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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

No image available

Women's Hat

Small black velvet ladies hat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191246

Accession Number: 2004.2.1

No image available

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

No image available

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

No image available

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

No image available

Cards of Mending Wool

Four cards, unmarked

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cardboard

GUSN: 191257

Accession Number: 2004.2.6.2-.5

Commemorative Plate

Blue and white commemorative plate. Large floral pattern on rim, center depicts an image of the Governor Langdon Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: W. Adams & Sons (Maker) M. P. Alkon & Co. (Commissioner)

Material: whiteware, transfer printing, porcelain

GUSN: 191258

Accession Number: 2005.25.5

Card Table

Grecian-style rectangular card table has folding top that swivels to open. Top rest on an lyre-shaped pillar with leaf carvings ending in rosettes. The pillar stands on a base supported by scrolled legs with applied disks, ending in brass casters. The frame has a veneered frieze with a rectangular t...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Fiske, William, 1770-1844 (Cabinetmaker) Wightman, Thomas (Carver)

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood), carving (processes), casting (process)

GUSN: 191265

Accession Number: 2005.26

Commemorative Plate

Blue and white plate with floral border on rim and depiction of the John Hancock House with a horse-drawn carriage out front

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 191268

Accession Number: 2005.27

Curtain Stretcher

Long piece of wood that has black stamped numbers running its length. Numbers start with eleven, go an inch to twelve and then start back at one, continuing twelve with an inch in between. Repeats four times with nine extra inches. About half way down there is a three-fouths inch wide slit running d...

Date: 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), stamping (marking)

GUSN: 191276

Accession Number: 2005.15.6

Curtain Stretcher Hardware

Four pieces of hardware. Two sets, one set is a screw with a wing nut but is in a black painted "L" bracket piece.

Date: 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 191277

Accession Number: 2005.15.7

No image available

Sheet Music, "I Am Going There./ Or the / Death of Little Eva"

Single sheet-title page; at center is image (lithograph) of a little girl in bed with three adults standing over her and one kneeling at bedside; looking down on the scene are angels and clouds; lettering in many different fonts above and below image.

Date: 1852

Maker: Oliver Ditson (Firm) (Publisher) J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer) Adams, John S. (Composer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191288

Accession Number: 2005.23.13

No image available

Sheet Music, "Old Jessy"

Single sheet (title page); edges very ragged/torn; title and other lettering very ornate with many different fonts; lettering surrounded by scrolls and dashes; handwritten and embossed inscriptions at top.

Date: 1852

Maker: Lee & Walker (Publisher) Converse, Charles C. , 1832-1918 (Composer) Sedgewick, C. C. (Lyricist) Higgins Brothers (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 191293

Accession Number: 2005.23.14

No image available

Sheet Music, "Glee/ Drink to me only with thine eyes" and "The Peasant's Joy"

Single sheet, double-sided; "Glee" on one side and "The Peasant's Joy" on the other; pages numbered thirteen and fourteen; "Glee" consists of music, lyrics and three verses at bottom; "The Peasant's Joy" consists of only music.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Blake, G. E. (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191296

Accession Number: 2005.23.15

No image available

Sheet Music, "C.E. Roy's New and Complete Method for the Cornet a Pistons"

Title page to music instructional book; fancy lettering in several different fonts, surrounded by scrolls and dots.

Date: 1843

Maker: Roy, C. E. (Author) W. B. Bayley (Publisher) Apollo Hall (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191298

Accession Number: 2005.23.16

Vase

Porcelain vase with cylindrical body, straight neck, round flared rim and decorated with a polychrome Rose Medallion pattern featuring reserves of Asian men and women in interior and exterior scenes alternating with reserves of flowers, birds and butterflies.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191310

Accession Number: 2006.44.1801.2

Vase

Porcelain vase with cylindrical body, straight neck, round flared rim and decorated with a polychrome Rose Medallion pattern featuring reserves of Asian men and women in interior and exterior scenes alternating with reserves of flowers, birds and butterflies.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191314

Accession Number: 2006.44.1801.1

Shawl

Long black silk shawl with printed and embroidered flowers. The body of the shawl is a black silk crepe. There is a large inner rectangle that has a printed floral pattern. Over the entire surface there are black flowers and leaves embroidered on with silk threads. Within the printed rectangle there...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191317

Accession Number: 2006.44.1370

Shawl

Cream colored wool shawl with colorful embroidered border and motifs. The shawl is rectangular with a narrow frayed fringe around all four sides. The cream wool is finely woven and has a sheer quality. There is heavy and colorful decorative cotton embroidery that forms an interior rectangle. The bor...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 191318

Accession Number: 2006.44.1351

Shawl

Long black and white silk shawl with geometric patterns. The shawl is narrow and rectangular. The pattern consists of alternating rectangles that have one of two designs inside them. One design has a daisy-like flower with stem and leaves on two sides and is inside of an oval. In the four corners of...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191321

Accession Number: 2006.44.1371

Ginger jar

Covered Satsuma ginger jar with ovoid body, short straight neck, domed cover with rim that extends over the neck surmounted by a round gilt finial. Painted polychrome decoration of Asian men in a landscape scene with a tiger around the body and painted polychrome geometric and floral patterns aroun...

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191322

Accession Number: 2006.44.1800.1AB

Shawl

Long, wide ivory silk shawl with painted floral designs and metallic embroidery. The shawl is rectangular and at both short ends the hem was done by folding the edge over and sewing in a chain link pattern for the seam. All around the four edges there is a wide border of painted floral and leaf patt...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191324

Accession Number: 2006.44.1372

Shawl

Square black cotton shawl with medium length fringe on all four sides. The fringe has two rows of decorative knotting which crisscrosses the threads into diamond patterns and the fringe then extends from the last row of knots. On one end there is a band composed of single olive green threads that ar...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191326

Accession Number: 2006.44.1352

Shawl

Narrow black silk shawl with embroidered flowers and long fringe. The majority of the shawl is a plain black silk, but at both ends there are four embroidered flowers. The outer most two flowers are the largest and are red flowers with greenery surrounded by smaller yellow and red flowers on one sid...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191328

Accession Number: 2006.44.1373

Shawl

Long narrow gray silk shawl with white stripes on both ends and white silk fringe on both ends. The primary color is a silver gray and is slightly sheer. On both ends there is a wide white silk stripe and on either side of the stripe are three more bands that are made up of multiple narrow stripes. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191330

Accession Number: 2006.44.1353

Ginger jar

Covered Satsuma ginger jar with ovoid body, short straight neck, domed cover with rim that extends over the neck surmounted by a round gilt finial. Painted polychrome decoration of Asian men in a landscape scene with a tiger around the body and painted polychrome geometric and floral patterns aroun...

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191331

Accession Number: 2006.44.1800.2AB

Shawl

Narrow black and ivory silk shawl. The shawl is primarily black but has a wide band of ivory across both ends. There are also three ivory squares toward both ends that run parallel to the ivory band. All four edges and around both the band and squares there is a chain-like black stitching that leave...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191333

Accession Number: 2006.44.1374

Shawl

Square silver silk shawl with fringe on two sides. The silk is shiny and has a visible weave. The fringe has a decorative knotting that forms two rows of interconnected diamonds and the fringe extends from the bottom row of knots. The back of the shawl is still silver.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191334

Accession Number: 2006.44.1354

Shawl

Long narrow rectangular black shawl. The shawl has five wool yarn tassels or pom-poms at both ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 191336

Accession Number: 2006.44.1355

Shawl

Rectangular sheer beige silk crepe shawl with long fringe. The body of the shawl is plain and the seams around all four edges are decorative with interconnected tiny holes. The two short ends have long beige fringe that extends from three decorative rows of knots.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), crepe (textile)

GUSN: 191337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1375

Vase

Urn shaped earthenware vase with two c-shaped handles and a round stepped foot. Decorated on all surfaces with scrolling floral vines and two shields on each side featuring a band of characters and two crescent moons. Yellow, green and blue bands around the rim and the foot base.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 191338

Accession Number: 2006.44.1945

Shawl

Long rectangular ivory lace shawl. The entire shawl has floral and leaf designs and all four edges are scalloped and have tiny loops of threads around the scallops. Where there is no design, the lace has a net-like appearance. The shawl also has a sheer to it in certain lights. The pattern is more s...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191341

Accession Number: 2006.44.1356

Shawl

Long sheer cotton shawl with embroidery. The shawl is rectangular with small scallops along all four side edges. Each scallop has an embroidered edge and contains one embroidered dot in the middle of the scallop. Then there is a continuous row of dots along the inside edge of the scallops. Inside of...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191342

Accession Number: 2006.44.1376

Women's cape

Short women's cape made of long, dark brown fur. The cape has a wide collar that goes all the way around from the front to the back and folds down. There is a center opening with five metal loops on the left side and five hooks on the right. Just below the top hook and loop closure, there is a metal...

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Manufacturer)

Material: silk (fiber), fur

GUSN: 191345

Accession Number: 2006.44.1359

Vase

Ovoid shaped earthenware vase with two open handles that emerge from the body and join to the rim on either side of the narrow flared neck, six rectangular openings around rim. The body is glazed a dark blue with patches of green and brown and stylized yellow daffodils.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 191346

Accession Number: 2006.44.1944

Shawl

Long rectangular ivory lace shawl. The edges of the shawl are scalloped and then the scallops have tiny scallops around them. Inside of each larger scallop is a hand embroidered flower motif. The body of the shawl is a net material and contains five rows of identical hand embroidered floral motifs r...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191347

Accession Number: 2006.44.1377

Jacket, Bed

Short silk kimono-style bed jacket. The front neck and edges of the sleeves have a wide cream colored silk border and the rest of the bed jacket is made of an oatmeal colored silk. The front opening has no closures and it flares out as it comes down to the waist and comes down to a V in the front. T...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191350

Accession Number: 2006.44.1378

Nightgown

Long sleeveless peach silk nightgown. The neckline is a v-shaped and is bordered by three narrow bands of thicker peach silk connected together and attached to the dress by decorative stitching. At the V the bands of silk are woven together and then continue on down forming an oval or teardrop shape...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191354

Accession Number: 2006.44.1379

Shawl

Long rectangular beige net shawl with geometric gold metal details. At both end of the shawl there are rows of geometric detailing including triangles, dots, Christmas tree shapes and more triangles. Down the center of the shawl are diamonds of alternating sizes that have a diamond shaped grid patte...

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile), metal

GUSN: 191355

Accession Number: 2006.44.1360

Shawl

Green silk square shawl with long fringe. The center is a large square with rounded corners. There is a wide border around all four sides made from green silk threads intertwined into diamond shapes with knots at all four points. At the four corners of the shawl, the decorative threads are more clos...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191360

Accession Number: 2006.44.1362