Historic New England

Stationery holder

Lacquered stationery holder; front cover decorated with rose and morning glory in paint, gilding, and inlaid mother-of-pearl; interior lined with blue rose patterned paper.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296684

Accession Number: 1949.1202

Dish

Brass dish with a beaded rim and a blue iridescent butterfly wing under the glass.

Date: 1915-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 296685

Accession Number: 1949.1203

Letter Opener

Asymmetrical steel blade with a twisted brass collar and a turned wood and ivory handle.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material), ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 296686

Accession Number: 1949.1209

Yardstick

Wood with black numbering and lettering.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), stenciling

GUSN: 296687

Accession Number: 1949.1189

Bell Charm

Gilt bell charm with engraved Greek letters, also contains a note.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 296688

Accession Number: 1949.1201

"ORB" Necklace

Copper necklace with an abstracted upside down v-shaped pendant on a copper link chain.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Bade, Otto R. (Manufacturer) Bade, Otto R. (Designer)

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 297799

Accession Number: 2014.41.1

Cuff bracelet

Cuff bracelet made of coiled copper wires.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Renoir of California (Manufacturer)

Material: copperwork

GUSN: 297800

Accession Number: 2014.41.2

Earrings

Pair of abstract geometirc copper earrings with a clip back closure.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 297804

Accession Number: 2014.41.3.1ab

Bracelet

Abstract geometic copper link bracelet with a hinged tab closure with a maker's mark.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 297805

Accession Number: 2014.41.3.2

Sampler

Framed sampler. Embroidery on linen depicting the alphabet and numbers with Bible passage and signature of Lydia Ripley Priest (1819-1899).

Date: 1831

Maker: Priest, Lydia Ripley, 1819-1899 (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), thread, embroidering, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 297826

Accession Number: 2014.42.1

Sampler

Framed Sampler. Embroidery on linen depicting the alphabet. Previously removed embroidery objvious in the linen. Surrounded by decorative white and blue border. Eunice Durant (1821-1872).

Date: 1835

Maker: Durant, Eunice, 1821-1872 (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), thread, embroidering, wood (plant material), glass (material), metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 297827

Accession Number: 2014.42.2

Alphabet/Verse sampler with rainbow colored embroidery depicting A to Z alphabet, numbers 1 through 0, birds with worms, and flowers. Green and yellow embroidered border. Cotton ground. Plain gilt frame.

Date: 1940

Maker: Glaser, Olive Smith (Embroiderer)

Material: cotton (textile), thread

GUSN: 297828

Accession Number: 2014.42.3

Fanny Gray Paper Doll Set

Fanny Gray Paper Doll Set in Original Box. Paper. Crosby, Nichols & Co. Publisher, S.W. Chandler & Bro. Lithographer.

Date: 1854

Maker: Crosby, Nichols & Company (Publisher) S. W. Chandler and Bro. Lith. (Lithographer)

Material: lithographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 297829

Accession Number: 2014.42.4

Bracelet

Cuff-style bracelet with grape cluster and grape leaf design. 10 karat gold-plated metal.

Date: c. 1940

Maker: Louis Stern & Company (Jeweler)

Material: plated metal, gold alloy

GUSN: 297836

Accession Number: 2014.43.1

Jewelry Set

Partial parure of clip back earrings and necklace with flame shaped, open work design.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Sperry Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Material: plated metal

GUSN: 297838

Accession Number: 2014.43.3

Linoleum

Eight complete repeats of linoleum rug fragments [a-h] and two newspaper pages [i-j]. Hopalong Cassidy theme with cowboys, horses, Bar 20 Ranch, and Topper.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 297843

Accession Number: 2014.44.1A-J

Linoleum

Two linoleum rug fragments [complete repeat]. Sailboats and lighthouses on blue ground with seashell border.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 297841

Accession Number: 2014.44.2A-D

Curtain panel

This curtain panel is constructed from a machine-woven version of wool crewel embroidery on a plainweave cotton ground. The wool supplementary wefts are woven in a South Asian palampore style of a branching tree with elaborate flowers and curling leaves, worked in shades of green, yellow, brown, red...

Date: 1900-40

Maker: unknown

Material: crewel wool, cotton (textile), flannel, fringe

GUSN: 297842

Accession Number: 2014.45.1

Creamer

Cream pitcher with circular base and attached handle. Engraved with Quincy coat of arms.

Date: 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 297848

Accession Number: 2009.5.46

"Bake Shop, North End, Boston"

Oil painting on canvas of the interior of a bake shope. Glass cases with jelly rolls and buns on right, entrance door on left. Window display in background.

Date: 1920-1980

Maker: Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 297847

Accession Number: 2009.5.45

Dining Table

Dining table, oval top with two part octagonal base. Top of table has a mottled green-blue finish. Underside is painted red. Call button affixed to underside of table. Two part wooden octagonal base has a painted gold finish. Each half of the table base has four legs, columnuar shape. Two halves fit...

Date: ca. 1928

Maker: Sleeper, Henry Davis, 1878-1934 (Designer)

GUSN: 297981

Accession Number: 2014.46.1A-C

Souvenir plate

Souvenir plate with white porcelain body with colorless glaze. Circular form with molded scroll shaped handles. Wide rim with molded ribbing. Handles and ribs are highlighted with over glaze gilt decoration. Small black transfer-printed oval reserve in well depicts "Gov. Langdon Mansion, Portsmouth,...

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Portsmouth Crockery Co. (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 298099

Accession Number: 1983.169

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with small gold fleur de lis pattern on red ground on red paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298127

Accession Number: 2001.281.1254

Bookend Paper

Two rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with stylized floral pattern in green and red on ungrounded paper. Green dots surround small floral elements in red and green. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298128

Accession Number: 2001.281.1255.1-.2

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with stylized floral pattern in green and purple on ungrounded paper. Purple dots surround small floral elements in red and green. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298129

Accession Number: 2001.281.1255.3

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with gray and black wavy pattern on ungrounded paper. Overprinted with streaked metallic silver accent. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298130

Accession Number: 2001.281.1256

Bookend Paper

Four rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with small pattern of stylized flowering vines in pink, green, blue and black on light orange ground. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298131

Accession Number: 2001.281.1257.1-.4

Bookend paper

Two rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with an small pattern of leaf lattice with alternating four roses and one rose in openwork in brown on ungrounded paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298132

Accession Number: 2001.281.1258.1-.2

Bookend paper

Rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with an small pattern of leaf lattice with alternating four roses and one rose in openwork in red on ungrounded paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298133

Accession Number: 2001.281.1258.3

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board. Top layer is an American roller-printed copy of an English block-printed design, "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Large Art Nouveau flowers, perhaps irises, printed in maroon, pink, and three greens on tan ground. Maroon striations create the appearance of fabric

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 298828

Accession Number: 1986.1088

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board. Top layer is an American roller-printed copy of an English block-printed design, "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Large Art Nouveau flowers, perhaps irises, printed in maroon, pink, and three greens on tan ground. Maroon striations create the appearance of fabric.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 298829

Accession Number: 1986.1089

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. Scene of an orange tabby cat perched on top of a fish bowl watching goldfish. Scene is surrounded with Rococo revival architectural frame in two shades of brown flock. Border is a Persian designin gray, red, brown and white with flocking.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 298884

Accession Number: 1956.26

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. White floral stripe roller-printed on light gray ground. Beige accents on flowers and stripes.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 298885

Accession Number: 1953.478

Wallpapered board

Board in two pieces, with red and gray paint and several wallpaper fragments. Board had been grained at some point before paint and wallpaper were applied. Top layer of paper features mosaic-framed Ashlar rectangles and squares. Black and white on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, graining, paint (coating), painting (coating), wallpapers

GUSN: 300343

Accession Number: 1988.532AB

Wallpapered board

Board with many layers of wallpaper fragments. Topmost layer is Anglo-Japanese in brown, green, yellow, blue, and red (brown is flocked). Small floral with interlace and geometric designs. Other papers, from most recent to earliest, include a red floral on a brown ground with white and brown stripin...

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, molding (forming), wallpapers, flocking

GUSN: 300344

Accession Number: 1988.533

Board fragment

Board fragment, probably sheathing. One side is darker, either from staining or from exposure. Tongue and groove edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, staining

GUSN: 300345

Accession Number: 1988.535

Fireboard fragment

Wallpapered board; one of three boards used to compose a fireboard. Wallpaper is in poor condition, with white fretwork, white line-drawing leaves, and sprays of white roses with olive green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers

GUSN: 300346

Accession Number: 1988.536.1

Fireboard fragment

Wallpapered board, composed of two smaller boards joined with pegs and batten. These smaller boards are two of three used to form a fireboard. Wallpaper is in poor condition, with white fretwork, outlined leaves, and white rose sprays with olive green leaves. Same paper as 1988.536.1.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers

GUSN: 300347

Accession Number: 1988.536.2

Wallpapered board

Large board with wallpaper. Green and gold foliate "flaming" medallions on striped cream ground, with attached border of medallions connected with foliate swags.

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), softwood, wallpapers, painting (coating), paint (coating)

GUSN: 300348

Accession Number: 1980.181.1

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board with multiple layers. Earliest is a Greek key Ashlar pattern in green, black, and gray on a white ground; most recent is green and gold foliate "flaming" medallions on a striped cream paper with a wide upper border of the same. Top of board has a feathered edge; back and part of th...

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), softwood, wallpapers, painting (coating)

GUSN: 300349

Accession Number: 1980.181.2

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. Flowers (mostly pink) in an urn, printed on tan ground. Wallpaper border of rose vine in pink and green. From the Parson Smith House.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 300350

Accession Number: 1953.493

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with attached wallpaper. Octagons and rectangles in a coffered design. Each octagon contains either an oval or a second octagon with a marbleized effect. Printed in white and dark gray on a light gray ground. Board has evidence of lath and plaster on opposite side; rose-head nails and...

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers, lath

GUSN: 301001

Accession Number: 2014.48.1

Painted Window Shade

Painted window shade depicting landscape with cottages and children near a river.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295602

Accession Number: 1979.90

Painted Window Shade

Hand painted window shade depicting wooded landscape with boat on water and castle.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295604

Accession Number: 1979.91

Painted Window Shade

Hand-painted window shade depicting a wooded landscape with boat.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295605

Accession Number: 1979.92

Wallpaper

Fabric panel with long fragment of wallpaper and border attached. Wallpaper has pattern of undulating, serpentine lines forming symmetrical hourglass shapes. Between lines are grapevines and 3-leaf clovers. Printed in two blues, orange, black, grey and white on a blue ground. Border with festoons, d...

Date: 1790-1816

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295845

Accession Number: 1972.113A

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Left window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295948

Accession Number: 1942.3979.1.1-.3

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Right window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295950

Accession Number: 1942.3979.3.1-.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scene of a large Gothic/Turkish structure (probably a cathedral) with a long, meandering bridge with stairs. A sailboat is departing and people ascend the stairs. Printed in blue, aqua, three greens, two browns, tan, grey, and pale pink on white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295974

Accession Number: 1971.185.4BC

Scenic Wallpaper

One panel of the scenic paper "El Dorado." Tropical foliage and a flowing river or stream in the foreground, mountain in the background. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 295981

Accession Number: 1996.34.1

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