Historic New England

Folding Knife

Folding knife or jackknive with bone handle. "Corn Knife" is carved into handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317690

Accession Number: 1942.266R

Straight Razor

Bone handled straight razor.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317691

Accession Number: 1942.266S

Tweezers

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317692

Accession Number: 1942.266T

Wax Floral Boquet in Reed Basket on Wood Base

Floral boquet made of wax, wire and other materials in a reed basket. Basket sits on a wooden stand. Glass dome that once fit in stand is missing.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: Vinal, James W., Mrs. (Maker)

Material: wax, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 317699

Accession Number: 1924.829

Basket with Wax Floral Boquet Under Dome

Brown basket filled with bright wax flowers contained withing glass dome with wood base.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317700

Accession Number: 1935.1209

Small Shell Obelisk with Inset Tin Type Photographs

Small scale obelisk made of wood and covered with small shells. Tin type photographs inset on three sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317701

Accession Number: 1936.82

Fabric Floral Arrangement Under Glass Dome

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317702

Accession Number: 1987.110AB

Fabric Floral Arrangment Under Glass Dome

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317703

Accession Number: 1987.200AB

Women's Hair Pieces

Two dark brunett hair pieces. One piece is a single long strand tied in the middle. The other is two strands held together with fabric, each strand with a small comb affixed to interior end.

Maker: unknown

Material: human hair

GUSN: 317704

Accession Number: 1987.873.1-.2

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317749

Accession Number: 1969.416

Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317766

Accession Number: 1939.168

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317776

Accession Number: 1919.59

Pair of Lamp Chimneys

Pair of glass lamp chimneys.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317800

Accession Number: 1919.811.1-.2

Pair of Electric Lamps

Pair of electrified glass lamps.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 317849

Accession Number: 1954.188.1-.2

Hairpins

Six hairpins found in pocket of riding ensemble.

Date: 1890-1892

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 318048

Accession Number: 1969.6718.4A-F

Tobacco Box

Small yellow box filled with tobacco.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318051

Accession Number: 2000.2164

Matches

Set of four sheets of matches.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318063

Accession Number: 1940.1021A-D

Flint

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318064

Accession Number: 2000.2183

Tweezers

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318065

Accession Number: 2000.2184

Matches

Sheet of matches in a jar.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318147

Accession Number: 2000.2147

Bonnet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356154

Accession Number: 1915.43

Pillowcase

Black and white striped wool pillowcase with a zipper closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 356286

Accession Number: 1981.653

Hatbox

Square hat box for gray wool man's hat, Edward's Hat Company

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356813

Accession Number: 2019.11.1.2AB

Hatbox

Hatbox for green wool man's hat, Disney, Company, New York

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356815

Accession Number: 2019.11.3.2AB

Large jug with cream colored body, maroon handle, spout, and trim. Decorated with grapes and leaves around the neck. Body decorated on either side with floral bouquet, including flowers of yellow, pink, red, and blue. The front of the pitcher, below the spout, decorated with image of a man with crop...

Date: c. 1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356847

Accession Number: 2021.29.1

Wallpaper panel

Flocked wallpaper panel, nineteenth century, removed from the Cushing-Endicott House, 135 Marlborough Street, Boston in November-December 2020

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356848

Accession Number: 2021.30.1

Rug

Arrow shaped piled rug. Brown border with orange, red, yellow, white, and green diamond and triangle design. Edward Fields rug, approximately 2+' x 3', custom made for family home in Belmont, Massachusetts

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356932

Accession Number: 2021.31.1

Rug

Edward Fields rug, approximately 7+' x 10', custom made for family home in Belmont, Massachusetts. Brown border with abstract band, three large arrow shapes in the center.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 356933

Accession Number: 2021.31.2

Drawing, "Newburyport Marshes"

Landscape depicting Newburyport Marshes. Features large haystacks and, in the distance, the sun appears half obscured by the horizon, either rising or setting.

Date: 1890-1934

Maker: Button, Alfred Prentice, 1872-1934 (Artist)

Material: pastels (visual works)

GUSN: 357111

Accession Number: 2021.33.2

Lithograph, "Mending the Nets, Rockport"

Black and white lithograph depicting fthree fishermen mending nets along the harbor in Rockport. In the background, the top of a lighthouse is visible.

Date: 1942

Maker: Ruellan, Andrée , 1905-2006 (Artist)

Material: lithography

GUSN: 357112

Accession Number: 2021.33.3

Trade sign

Cast iron trade sign featuring a human head with lifeliike hair bearing a crown of cascading fruits (apples, graps, strawberries) and acanthus leaves. Relief is set into a wall mounting plate inscribed with the words "A.P. Lombard Co. / Boston / A. Longuemare / SCPT / Wood Carving / Modeling." Cast ...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 357114

Accession Number: 2021.33.5

Table

"Peter Hunt"-style table with four turned legs and two hemispherical drop leaves, painted yellow and decorated with faux lobster place settings and wine glasses.

Date: 1950-1967

Maker: Hunt, Peter, 1896 -

Material: tables (support furniture)

GUSN: 357121

Accession Number: 2021.33.12

Trunk

Trunk covered with blue printed wallpaper, lined with newspaper.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: trunks (containers)

GUSN: 357122

Accession Number: 2021.33.13

Watercolor, "October Dusk/Connecticut"

Framed piece of paper bearing blue watercolor rectangle. The blue is gradated, suggesting an abstracted landscape.

Date: 1981

Maker: Hall, Lee, 1934-2017 (Artist)

Material: watercolor paper

GUSN: 357123

Accession Number: 2021.33.14

Lithograph, "Lighthouse"

Black and white lithograph depicting abstract landscape featuring a lighthouse on a cliff and a smaller building in the distance.

Date: 1960

Maker: Wolf, Helen, 1912-1970 (Artist)

Material: lithography

GUSN: 357124

Accession Number: 2021.33.15

Tile

Souvenir ceramic tile featuring a green and white-glaze painted image of the FIrst Pilgrim House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. House is surrounded by white picket fence with trees in the background.

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 357126

Accession Number: 2021.33.17

Andirons

Pair of cast iron andirons with decorative brass sunflower head and plinth.

Date: 1880-90

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 357129

Accession Number: 2021.33.20AB

Print, "From the Sea"

Black and white still-life print of assorted sea shells, ocean flora, and ropes.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Saltonstall, Elizabeth, 1900-1990

Material: offset presses

GUSN: 357136

Accession Number: 2021.33.27

Drawing

Framed drawing of a street scene of Providence, Rhode Island, featuring eighteenth-century house and pedestrians on a sidewalk.

Date: 1933

Maker: Grose, Helen Mason, 1880-1960 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works)

GUSN: 357138

Accession Number: 2021.33.29

Plate

Polychrome transfer-printed ceramic souvenir plate depicting scene from Longfellow's poem about Priscilla and John Alden. Ornate decorative border of flowers, pineapples, apples, and grapes in alternating red, yellow, pink, and brown colors. Center of plate is illustrated scene from poem depicting P...

Date: 1893 -1938

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects)

GUSN: 357146

Accession Number: 2021.33.37

Tile

Souvenir ceramic tile of "The Old Meeting House / Hingham Mass / erected 1681" and the "Belfry North Side" and "Old Beams on the Roof" depicting different architectural views of The Old meeting House. Designs are etched onto ceramic tile and then glazed.

Date: early 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 357148

Accession Number: 2021.33.39

Tile

Square ceramic tile with raised impression of a sunflower at the center. Yellow glaze.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works\n

Material: tile

GUSN: 357153

Accession Number: 2021.33.44

Wallpaper

Brown wallpaper with multi-layered frame of brown, red, orange, green, yellow and red--including a diamond and doulbe line patterned in yellow at center. Inside frame is a symetrical arabesque with scrolling solid leaves in brown, red, and orange and accented in thin yellow lines and with small yell...

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 357158

Accession Number: 2021.33.49A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments depicting military men from different European countries representing different playing cards. Each figural group is rendered in polychrome (red, green, yellow) against a white background. Each figural group hoists a flag bearing a different card in a standard deck of playing car...

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 357159

Accession Number: 2021.33.50AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Chinoiserie-style pattern featuring stylized plants and botanicals set against various architectural structures and features in a range of East Asian-inspired designs. Roller-printed in browns, red, yellow, purple, green on olive ground. Marked "AWPMA. 1494, 2 Rolls" in...

Date: 1880-1887 \n

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Agency)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 357160

Accession Number: 2021.33.51

Footstool

Circular footstool with gold-painted wooden base and striped fabric top in alternating red and gold. Four round legs and splayed feet carved with geometric pattern. Open rail made from two wooden rods inserted through the legs and separated on two sides by a bell-shaped carving hanging from the base...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, upholstery

GUSN: 357282

Accession Number: 2021.35.1

Margaret Smith Handbag

Margaret Smith handbag. Linen fabric printed with a blue and white pastoral "toile de jouy" style pattern against a yellow background. Two matching shoulder straps and fabric latch enclosure with a magnet. Blue and yellow plaid interior. One zipper pocket.

Date: 1960s

Maker: Margaret Smith

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 357283

Accession Number: 2021.36.1