, armholes and waist trimmed with self piping. 8 glass and brass buttons down center front. Boned darts. Princess seams in back. Bell s...

Date: 1858-1863

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 48316

Accession Number: 1970.300