Historic New England

Badge

Rectangular badge with cream colored laminated name tag and a red ribbon coming off the bottom of the tag. The tag has red writing and the ribbon has gold writing with a dovetail edge.

Date: 1946

Maker: unknown

Material: satin

GUSN: 194650

Accession Number: 2006.44.2754

Powder jar and puff

Glass powder jar with silver lid. Contains the powder puff and remnants of powder.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 197776

Accession Number: 2006.44.2446.1

Brush

Handleless hair brush with silver backing and bristles. Silver sculpted into a floral pattern with monogram in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 197777

Accession Number: 2006.44.2446.2

Bell

Brass bell with a wood handle.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 197778

Accession Number: 2006.44.2489

Toilet bottle

Glass container with silver floral pattern engraved top. In the top there is a hole for dipping cotton swabs.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 197780

Accession Number: 2006.44.2446.3

Hairpin box

Hair pin box with red cover and ivory bottom. Three dividing sections within the small box. Front of box reads "Princess Hair Pins".

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 197781

Accession Number: 2006.44.2433

Toilet bottle

Glass bottle holding a white powder. The bottle has a metal top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 197783

Accession Number: 2006.44.2487AB

Djur-kiss tin

Olive green talc powder tin. Cylindrical in shape with a twist top with six small holes in it to dispence the talc powder.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197785

Accession Number: 2006.44.2437

Cup

Small glass cup with step and round base. This is a bathroom glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197786

Accession Number: 2006.44.2479

Toothpick

Metal toothpick with small engraving at base of the handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197788

Accession Number: 2006.44.2481

Manicure scissors

Small manicure scissors for personal use. Either metal or silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 197790

Accession Number: 2006.44.2478

Sash

Red silk sash with a printed black "H" in center.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197799

Accession Number: 2006.44.2757

Wool rug with small multi-colored diamonds that are part of a larger overall diamond design fill the center panel. The largest boder consists of multi-colored boteh. At one end is a woven band with black, blue, and green lines running through it. The edges are bound in a red-rust color.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197801

Accession Number: 2006.44.456

Kashan rug

Wool woven rug. Center panel has a flowering vase design with birds and palmettes at the top corners. It has a herati border consisting of a band of continuous rosettes and palmettes liked by floral motifs. The ends are reduced and the edges are bound in blue.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197803

Accession Number: 2006.44.459

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a circle medallion in center and is surrounded by peach and pink colored flowers with blue stems. The inner border is a solid blue strip with white dots. The outermost border is a dark blue and the fringe on both ends is very short.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197806

Accession Number: 2006.44.465

Hamadan rug

Woven wool rug. In the center is a pole medallion surrounded by various types of flowers. The parterns on the rug are symmetrical. Three fourths of the edges are bound in navy blue and the remaning fourth is bound in light blue. At either end is a woven cotton strip, one with a fringe and the other ...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197808

Accession Number: 2006.44.466

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has diagonal rows of tarantulas with rosettes at the center of each. The inner border consists of white connected latch-hooks and the middle border consists of multi-colored eight pointed stars. The outermost border consists of a brown latch-hook design and a rams-horn d...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197809

Accession Number: 2006.44.467

Rug

Woven wool rug with a simple design consisting of a brown field with nothing in the center. It has a simple border of rosettes and leaves and each corner has been blocked off so that the center of the rug has a diamond shape. The edges are bound in brown and at one end of the center panel there are ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197811

Accession Number: 2006.44.468

Fereghan runner

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a repeating rosette enclosed in a medallion design. There are three borders, two are narrow and consist of various colored rosettes on a vine and one wide border with various types of flowers. The fringe at both ends is worn and very short. The edges are bound in a b...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197813

Accession Number: 2006.44.469

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel contains a toothed diamond on a red field. The rest of the center panel contains various geometric designs. The largest border has two rows of many colored flower shapes. The outermost border has a wave design. The edges are bound in brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197814

Accession Number: 2006.44.470

Runner

Woven wool runner. Center panel has row of twelve guls on a marroon ground. The edges are unbound, but have a maroon tape over them.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197816

Accession Number: 2006.44.471

Ghiordes rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel contains a medallion with a toothed diamond at its center. The largest border contains toothed triangles with various colored rosettes in them. The edges appear to be bound in various shades of green, which are now faded.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197817

Accession Number: 2006.44.472

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel consists of a single row or rosettes flanked on either side by stylized candlesticks. The outer borders are geometric in design. The sides are unbound. At each end on the revers there is a black canvas strip. The pile also runs across the rug.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197818

Accession Number: 2006.44.473

Rug

Woven wool rug with a blue ground with various objects woven in center panel. There are vases, lamps and baskets. The border consists of geometric designs alternating with flowers. The pile of the rug goes along it width and the fringe is along the edges and not the ends.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197821

Accession Number: 2006.44.474

Prayer rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has a mihrab that as rosettes on it. To the right of the mihrab is a comb. The rest of the panel contains multi-colored hanging lamps. There are three borders. The inner and middle borders are very geometric in style. The outermost border is a band of multi-colored r...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197823

Accession Number: 2006.44.475

Runner

Woven wool runner. The center panel is a multi-colored repeating rosette design. The two borders consist of repeating geometric shpaes. Around the outer edge of the rug are eighteen eight pointed stars. The edges are bound in brown. The pile runs side to side and not lengthwise.

Maker: unknown

Material: camel hair (hair), wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197824

Accession Number: 2006.44.476

Tabriz rug

Woven wool rug with a center pole medallion in blue with red floral designs. Outer medallion is ivory with blue floral designs. The borders consist of a variety of geometric floral shapes and the edges are bound in ivory.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197826

Accession Number: 2006.44.477

Tablespoon

Set of four silver tablespoons with round upturned handles and pointed oval bowls.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: Burt, Benjamin, 1729-1805 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 197827

Accession Number: 1937.741.1-.4

Rug

Woven wool rug . The center panel has three rows of ten multi-colored botehs in each row. The outer borders contain multi-colored diamonds, crosses, and large rosettes with diamonds in the center. The edges of the rug are bound in a variety of colors. On each end half of the fringe is brown and the ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197828

Accession Number: 2006.44.478

Brush

A long wooden handled brush with black painted bristles. The bristles are shaped into a rounded point at the end. The wooden handle is slightly scratched up by the bristles and has the details of a spindle. It is polished with a old string tied around the neck of the handle so that it can hang up on...

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, bristle

GUSN: 197838

Accession Number: 2006.44.2516

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle. One pint. Words molded to the front of bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197839

Accession Number: 2006.44.1598

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle. One quart. Words molded to front of bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197840

Accession Number: 2006.44.1599

Brush

Long wooden handle brush with painted bristles. The bristles are a tan color but the ends are slightly blackened. The handle is scratched up by the bristles and has black marks going all the way up the handle. The handle has a spindle look to it and looks to have been stained at one point. The handl...

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, bristle

GUSN: 197841

Accession Number: 2006.44.2514

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle. One quart. Words molded to the front of bottle

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197842

Accession Number: 2006.44.1600

Brush with long handle

Black brush with long handle. The handle is a smooth glossy black with a metal loop at the end to hang up. The brush is long and the bristles only go around the outside the inside of the brush is open. There is a cracked reddish rubber cap at the opposite end of the handle. There is some ware aroun...

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, metal, bristle

GUSN: 197843

Accession Number: 2006.44.2517

Milk bottle

Glass Milk Bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197844

Accession Number: 2006.44.1601

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197845

Accession Number: 2006.44.1602

Wooden brush

Oval shaped wooden brush. The wood is cracked and the bristles are sewn into the wood. The bristles are black on the perimeter and tan on the inside of the brush. The top of the brish is flat with a leather top that has been stamped with the word flexible and a western design.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, bristle, primary wood

GUSN: 197846

Accession Number: 2006.44.2515

Rug

Small wool Chinese rug that appears to be made from a scrap of a larger rug. The background has rows of multi-colored diamonds. In the center panel there is a lotus flower. Edges are bound in a blue-purple material.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197847

Accession Number: 2006.44.479

Dazzle Stove Polish

Dazzle Stove Polish bottle (still contains polish). Glass bottle with paper label.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197848

Accession Number: 2006.44.2509

Ice hook

Long iron ice hook with wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197849

Accession Number: 2006.44.1603

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has twelve rows of alternating three diamonds, two diamonds. All of the diamonds are in a variety of colors. Each of the borders contain a different repeating geometric shape. The edges appear to have been bound in a orange and brown. There are many worn sports and t...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197850

Accession Number: 2006.44.480

Tin

Square box tea tin with red and green colored sides and orange trim. Writing on front and side with a picture of flowers and a lion. Red triangles line the corners. Print of India on lid.

Maker: S.S. Pierce Co.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 197851

Accession Number: 2006.44.1589

Bottle

Rusted round small metal bottle. The label is old and a tan color with black writing. It is a shoe polish made especially for leather. The lid is very small. The label is worn in areas and ripped in others.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197852

Accession Number: 2006.44.2510

Prayer Dagestan rug

Woven wool prayer Dagestan rug. The center panel contains a mihrab under lattice-work design. There are many borders surrounding the center panel. Each border contains a different geometric pattern or design. The edges are bound in a gray-tan color.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197853

Accession Number: 2006.44.481

Coffee Tin

Round coffee tin. Lid is yellow with red symbol in center. Black print on lid and a trade mark seal of a knight and lion. Side of tin have Multi-colored strips of red, blue and black. Printed on front of tin is a farm scenery with large plant stock.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 197854

Accession Number: 2006.44.1588

Cabistan rug

Woven wool Cabistan rug. The center panel has nine rows containing six multi-colored octagons in each. In between the octagons are multi-colored diamonds. The first border consists of repeating diamonds in various colors. The middle border is a variant on the latch-hook design. The outermost border ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197855

Accession Number: 2006.44.482

Bottle

Cleart glass bottle with some discoloration on the inside. There is a green label with a picture of a lady cleaning the window. The bottle is square with a round top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197856

Accession Number: 2006.44.2426

Bottle

Small black glass bottle that is stained with dye that it once held. There is a cork in the top og the bottle that is also stained. The label is tan paper with blue writing. The label has dye all over it, especially in the front.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), cork (bark)

GUSN: 197857

Accession Number: 2006.44.2511.1

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has three large eight-pointed stars surrounded by diamonds palms, and rosettes. In the center of each star is an octagonal design. The inner border consists of repeating stars, then a border of geometric carnations, then a wineglass and serrated leaf border. The oute...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197858

Accession Number: 2006.44.483

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