Historic New England

Embroidery Frame

Adjustable cherry embroidery frame on floor stand with walnut feet.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), black cherry (wood)

GUSN: 221317

Accession Number: 1928.247

Netting Shuttle

Appears user-made; crude, rocket-shaped shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221322

Accession Number: 1929.1842

Embroidery Frame

Walnut, four piece, joined frame; 45 holes across one side and 49 holes on the perpendicular side.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221326

Accession Number: 1930.41

Winder

European beech winder; top-spool; bottom, base to screw to table top. Half of pair.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), oak (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 221328

Accession Number: 1930.653

Weaving Frame

Walnut weaving frame "for making table mats."

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221330

Accession Number: 1930.1060

Weaving Frame

Lap-jointed walnut weaving frame; wire pins, "for weaving table mats."

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221331

Accession Number: 1930.1061

Niddy Noddy

Turned, light colored walnut niddy noddy yarn winder; chip carved decoration.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221335

Accession Number: 1930.1325

Tape Loom

Handmade, wooden tape loom; heart scratched in bottom; eighteen prongs.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221338

Accession Number: 1930.1326

Hand Card

Maple hand card for carding wool;

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221340

Accession Number: 1930.1350AB

Tape Loom

Tape loom with fifteen holes; made from riven oak.

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221342

Accession Number: 1930.1650

Tape Loom

Riven board; twenty holes.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221345

Accession Number: 1930.1651

Lap Loom

Pine tape loom; painted red, white and blue; twenty-three holes; two nailed on braces.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), paint (coating)

GUSN: 221346

Accession Number: 1931.295

Temple

Maple temple; one of two (1931.598 is missing).

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221347

Accession Number: 1931.599

Bat Head

Maple spinning wheel batten; "often called the palm in older wheels."

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221348

Accession Number: 1932.31

Shuttle

Maple shuttle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221350

Accession Number: 1933.959

Netting Shuttle

Crudely made wooden shuttle

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), beech (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221351

Accession Number: 1933.960

Netting Shuttle

Oak, arrow-shaped shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221352

Accession Number: 1933.961

Netting Shuttle

Oak, arrow-shaped shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221353

Accession Number: 1933.962

Netting Shuttle

Wooden rocket-shaped shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221354

Accession Number: 1933.963

Clock Reel

Table and legs, boxed works

Date: 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221357

Accession Number: 1993.1754

Netting Shuttle

Long, narrow, hickory shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: hickory (wood)

GUSN: 221361

Accession Number: 1933.2035

Netting Shuttle

Wooden shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 221363

Accession Number: 1933.2036

Embroidery Frame

Nailed corners; fourteen by fourteen holes.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221370

Accession Number: 1937.271

Embroidery Frame

Home made

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 221372

Accession Number: 1937.272

Ball of Yarn

Ball of yarn; dyed dark blue.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 221376

Accession Number: 1964.384

Niddy Noddy

Niddy noddy with chamfered edges.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221378

Accession Number: 1942.1127

Shuttle

Shuttle with wire ends; inlcudes quill.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221390

Accession Number: 1950.33

Wool Comb

Wool comb, maple, with round steel teeth.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221392

Accession Number: 1952.132

Telephone

Plastic molded Taxi telephone.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 202607

Accession Number: 2006.44.3085

Telephone

Black plastic Bell and Western Telephone with a phone number. Area code 617 744-0440. Telephone cable attached.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal

GUSN: 202608

Accession Number: 2006.44.3087

Carving knife

Carving knife with antler handles. Knife has a slight curve to it. The handle has a crack in it.

Maker: Northampton (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, antler

GUSN: 202609

Accession Number: 2006.44.1557.1

Bed tray

Wooden bed tray with legs and handle. Painted white with glass top. Under top is pink fabric with a printed scene of people in the forest with animal in the center, trimmed with gold tassel.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 202610

Accession Number: 2006.44.3074

Carving fork

Carving fork with antler handle. Attached to the fork is a clamp.

Maker: Northampton (Manufacturer)

Material: antler, metal

GUSN: 202611

Accession Number: 2006.44.1557.2

Scissors

Large scissors with antler handles. The blades themselves have a slight curve to them. One side is serrated. There is a lock on the flat side of the scissors.

Maker: Daniel Low & Co.

Material: metal, antler

GUSN: 202612

Accession Number: 2006.44.1556

Tray

Brown rectangular wood tray with single handle in the center and two sections on either side.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202613

Accession Number: 2006.44.1562

Small octagonal place card set. The set consists of eleven blue and white settings. Each has a small windmill scene with a sailboat to the side. The placecards are trimmed in blue. In the center is a rectanglar space for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202614

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555

Chimney lampshade

Tall glass chimney lamp.

Maker: ACME

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 202615

Accession Number: 2006.44.1561.1

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202616

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.3

Chimney lampshade

Tall glass chimney lampshade

Maker: ACME (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 202617

Accession Number: 2006.44.1561.2

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202618

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.8

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202619

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.4

Inkwell set

Lacquer box with painted gold stars containing two inkwells. Includes a key.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), metal

GUSN: 202620

Accession Number: 2006.44.1554

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202621

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.9

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202622

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.2

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202623

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.11

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202624

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.7

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202625

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.6

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202626

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.10

Inkwell

Chased inkwell box with handle lid and second top lid. box is metal with floral details and lid (B) has scenic ingraving of a bird.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 202627

Accession Number: 2006.44.1554.2abc

Place card

Octagonal blue and white ceramic place card. There is a windmill and sailboat scene on the place card. It is trimmed in blue with a small rectangle in the middle for the name of the person.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202628

Accession Number: 2006.44.1555.1

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