Historic New England

Calendar Tile

Calendar tile, with transfer-printed scene depicting adjacent lean-to-houses in Quincy, Massachusetts. 1891 monthly calendar printed on reverse. Circular hole drilled into center left side of recto side for hanging.

Date: 1891

Maker: Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer) Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 287633

Accession Number: 2013.85.1

Wallpaper

Small, unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Delicately detailed medallion and quatrefoil figures joined to form vertical stripes. Figures include Neoclassical elements such as foliate scrolls, floral swags, beads and trifoils. Embosse...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287647

Accession Number: 2001.281.542

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of diaper-patterned wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Diaper pattern formed by diagonally intersecting ribbon. Diamonds frame floral sprigs. Roller-printed in cream, tan, brown, gray, orange and red on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287648

Accession Number: 2001.281.543

Ring

White gold band ring chased with single row of repeating floral blooms flanked with leaves on stippled ground. Marked inside band with hallmarks and wedding date. (see Inscriptions)

Date: ca. 1929

Maker: J. R. Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, white gold

GUSN: 287650

Accession Number: 2013.86.1

Bandbox

Small, round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) from New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The box is covered with a figured landscape wallpaper depicting a standing man presenting a seated woman with a bouquet of flowers in a pastoral setting. Couple wears Empire-style dress. Wallpaper is block-printed in...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287651

Accession Number: 2001.281.544AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, orange / red flocked arabesques or wrought iron motif on gold tortoiseshell metallic ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flock papers

GUSN: 287652

Accession Number: 2013.87.1

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments, gray flocked medallions on blue ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flock papers

GUSN: 287653

Accession Number: 2013.87.2.1-.3

Raggedy Andy doll

"Raggedy Andy" rag doll with cloth body, bright red yarn hair, a painted face, eyes made from buttons. Dressed in cloth play suit of blue shorts, red and white check tunic with white round collar and ribbon tie at center front. Black shoes are integral to body construction (not removeable), as are r...

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287654

Accession Number: 2013.88.1

Raggedy Andy doll

"Raggedy Andy" cloth-bodied doll with painted face, red yarn hair, and applied button eyes. Doll is dressed in cotton play suit of blue short pants with white buttons for faux drop front closure, red and white check tunic with white round collar and pink/red ribbon string tie. Black cloth shoes and ...

Date: 1968

Maker: Knickerbocker Doll and Toy Company

Material: cloth dolls, yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287655

Accession Number: 2013.88.2

Raggedy Ann doll

Raggedy Ann is a cloth-bodied doll with red yarn hair, a painted face, and applied button eyes. Doll is dressed in a printed pink, blue, and white cotton gown with white ruffled collar and separate white cotton pantalets. Black shoes and red and white striped stockings are integral to doll body (not...

Date: 1976

Maker: Knickerbocker Doll and Toy Company

Material: cloth, yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287656

Accession Number: 2013.88.3

"My Friend Mandy doll"

"My Friend Mandy" doll by Fisher Price (United States, 1977-1985). Blonde hair with white shoes and floral pink nightgown. Shoes are removable. The Fisher Price "My Friend" dolls were manufactured from the mid-seventies through 1985. They are 16" tall, have vinyl heads, arms, and legs with painted ...

Date: 1977-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287657

Accession Number: 2013.88.4

My Friend Mikey doll

My Friend Mikey doll. The Fisher Price "My Friend" dolls were manufactured from the mid-seventies through 1985. They are 16" tall, have vinyl heads, arms, and legs with painted facial features and rooted hair. The body is cloth with a posing mechanism inside which allows them to sit or stand. This ...

Date: 1982-1984

Maker: Fisher-Price

Material: vinyl, cloth

GUSN: 287658

Accession Number: 2013.88.5

"Chatter Telephone" Pull Toy

Fisher Price pull telephone, a part of children's twentieth century toys. Pull telephone includes a yellow pull cord and connected telephone with cord. Phone has a dial and bell along with a face; eyes move when body rolls.

Date: 1962-1970

Maker: Fisher-Price (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material), acrylic (plastic), hand-painted, metal, yarn, thread

GUSN: 287664

Accession Number: 2013.88.11

Berry basket

Berry basket made of checker woven ash splints. Basket has a square bottom, curved sides, circular rim. Carved wood handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 287665

Accession Number: 2013.88.12

Storage basket

"Fancy" basket [a] with cover [b] made of ash splints. Basket is cylindrical in shape with rows of twisted splint decoration along the top and bottom edges and on the cover.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Possibly Penobscot people (Maker)

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 287666

Accession Number: 2013.88.13AB

Storage basket

Rectangular storage basket made of ash splints. Basket has carved wood handles.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 287667

Accession Number: 2013.88.14

Satchel or Shopping Basket

Basket made of woven ash splints for carrying personal items. Basket has a rectangular base, flexible sides with stepped edges and a pair of woven handles.

Date: 1870-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 287668

Accession Number: 2013.88.15

Yarn basket

Ash splint and braided sweet grass yarn basket [a] with braided grass handles and cover [b]. Cover has hole in center for yarn to pass through. Possibly Passamaquoddy. Section of weaving under cover and basket interior still retain the original green color.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), sweetgrass (material)

GUSN: 287669

Accession Number: 2013.88.16AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with yellow, green, and orange floral pattern. Vinyl.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 287670

Accession Number: 2013.89.1

Pianoforte

Square piano with hinged lid. Lid opens to form a music rack. Piano is supported by a French table-stand. Five octaves with two hand-levers to operate the dampers.

Date: ca. 1782

Maker: Beck, Frederick (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 287672

Accession Number: 2013.91.1

Box

Small, square pasteboard box, either box body or lid, decorated with six to seven different wallpapers. Wallpapers on exterior sides of the box are a geometric stripe roller-printed in tans on tan polished ground and a floral paper with a spray of red berries and trailing vine roller-printed in tan...

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, gilding

GUSN: 287673

Accession Number: 2001.281.545

Tile Souvenir

Framed tile souvenir. Carved wooden plaque frames a small oval tile with printed image of the Hancock House in orange and white. Below the oval tile is a square blue and white tile with a painted image of a windmill.

Date: 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), earthenware

GUSN: 287677

Accession Number: 2013.92.1

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287682

Accession Number: 1938.1056

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287684

Grain-painted wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box interior is lined with fragments of floral wallpaper block-printed in white, gray and two greens on light green ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287713

Accession Number: 2001.281.549

Silhouette of Samuel Appleton (1766-1853)

Silhouette of Samuel Appleton (1766-1853). Paint on plaster. Rectangular frame.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: Miers, John (British miniaturist and silhouette artist, died ca. 1821) (Artist)

Material: paint (coating), plaster

GUSN: 287718

Accession Number: 2013.95.1

Silhouette of Henry Bigelow (1783-1815)

Silhouette of Henry Bigelow (1783-1815). Paint on plaster. Oval frame.

Date: 1790-1815

Maker: Miers, John (British miniaturist and silhouette artist, died ca. 1821) (Artist)

GUSN: 287719

Accession Number: 2013.95.2

Coffee jug

Coffee jug with hinged lid and cane wrapped handle. Jug has a bulbous body that tapers to a narrower neck. Ciruclar footed base. Embellished spout. Lid has a fluted flame shaped finial. Monogrammed "ILE" over a coat of arms.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), cane (plant material)

GUSN: 287721

Accession Number: 2013.96.1

Armchair

Armchair with scrolled arms and faux black leather seat.

Date: 1904-1940

Maker: Francis H. Bacon Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 287723

Accession Number: 2013.97.1

Armchair

Arm chair with scrolled arms and faux black leather seat.

Date: 1904-1940

Maker: Francis H. Bacon Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 287724

Accession Number: 2013.97.2

Small chest drawer

Small wooden drawer from a chest or trunk. Drawer is made with tongue and groove construction and custom-shaped inserts to support wine glasses. There are remnants of a paper that once lined the interior of the drawer. The paper is block-printed with a vine pattern in black and white on blue groun...

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287727

Accession Number: 2001.281.550

Sideboard

Federal inlaid mahogany serpentine front sideboard with circular recessed top in center. Branch veneers on doors, drawers outlined by bright striped veneers. Brass lion head drawer pulls. Six reeded and turned legs.

Date: 1812-1817

Maker: Attributed to Seymour, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1771-1848) (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), bloodwood

GUSN: 287732

Accession Number: 2006.44.3704

Box

Small leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Exterior is decorated with leather straps and metal tacks. The box contains fragments of wallpaper that once lined the interior. The paper is in poor condition but appears to be block-printed in green and white in a stripe and medallio...

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287750

Accession Number: 2001.281.551

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. A crack in the leather across the left side of the lid has been stablized with small tacks. The interior is lined with a large-scale pineapple pattern wall or bandbox paper. The paper...

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process), varnish

GUSN: 287752

Accession Number: 2001.281.552

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. "John B. Bradford, Gardner" is written faintly on the lid. The interior is lined with a wallpaper with a delicate, all-over sprig pattern block-printed in white on blue ground. The pa...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287761

Accession Number: 2001.281.553

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle, leather strapping, and tacks. The interior is lined with an all-over floral wallpaper block-printed in green. Paper ground color cannot be determined (possibly buff, pale yellow or white).

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287762

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.1

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Three tracings of the same floral wallpaper pattern. Found inside a leather covered box (2001.281.554.1). Traced pattern is not the same as the wallpaper lining the box.

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287770

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.2A-C

Table Lamp

Electric table lamp, white ceramic painted with gold stars. Tiered shaft with circular dish shaped base. Lamp has a Slvania Capsylite 72W bulb in the socket. Shade is missing.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287800

Accession Number: 2013.4.104

Bed Frame

Headboard [a] and footboard [b] have brass ball finials. Pair of brass rails [c and d]. Each foot has a brass castor.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 287819

Fragment of unused medallion wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Acanthus leaves form heart-shaped medallions radiating c-scrolls from the sides and a fan of flowers from the top. The paper is embossed with nautilus spirals and is roller-printed in two shades of peach, brown and metallic gold on ochre ...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288700

Accession Number: 2001.281.606

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