Historic New England

Loiness Sculpture, Bayre Copy

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 51659

Accession Number: 1987.444

Child's Sack-Back Chair

Child's sack-back Windsor Chair. Plain spindles; turned arm supports. Rests on turned legs.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Paine Furniture Company (Manufacturer)

Material: ash (wood), oak (wood), staining

GUSN: 51660

Accession Number: 1987.445

Portrait Painting

Half-length, man in profile, black jacket, white collar.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 51661

Accession Number: 1987.446

Shot Glass

Colorless shot glass with rounded foot and hand-painted decoration of crest with bird below a crown flanked by red and gray leaves. Gray and white dots around foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 51662

Accession Number: 1987.447

Windmill

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51663

Accession Number: 1987.448

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51664

Accession Number: 1987.449

Spoon

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51665

Accession Number: 1987.451.2A

Bookcase

Small bookcase with two flat shelves and one slanted stand; pierced trefoil and quatrefoil designs; visible tenons with keys through sides.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 51667

Accession Number: 1987.453

Morris Chair

Slat back with serpentine stiles, seat rails form rear legs; arm supports carved similar to spindles.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Morris (Designer)

Material: ash (wood), cherry (wood), staining, ebony (color), leather, upholstering

GUSN: 51668

Accession Number: 1987.454

This combination verse and alphabet sampler was worked on a linen ground in silk thread, depicting a house surrounded by leafy trees, hills and birds. Above the scene is a verse and above that is an alphabet. Below the scene is an inscription with the needleworker's name and age. A green and white s...

Date: 1800

Maker: Glezen, Nancy (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 51669

Accession Number: 1987.456

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51670

Accession Number: 1987.457

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51671

Accession Number: 1987.458

Punch bowl

Interior border: underglaze blue herringbone band w/ stylized "leaf" chain; central decoration: rocks and exotic grasses on pond; exterior has 2 scenes: 1) smaller exotic grass scene and 2) larger exotic grass scene w/ fence.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), grass (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), underglazing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 51672

Accession Number: 1987.459

Saucer

Slightly lobed body with scalloped gilt edge; central heraldic device: bird, facing left perched atop shield with gilt floral spray surrounded by olive branches.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 51673

Accession Number: 1987.460.1

Painting

Woman at monument with large urn, willow left, church right.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), velvet (fabric weave), willow (wood)

GUSN: 51674

Accession Number: 1987.462

Document

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51675

Accession Number: 1987.463

Document

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51676

Accession Number: 1987.464

Saucer

White transfer-print creamware plate. Black floral transfer print with superimposed paint. Molded gadrooned border around the rim.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51677

Accession Number: 1987.465.1

Sugar Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 51678

Accession Number: 1987.465.3A

Sugar Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 51679

Accession Number: 1987.465.3B

Waste Bowl

Black transfer-printed footed bowl. Pink luster rim. Pastoral scenes adorn the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), luster (optical property), porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 51680

Accession Number: 1987.466

Saucer

White creamware transfer-printed saucer. Centrally located purple transfer print illustrating a domestic scene. Superimposed hand painting on the transfer print.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51681

Accession Number: 1987.467.1

Portrait of Mrs. Davis

Portrait of an older woman wearing a pale gray shirt and bright yellow scarf wrapped around her head and neck. Oil paint on canvas, no frame.

Date: 1935

Maker: Sears, Edwin Buckingham, 1911-1986 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51685

Accession Number: 1987.470

Portrait of Mr. Stackhouse

Portait of a man seated on a settee with coral upholstery. Sitter has dark hair and eyes, and a cleft chin. He is wearing a blue suit with white collared shirt and lilac colored tie. Oil paint on canvas, no frame.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Sears, Edwin Buckingham, 1911-1986 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51687

Accession Number: 1987.472

Portrait of Dorothy Lyman

Portrait of a nude woman kneeling in front of a round bowl. Oil paint on canvas, no frame.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Sears, Edwin Buckingham, 1911-1986 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51693

Accession Number: 1987.478

Portrait of Neil Stewart

Full length portrait of a nude man, standing. Profile view with sitter looking off to the right, left hand on hip. Oil paint on canvas, no frame.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Sears, Edwin Buckingham, 1911-1986 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51698

Accession Number: 1987.483

Photograph

Reverend Sears; bust length; oval velvet mat.

Maker: unknown

Material: tinting, oil paint (paint), photographs

GUSN: 51700

Accession Number: 1987.485

Portrait Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a balding man with full side burns.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen prints

GUSN: 51701

Accession Number: 1987.486

Toy Horse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51702

Accession Number: 1987.487.1

Windsor Chair

No description

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51308

Accession Number: 1987.1

Chandelier Cups

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 51309

Accession Number: 1987.05

Curtain Rod

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51311

Accession Number: 1987.19

Chair

Chippendale carved side chair. Portsmouth origin; distinctive regional form that was only made there between 1760-1790. Serpentine crest rail above an overupholstered seat on Marlborough legs with open brackets and joioned by a molded H-stretcher.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51312

Accession Number: 1987.20

HAT, TOP

Black grosgrain; collapsible; w/ ribbon; black moire lining; red satin lining for top; stored in original box - brown w/ ties.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 51313

Accession Number: 1987.21.1

Box

Green cardboard box.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51314

Accession Number: 1987.22AB

Photograph

Full-length photograph in colonial-style costume standing/ knocking at door of white house with Ionic columns and shell-motif above entrance.

Date: 1912

Maker: Hall, Will L. (Photographer)

Material: tinting, gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51315

Accession Number: 1987.228

Stool

No description

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), pine (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 51316

Accession Number: 1987.23

Tarpaulin

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51317

Accession Number: 1987.24

Pair of Gloves

White leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51318

Accession Number: 1987.25AB

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51319

Accession Number: 1987.26

Piece of Lace

Piece of gold lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 51320

Accession Number: 1987.27

Shawl

Rectangular; cream net with geometric design of large diamonds with diamond ground of silver; narrow border.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51321

Accession Number: 1987.28

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Oak, black walnut, American red cedar, maple, chestnut, with white pine secondary wood and possibly cedrela. Coved cornice attached to edges of top. Composed of upper and lower cases. Joined case with two-panel sides. Drawer fronts composed of boards with applied moldings. H-...

Date: 1670-1700

Maker: Attributed to Mason, Messenger and Edsall (Maker) Attributed to Mason, Ralph, 1599-1678/79 Attributed to Messenger, Henry, d. 1681 Attributed to Edsall, Thomas, 1588-1676

Material: oak (wood), black walnut (wood), red cedar (wood), maple (wood), chestnut (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 51322

Accession Number: 1987.34