Historic New England

View of Boston

Oil painting on canvas; depicts hill in foreground that overlooks the harbor with Boston neck in the mid-ground with State House, church steeples and other building visible; several figures in foreground include three men and one woman on horseback (at PR), three shepherds and two sheep (at PL) and ...

Date: c. 1845

Maker: Attributed to De Grailly, Victor, 1804-1889 (Artist) Shreve, Crump & Low (Vendor)

Material: oil paint (paint), unprimed canvas

GUSN: 222303

Accession Number: 2004.12

Ash Tray in Original Box

Autumn leaf shaped ash receiver in original box- made by Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222314

Accession Number: 2010.13.1

Coaster set in original box

Four piece coaster set in original box-Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222315

Accession Number: 2010.13.2

Buffet warming oven

Electric buffet warming oven-Chase Brass & Copper Company. Chrome, cylindrical, with grooved wooden base and handles. Interior iron heating element/food warming plate.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chrome steel, walnut (wood), cast iron

GUSN: 222316

Accession Number: 2010.13.3

Oak Armchair

Oak arm chair fastened with wooden pegs. Turned legs and stretchers with blocks. Matted seat. Back has three slats with circles and crosses. Crest circle with cross in center flanked by two ball capped finials. Made from oak timbers saved from the Hancock House (Razed 1863).

Date: 1877

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 222338

Accession Number: 2004.13

Teapot Sculpture

White unglazed plaster teapot, with ear molded into side.

Date: 2003

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 222339

Accession Number: 2004.15

Drying Rack

Wooden drying racks

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222344

Accession Number: 2004.16

Chamber Pot

Creamware chamberpot

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware

GUSN: 222346

Accession Number: 2004.17

Easy Chair

Boston Chippendale mahogany easy chair with reproduction red wool damask upholstery; serpentine crest with shaped wings over outscrolled arms; carved cabriole front legs with claw and ball feet, joined by block and turned stretchers to maple chamfered raking rear legs. Reupholstered by SNPEA in 1993...

Date: c. 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), joining, upholstering, mahogany (wood), maple (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 222348

Accession Number: 2004.18

Wallpaper

Six fragments; flowers, dots and stripes forming a striped pattern block-printed in white on a blue ground on wove paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 222352

Accession Number: 2004.22.1

Wallpaper

Several fragments; swag pattern block-printed in black and white on a pink ground; bid paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222353

Accession Number: 2004.22.2

Wallpaper

Four fragments; floral and leaf pattern block-printed in green and gray with black pin dots on white ground; laid paper.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222354

Accession Number: 2004.22.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of border paper; scroll pattern block-printed in tan and white; white dot and orange stripe edge; light tan ground; continuous paper.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222359

Accession Number: 2004.22.4

Luggage rack

Folding luggage rack. Holding the top ends are two pieces of cloth that are red, pink, and cream. The legs swell in the areas that attatch to something else. There are two square stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 222360

Accession Number: 2006.44.2615

Chest of drawers

Chippendale style maple tall chest of drawers. Features six drawers with flattened urn shaped brass pulls, central drop, and ball and claw feet.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222361

Accession Number: 2006.44.2578

Shield

Shield in a rounded-edged diamond shape, made of thick animal hide with a bamboo handle pole extending above and below the top and bottom edges of the shield. The bamboo pole runs down the center of the side that faces the body and is affixed to the inner side of the shield with strips of hide that ...

Maker: unknown

Material: hide (collagenous material), bamboo (material)

GUSN: 222362

Accession Number: 2006.44.2603

Teapot

White porcleain teapot with c-shaped handle applied spout and with hinged lid; with white embossed floral decoration with a peasant girl on the verso and an eagle with a shield on the recto. Blue line decoration overall.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 222363

Accession Number: 2004.1.17AB

Dressing table

Queen Anne style cherry dressing table featuring five drawers with brass pulls. Features carved shell, turned drop spindles, and cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222366

Accession Number: 2006.44.2596

Painting

Painting on a piece of wood, stream in the middle, man fishing on right side and two woman in red and blue dresses, washing cloth on left side of stream.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 222369

Accession Number: 2004.1.18

Secretary

Federeal style secretary. The key holes are rounded escutcheon the drawers have brass pulls. The doors have rectangular panes. The midmolding has a lighter wood outlining the molding, all the way around. The secretary features a cylinder-fall desk. Underneath the cylinder-fall, are five pigeon holes...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222370

Accession Number: 2006.44.2585

Sampler

Alphabet and number sampler on linen ground with silk threads. Cross stitch and Gobelin stitch. Complete upper case and lower case alphabets, numbers 1-9, and maker's name and age with verse. Wooden frame with gold finish, covered with glass.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: Dickinson, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (textile), cross stitch, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 222379

Accession Number: 2004.1.19

Daguerreotype

Simple mahogany vineyard frame daguerreotype of husband, wife and daughter with gold colored mat.

Date: February 18, 1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222382

Accession Number: 2004.1.20

Teapot

Cream colored earthenware teapot. Floral and foliate motif. Round pointed finial.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 222386

Accession Number: 2004.1.21AB

Figurine "Shepherdess with Lute and Sheep"

Round base, shepherdess in orange dress with lute, surrounded by three sheep

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 222389

Accession Number: 2004.1.22

Boy with Tree

Square base, boy standing next to tree, animal skinn draped around him

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 222392

Accession Number: 2004.1.23

Clock Reel

Clock reel with table. Has riven oak legs, and a block made of white pine. The arm and the counter are made from either maple or birch. This object was used to measure yarn, as it was wound off of the bobbin of a spinning wheel, and made into a skein.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood), maple (wood), birch (wood)

GUSN: 221395

Accession Number: 1958.M3

Squirrel Cage Swift

Squirrel cage swift; made of white pine and white oak, with a joined frame, and a log-section base.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: white oak (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221399

Accession Number: 1958.M4

"Of Architects" Banner

Two lengths of dark purple colored silk banners/sash. One inscribed with "of architects" has taper ends; second fragment (same length) has rough uneven ends. Both have creases which indicate that they were once tied.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 221520

Accession Number: 2001.72AB

Whiskey Bottle

Rectangular, clear-glass bottle with narrow, slightly tapered neck. Deteriorated cork remnants in neck. Paper label on verso with whiskey name surround a circular engraved printed image of a town set at the base of hills with river, bridge and boats in foreground.

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 221522

Accession Number: 2001.74

Iron nail

Hand-wrought iron nail with irregular, somewhat flat heads and tapered shafts.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 221561

Accession Number: 2001.75

Iron nail

Hand-wrought iron nail with irregular, somewhat flat heads and tapered shafts.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 221562

Accession Number: 2001.76

Iron nail

Hand-wrought iron nail with irregular, somewhat flat heads and tapered shafts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221563

Accession Number: 2001.77

Painting

Peach-colored paper glued to a rectangular board; paper is partially painted with a design of buds and flowers in the colors red, green, brown and yellow; some of the design is only drawn in pencil, on verso is glued unpainted white paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), paint (coating)

GUSN: 221564

Accession Number: 2001.78

Thimble

Tan-colored carved bone thimble, tip of thimble carved with flower at center, encircled with seven rings

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 221565

Accession Number: 2001.79

Cap

Triangular-shaped flat, beige lace caps; hand-sewn layers of lace; it has a pink satin ribbon in the center.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), satin, hand sewing, ribbon (material)

GUSN: 221566

Accession Number: 2001.148

Cap

Triangular-shaped flat, beige lace caps; hand-sewn layers of lace; it has a light blue satin ribbon.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), satin, hand sewing, ribbon (material)

GUSN: 221567

Accession Number: 2001.149

Child's Shift

Plain beige shift; short sleeves, wide scoop neckline with crocheted edging and back v-slit that ties.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing, crocheting

GUSN: 221568

Accession Number: 2001.150

Combination

Ivory-colored pantaloons; sleeveless; scoopneck; crocheting around neckline, arm holes and pant cuffs, seam along waistline; button down back to waistline.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine sewing (technique), crocheting

GUSN: 221569

Accession Number: 2001.151

Knitted Cap

Beige knit cap with pom-pom on top; the top and bottom are knit into a pattern while around the middle is knit a solid band of fabric; the bottom is cuffed about three inches.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), cotton (textile), pompons

GUSN: 221570

Accession Number: 2001.152

Hood

Brown silk quilted hood with green interior ribbon on one side for tying under the chin

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), quilting, ribbon (material)

GUSN: 221571

Accession Number: 2001.153

Wedding Gown

Two piece wedding gown made of ecru-colored satin and lace; bodice (a) has satin criss-cross front, satin cumberbund and satin leg-o-mutton sleeves cuffed at elbow; lace surrounds satin in front; lace sleeves from elbow to wrist; lace v-neck. Skirt (b): satin a-line skirt iwth double piping down fro...

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: L.P. Hollander & Co.

Material: satin, lace (needlework), silk (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 221572

Accession Number: 2001.259AB

Stephen H. Phillips

Black and white photograph of Stephen H. Phillips. He is sitting in his office in front of the fireplace reading a large book. He is in his sixties. The office features a large oriental rug, a desk, three chairs and a cabinet. Simple black wood frame.

Date: 1896-1897

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221599

Accession Number: 2006.44.764

Plate

Ceramic plate with scalloped edge. Transfer printed floral and leaf border in pink, blue, yellow, and green. Four floral medallions evenly spaced around edge. Gilt band decoration around outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221600

Accession Number: 2006.44.1683

Set of bowls

Four porcelain bowls with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 221601

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221607

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.1

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221609

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.2

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221610

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.3

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221612

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.4

Pitcher

Small ceramic pitcher with loop handle. Wide base tapers up to a narrow neck. Wide brim at mouth of pitcher with small indent as a spout. Brim, handle, and flat bottom are painted brown. Body of pitcher has hand painted decoration of purple violets with inscribed text "Hill's Devon Violets". Double ...

Maker: Devon Pottery (Manufacturer) Palmers Limited (Retailer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221623

Accession Number: 2006.44.1673

The "Tontine" Block

Black and white photograph of Greek Revival homes on Warren Street in Salem. Black shutters on windows, small iron fence around the perimeter, and two trees in the foreground. Simple black wood frame.

Date: 1907

Maker: Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221641

Accession Number: 2006.44.765

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