Historic New England

Cheese knife

Silver cheese knife with a spatulate handle and a curved blade.

Date: 1892

Maker: Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67048

Accession Number: 1974.308

Fruit Knife

Silver fruit knife with an oval handle and a pointed blade. Floral design on the handle.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: Rogers Bros. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67049

Accession Number: 1974.307

Cheese Knife

Silver cheese knife. Trifid handle with an etched geometric design. Notched serpentine blade.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: bright cutting, silver (metal)

GUSN: 67050

Accession Number: 1974.309

Grass mat fragment

Rectangular section, straw colored, thin fibers. Woven green three line stripe at one end; red arrow with green and red lines flanking it woven in opposite corner. Cotton thread ties along one end.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material)

GUSN: 67051

Accession Number: 1986.1074.1

Carpet fragment

Triangular piece wool Brussels carpet woven in polychromatic rococco-like leaf S-scroll on cream ground.

Date: 1896-1900

Maker: Whittal's (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67052

Accession Number: 1978.185

Carpet fragment

Rectangular section, wool, flatweave; woven with thick earth tone wool yarns; white cotton yarn weft. Stylized star flowers in brown on grey ground; red zig-zag border on brown bands.

Date: ca. 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67053

Accession Number: 1986.1095

Ingrain carpet fragment

No description

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67054

Accession Number: 1986.1076

Rectangular strip of wool carpeting with selvage sides woven in a small-scale repeating floral pattern of rows of floral circles alternating with pinwheels on a mottled but cellular patterned ground. Colors predominantly brown, off-white and orange.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67055

Accession Number: 1987.256

Ingrain carpet fragment

Rectangular with selvage edge woven in isolated polychromatic stemmed floral sprig pattern with iris-like flowers on a mottled ground; shadows of small flowers and leaves. Raw edges. Colors: cream, red, yellow and blue, making the green.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 67056

Accession Number: 1986.1078

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted handle with a star embellishment. Round bowl adorned with the Arabic language and stars.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67057

Accession Number: 1974.289

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon. Rounded handle with a scroll design. Circular bowl.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67058

Accession Number: 1974.255.1

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67059

Accession Number: 1974.284

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon with image of witch and straight pins from Salem Massachusetts. Manufactured by William B. Durgin Company for Daniel Low & Co. of Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1891-1920

Maker: Daniel Low & Co. (Retailer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67060

Accession Number: 1974.282

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Standish, Maine.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67061

Accession Number: 1974.285

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon that depicts several hallmarks from Alaska.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67062

Accession Number: 1974.286

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67063

Accession Number: 1974.283

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Round shaft with applied rings and a twisted embellishments. Oval bowl with a foliate design under the bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67064

Accession Number: 1974.288

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted shaft with a portrait of a roman soldier as its handle. Pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67065

Accession Number: 1974.287

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon. Twisted shaft with a circular hand embellished with an engraved swan.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 67066

Accession Number: 1974.290

Pitcher

Pitcher with a burgundy transfer-printed design on a cream colored ground.

Date: 1879

Maker: William Brownfield & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 66863

Accession Number: 1966.432.4

Soap Dish

Soap dish with a burgundy transfer-printed design on a cream colored ground.

Date: 1879

Maker: William Brownfield & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 66864

Accession Number: 1966.432.5

Mug

Mug with a burgundy transfer-printed design on a cream colored ground.

Date: 1879

Maker: William Brownfield & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 66865

Accession Number: 1966.432.6

Toothbrush Holder

Toothbrush holder with a burgundy transfer-printed design on a cream colored ground.

Date: 1879

Maker: William Brownfield & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), transfer printing

GUSN: 66866

Accession Number: 1966.432.7

Fragment Curtain Rod

Fragmentments of brass curtain rod, various shapes and elements

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 66867

Accession Number: 1966.2198

Sketch Book

Cream colored colth cover, bound, self-tie

Date: 1829-1896

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), webbing (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66868

Accession Number: 1966.2236

Chair

Armchair. Poplar posts; birch rockers; all other work ash. Ball-turned topmost back rail. Attenuated spindles at back and baluster-turned stiles. Tops of finials and ball-turned handholds above front posts missing. Two rows of stretchers at front and sides; one stretcher at back. Shaped planke...

Date: 1650-1690

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), birch (wood), poplar (wood)

GUSN: 66869

Accession Number: 1961.104

Side Chair

Crooked-back chair with molded stiles and carved crest. Cane back. Cabriole legs with volutes. Cyma-curved skirt and turned stretchers. Evidence of an upholstered seat.

Date: 1725-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 66870

Accession Number: 1976.168.1

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66871

Accession Number: 1932.2152A

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66872

Accession Number: 1932.2152B

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66873

Accession Number: 1932.2152D

Molding Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66874

Accession Number: 1937.137

Molding Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66875

Accession Number: 1933.6016

Molding Plane

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66876

Accession Number: 1929.474

Molding Plane

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66877

Accession Number: 1937.154