Historic New England

Photograph

Bust-length portrait of a young man w/ dark hair and mustache--turned slightly to the left.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: ambrotypes (photographs), tinting

GUSN: 51559

Accession Number: 1987.304.2

Landscape Picture

Framed watercolor of Bald Mountain.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51563

Accession Number: 1987.308

Certificate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51564

Accession Number: 1987.309

Painting

Still life, oil on canvas.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51565

Accession Number: 1987.310A

Picture Frame

Empty wooden frame, no hanging mechanisms.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51566

Accession Number: 1987.311

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51568

Accession Number: 1987.313

Portrait of Mrs. Davis

Framed pastel portrait of Mrs. Davis.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51570

Accession Number: 1987.315

Painting

Framed oil painting of a Nantucket Street.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 51571

Accession Number: 1987.316

Portrait of Daniel or Cornelius Short

Half-length portrait of either Daniel or Cornelius Short with beard. Labeled on back as "a Calais Maine merchant or shipbuilder."

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51578

Accession Number: 1987.323

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 51581

Accession Number: 1987.326.1

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 51582

Accession Number: 1987.326.2

Artist's Paint Box and Palette

Artist's wooden paint box (.1) with contents and wooden palette (.2)covered with dried oil paint. Palette removed from inside box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51585

Accession Number: 1987.333.1-.2

Sewing Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51586

Accession Number: 1987.334

Folio

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51587

Accession Number: 1987.335

Wallpaper

Cut sample of wallpaper. Bouquet of fruit and bowl of flowers inside geometric medallion. Printed in greens, reds, pink, yellow, gray and blues on white ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51590

Accession Number: 1987.354

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with green and white spirals.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51591

Accession Number: 1987.368

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with polychrome millefiori canes, resembling flowers, set in a blue base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51592

Accession Number: 1987.369

Paperweight

Glass paperweight. Millefiori design set in a green base.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51593

Accession Number: 1987.370

Paperweight

Large glass paperweight with pink, white, and blue millefiori canes in star pattern set in a polychrome base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51594

Accession Number: 1987.371

Paperweight

Glass paperweight with twisted polychrome ribbons of glass converging on a central millefiori medallion of blue, white, and pink.

Maker: New England Glass Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51595

Accession Number: 1987.372

Paperweight

Glass paperweight with blue, white, and pink millefiori canes in floral bunches set in a bronze-colored base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51596

Accession Number: 1987.373

Paperweight

Glass paperweight. Polychrome Millefiori design set in bronze-colored base.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 51597

Accession Number: 1987.374

Blue and white; vaguely scalloped edge; network, separhead and double dot outer border; double thin band inner border; right-oriented landscape scene of three-story pavillion with swastika fence, trees and boat moored; in distance, mountains and birds flying overhead.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 51598

Accession Number: 1987.375.1

Shell Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51599

Accession Number: 1987.376

Artist's palette

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51600

Accession Number: 1987.377

Needlework Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51601

Accession Number: 1987.378

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51602

Accession Number: 1987.379.1

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51603

Accession Number: 1987.379.2

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51604

Accession Number: 1987.380.1

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 51605

Accession Number: 1987.380.2

Sauce Dish

Pressed glass sauce dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52294

Accession Number: 1941.538.7

Dish

Pressed glass dish with heart and wheat border.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52295

Accession Number: 1941.539

Dish

Pressed glass dish with bull's eye pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52296

Accession Number: 1941.540

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52297

Accession Number: 1941.541

Cup Plate

Sandwich glass cup plate in the Henry Clay pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52298

Accession Number: 1941.543

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52299

Accession Number: 1941.544

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52300

Accession Number: 1941.547

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52301

Accession Number: 1941.548

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52302

Accession Number: 1941.550

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52303

Accession Number: 1941.551.1

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52304

Accession Number: 1941.552

Compote and cover

Pressed, colorless glass compote and cover. Fluted stem and rounded foot with diamond point pattern on underside of bowl and interior of cover. Domed cover with diamond shaped pressed glass knob with scalloped edges. Pattern for cover and compote differ slightly.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 52305

Accession Number: 1941.553AB