Historic New England

Flax Plant

Two pieces of flax plant, consists of an approximately two and a half inch woody stem with a two inch elongated bulb top that is spiky.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: flax (fiber)

GUSN: 191156

Accession Number: 2005.24.21

Flax

Flax bundle of thread "tassles", in middle. Shorter and a yellow-brown color.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: flax (fiber)

GUSN: 191157

Accession Number: 2005.24.22.1

Flax

Flax bundle of thread "tassels", tied in middle. Longer than .1, beige color.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: flax (fiber)

GUSN: 191158

Accession Number: 2005.24.22.2

Long rectangular shawl made of black net and metallic pieces folded around the net in geometric patterns. All four sides are sewn around the edges with black thread to finish the edges. The central design is a large diamond that takes up the entire center of the shawl. Inside the diamond, it is divi...

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191160

Accession Number: 2006.44.1348

Shawl

Large, square, heather gray wool shawl. Two of the edges have selvages and the other two have short fringes of the same wool made by fraying the fabric and twisting the ends together. There is a large noticeable yellow stain in the center of the shawl.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 191161

Accession Number: 2006.44.1349

Shawl

Cream wool knitted shawl. The shawl is rectangular with rounded corners and is very loosely knitted. There is a wide border around the outside that is knitted with a loose interconnected diamond pattern and a scalloped edge. The center rectangle is of a tighter weave with an interconnected diamond p...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 191162

Accession Number: 2006.44.1350

Address Book

Black celluloid address book with hook. Celluloid cover and back held together with the address pages by two tortoise shell colored rings address pages with no handwritten markings. Has inscribed border, truck and text on front cover. Last page in book is a 1927 and 1928 year calendar.

Date: 1926-1927

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 191166

Accession Number: 2005.25.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper appears to be paste to a 20th Century paper. It is a vibrant blue with a repeating diamond pattern is white, three women are pictured around a table that is surrounded by trees and greenery which repeats with a medallion of greenery wiht a flower in the center. The only colors used are blu...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 191174

Accession Number: 2005.25.2

Stein

Cream and green ceramic souvenir stein. Shows both the Jackson and Thomas Bailey Aldrich houses of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Has a hole on the top of the handle the size of a thick pencil lead.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: M. P. Alkon & Co. (Retailer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 191188

Accession Number: 2005.25.3

Printing Plate

Wooden block with metal printing plate on front. Plate depicts the "Old/ Jackson House/ Built 1664" and its landscape.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 191189

Accession Number: 2005.25.4

Teaspoon

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

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191212

Accession Number: 1975.90

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1925-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191214

Accession Number: 1951.95

Cherry stoner

Cherry stoner, adjustable funnel shaped opening with center wheel operated by a hand crank. Long neck with clamp to attach cherry stoner to table. Cast iron with tinned finish.

Date: 1917

Maker: Enterprise Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: cast iron, tinning

GUSN: 191215

Accession Number: 2006.44.1774

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191216

Accession Number: 1951.96

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191217

Accession Number: 1951.97

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191218

Accession Number: 1951.98

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 191219

Accession Number: 1951.99

Serving dish

Circular glass serving dish with twelve oval compartments-for deviled eggs?

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 191222

Accession Number: 2006.44.1763

Clothespin Doll

Female clothespin doll with green paper dress; white shawl and apron; white paper doiley bloomers.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 191247

Accession Number: 2004.2.2

Porcelain Doll

Pair of porcelain dolls in aesthetic dress. One doll has original bonnet, other has added hat.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), porcelain

GUSN: 191248

Accession Number: 2004.2.3.1-.2

Plate

Porcelain plate with hand-painted white roses with raised gilding highlighting the floral scene and scalloped rim with gold feathered edge.

Date: 1892

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glaze, hand-painted, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191249

Accession Number: 2004.2.4

Plate

Porcelain plate with hand-painted cornflowers and scalloped rim with gold feathered edge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, hand-painted, glaze, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191251

Accession Number: 2004.2.5.1

Plate

Porcelain plate with hand-painted pansies and scalloped rim with gold feathered edge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glaze, hand-painted, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191252

Accession Number: 2004.2.5.2

Plate

Porcelain plate with hand-painted poppies and scalloped rim with gold feathered edge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glaze, hand-painted, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191253

Accession Number: 2004.2.5.3

Plate

Porcelain plate painted with floral designs and gold overglaze decoration.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glaze, hand-painted, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191254

Accession Number: 2004.2.5.4

Plate

Porcelain plate hand-painted with reddish floral design and scalloped rim with gold feathered edge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Pouyat, J. (Maker)

Material: porcelain, glaze, hand-painted, overglaze (material)

GUSN: 191255

Accession Number: 2004.2.5.5

Cardboard Box, Stationary

Hinged cardboard and printed paper box, holly pattern; contains cards of mending wool.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 191256

Accession Number: 2006.2.6.1

Cards of Mending Wool

Four cards, unmarked

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cardboard

GUSN: 191257

Accession Number: 2004.2.6.2-.5

"Upton and Frisbee" Pharmacist's bottle.

Glass "Eye Water" bottle with prescription sticker on the front. Has a cork stopper at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), cork (bark)

GUSN: 198414

Accession Number: 2006.44.2477

George Washington

A black and white print of George Washington. He is sitting at a table with his right hand resting on a piece of paper. His left arm is cradling a sword. The frame ispainted gold with a carved inner border.

Maker: Reproduction of Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828 (Painter)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198415

Accession Number: 2006.44.568

Perfume bottle

Glass perfume bottle, square in shape with round glass stopper.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198417

Accession Number: 2006.44.2480

Print

A black and white print of a woman with a child on her back. Both figures are on the right side moving left into a frest. The woman has a scarf over her hair and the child is wearing a hat. The frame is painted gold wood with beading near the inner edge.

Date: 1874

Maker: Reproduction of Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 (Painter) Zobel, George J., 1810-1881 (Engraver) P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (Publisher) Thomas McLean (Publisher)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198424

Accession Number: 2006.44.569

Cup

Ceramic cup with a blue painted water and landscape scene all around it.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198427

Accession Number: 2006.44.2473

Laco Olive Oil Jar

Small glass jar with very small handle and a green cap. Jar contains Laco olive oil.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198431

Accession Number: 2006.44.2472

Soap dish

Three piece ceramic soap dish with lid. The soap dish is blue with dark blue and gold floral design all around it. There are also pink flowers on the cover in between two dark blue and gold bands, as well as flowers in between the blue and gold floral desgins on the base of the soap dish. The middle...

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198435

Accession Number: 2006.44.2474A-C

Soap dish

White ceramic soap dish in a bath tub shape. On the top of the dish the sides are chipping and there is a crack on the base and side of the soap dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198446

Accession Number: 2006.44.2471

Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston Harbor

A color reproduction print of Christian Remick's "Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston Harbor." The image is made of three long pieces. There are masted ships all along the strip of green-blue water. A scroll at the top right shows the title and the author's name, and another scroll at the top...

Date: 1950

Maker: Reproduction of Remick, Christian, 1726-ca. 1769 (Artist) Vose Galleries (Dealer) Iconographic Society (Publisher)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), collotype (process)

GUSN: 198450

Accession Number: 2006.44.570

Soap dish

Ceramic soap dish with lid. The lid has a blue rectangular hand knob. The soap dish is white with blue painted design of houses. There is a blue trim with dark xs around the dish under the lid. On the second piece of the dish there are holes for the water to drain through into the basin.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198454

Accession Number: 2006.44.2458A-C

Two piece Colgate shaving stick tubes

Two piece Colgate shaving stick tubes. There is a small stick and a large stick and they are contained in aluminum cylindar containers.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198462

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456

Colgate shaving stick tube

Small shaving stick tube. It is cylindricle and aluminum. .

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198464

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456.1

Colgate shaving stick tube

Large shaving stick tube that is cylindrical and aluminum.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198466

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456.2

Protestant Reformation: Latimer preaching before Edward VI at St. Paul's Cross, A.D. 1548

A color print depicting a royal court with people dressed in fancy costume. A figure in a gold robe sits on a throne in the upper right corner while a girl in a black and white dress brings a book into the room on a gold pillow. There is a bearded man in the upper left corner who is pointing to the ...

Maker: Reproduction of Board, Ernest, 1877-1934 (Painter) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198468

Accession Number: 2006.44.571

Williams' shaving stick tube

Tall Williams' shaving stick tube that is made of aluminum and cyclindrical in shape. Engraved at the top an base of the tube.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198477

Accession Number: 2006.44.2457

Print

Framed print depicting a scene in a royal room. A man in a black robe is kneeling and giving children a illuminated manuscript in front of a crowd of people. Behind the figures is a window through which we can see water and a masted ship. At the bottom center of the pictures is a chained monkey. The...

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, wood (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 198485

Accession Number: 2006.44.572

Pill bottle

Small brown medicine glass bottle with cotton in the top and white "pills" inside of it.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198487

Accession Number: 2006.44.2438

Lodex box

Lodex box that is beige and olive green. Covered on all sides with instructions and product information.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198488

Accession Number: 2006.44.2442

Print

An engraving of a painting that depicts a victory of the British over the French on April 12, 1782. There are many ships engaged in battle across the middle. Life boats and people are along the bottom near sinking ships. Under the scene to the left is the painter's name and a numbered list of Englis...

Date: May 1, 1783

Maker: Reproduction of Paton, Richard, 1717-1791 (Painter) Fittler, James, 1758-1835 (Engraver) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198491

Accession Number: 2006.44.573

Vasaline Analgic box

Orange box with black trim and black writing. Enclosed in the long and small rectangular box is Vaseline Analgic.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198505

Accession Number: 2006.44.2460

Pileated Woodpecker

An engraving done by Robert Havell, Jr. from an original drawing by John James Audubon of four woodpeckers sitting on branches. The birds are numbered according to their sex and age and the key is at the center under the title. The frame is painted black with a gold painted inside edge.

Maker: Reproduction of Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver) R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Printer) Foster Brothers (Dealer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198510

Accession Number: 2006.44.574

Essence of Peppermint bottle

Small dark brown colored medicine bottle with a white label that has directions written on it in green lettering. Stopper is missing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198511

Accession Number: 2006.44.2445

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