Historic New England

Knife

Knife with ivory handle. Slightly longer than a dinner knife. Blade is smooth, no serrations, rounded at the end and the end curves upwards.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 187970

Accession Number: 2006.44.1504.1

Knife

Knife with ivory handle. Slightly longer than a dinner knife. Blade is smooth, no serrations, rounded at the end and the end curves upwards.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 187971

Accession Number: 2006.44.1504.2

Knife

Knife with ivory handle. Slightly longer than a dinner knife. Blade is smooth, no serrations, rounded at the end and the end curves upwards.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 187972

Accession Number: 2006.44.1504.3

Doily

White linen doily with scalloped lace edge with reserves with abstract urns with flowers, white embroidered scrolls and flowers around center.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 187975

Accession Number: 2006.44.1549

Set of dinner knives

Set of seven dinner knives with ivory handles. Blades are smooth without a serrated edge and have rounded tips.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 187977

Accession Number: 2006.44.1506

Doily

Round white linen doily with lace border and white embroidered scrolls and flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 187978

Accession Number: 2006.44.1548.1

Doily

Round white linen doily with lace border and white embroidered scrolls and flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 187980

Accession Number: 2006.44.1548.2

Dinner Knife

Dinner knife with an ivory handle. Blade is smooth without a serrated edge and has a rounded tip.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 187981

Accession Number: 2006.44.1506.1

Scoop

Silver scoop with ivory handle. Bowl end is shaped like a small shovel and it has a long neck.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 187982

Accession Number: 2006.44.1503

Set of napkins

Set of six white linen napkins with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 187983

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187984

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.1

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187985

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.2

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187987

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.3

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187988

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.4

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187989

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.5

Napkin

White linen napkin with woven floral pattern and a white embroidered monogram "SP."

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187990

Accession Number: 2006.44.1547.6

Salt and Pepper Set

Porcelain Mickey and Minnie Mouse salt and pepper shakers.White with painted highlights in black, blue and red. Cork stoppers.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 187993

Accession Number: 2006.44.1497

Saltshaker

Porcelain Mickey Mouse salt shaker. White with painted highlights in black, blue and red. Cork stoppers.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 187994

Accession Number: 2006.44.1497.1

Half hull model

Wooden half-hull model with painted hoizontal gold, green and orange bands along the body and the painted in gold "BARQUE DERBY. BUILT 1825"

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 187995

Accession Number: 2006.44.2783

Saltshaker

Porcelain Minnie Mouse salt shaker.White with painted highlights in black, blue and red. Cork stoppers.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 187996

Accession Number: 2006.44.1497.2

Bookcase

Open wood bookcase with four levels of shelves divided into seven sections. Flat extended top with overhang on a rectangular base.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 187998

Accession Number: 2006.44.2784

Bud Vase

Silver bud vase. Narrow trumpet shape with a flared rim and room for a single stem.

Maker: Webster (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 187999

Accession Number: 2006.44.1502

Bookcase

Open oak bookcase with four levels of shelves, back panel features a carved scroll design and an inset oval mirror.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 188000

Accession Number: 2006.44.3361

Silver colored metal nutcracker. Two arms pivot on a central disk. Each arm has a flat area with burrs to hold a nut steady. The arms then become rounded with a ribbed area and then taper to a point. The central disk has two pointed extensions like cat-ears.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 188001

Accession Number: 2006.44.1498

Playing Cards

Set of two decks of playing cards in a cardboard box. Cards are sealed in clear cellophane. The box is card board and the top is designed with two cutouts to show the decks inside. The bottom of the box is blue with silver pinstripes and one corner has silver and black bands and a shield motif with...

Date: 1924-1929

Maker: Russell Playing Card Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: cardboard, cellophane

GUSN: 188005

Accession Number: 2006.44.1496

Women's dress

Ankle length cream colored eyelet women's dress with elbow length sleeves. The dress has a yoke collar and a front button and hook closure. The dress is gathered at the waist and then falls into a two tiered skirt. The back of the dress has two vertical eyelet seams that run from the shoulders to th...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), netting (process)

GUSN: 189747

Accession Number: 2006.44.1251

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a gold monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189749

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.142

Women's dress

Two-piece eyelet women's dress with three-quarter length sleeves and an ankle length skirt. The bodice is constructed of a cream colored eyelet fabric with floral designs over a silk lining. The bodice also has a lace yoke collar. The bodice has eleven hook and loop closure in the front. The sleeves...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), tulle (meshed textile), silk (textile), lace (needlework), eyelets (components)

GUSN: 189751

Accession Number: 2006.44.1250AB

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189752

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.145

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189756

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.144

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189759

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.143

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189762

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.146

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189763

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.141

Boy's Jacket

Boy's black velvet jacket. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920-1929

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), cotton (textile), mother of pearl

GUSN: 189764

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.1

Boy's Vest

Boy's white cotton vest. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920-1929

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 189765

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.2

Boy's Knickers

Boy's black velvet knickers. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920-1929

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), cotton (textile), mother of pearl

GUSN: 189766

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.3

"Piano Music"

Single sheet, folded; table of contents for sheet music; two pages have leaf and berry border inside of which are three columns listing, titles, and authors of music for various dances instruments.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 189771

Accession Number: 2005.23.10

Tavern Novelty Candle Box

Original Tavern Novelty Duck Candle box No. 751--4 Yellow Ducks

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 189772

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.1ab

Duck candle

Duck novelty candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189775

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.2

Duck candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189776

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.3

Rabbit candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189777

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.4

Rabbit candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189778

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.5

"The Shadow'd Heart"

Two sheets; title page has very ornate lettering surrounded by scrolls and foliage; three pages of music.

Date: 1857

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 189780

Accession Number: 2005.23.11

Sheet Music, "Diavolo"

Single sheet title page; discolored/stained/edges torn; lettering in several different fonts; two stamps at bottom; handwritten inscription at upper corner; music on verso.

Date: 1832

Maker: Hewitt & Co. (Vendor) J. Edgar (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 189783

Accession Number: 2005.23.12

Gown

This gown was originally made as an open robe--meant to be worn with a petticoat--most likely in the 1770s. It was re-made into a round gown--the skirt was closed across the front--sometime in the mid to late 1780s. The gown is constructed from plainweave linen plate-printed in indigo with a repeati...

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), printed textile materials

GUSN: 189811

Accession Number: 1998.5875

Cossack Firing from Atop his Horse

Bronze sculpture with a brown patina of a Cossack standing on a saddled horse and firing a rifle.

Date: 1870-1884

Maker: Lansere, Yevgeny, 1848-1886 (Sculptor) F. Chopin (Caster)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 189812

Accession Number: 2006.44.1463

Walking Lion

Bronze sculpture with a brown patina of a walking male lion mounted on a rectangular stepped base.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Barye, Antoine-Louis, 1796-1875 (Sculptor) Barbedienne, F. (Foundryman)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 189829

Accession Number: 2006.44.1465

Two Hawks Fighting

Bronze sculpture with a green patina of two hawks attacking a ram mounted on a rock shaped base.

Date: 1843

Maker: Fratin, Christophe, ca. 1800-1864 (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 189835

Accession Number: 2006.44.1464

The Bridge

Ink etching of the Ponte de l'Arzere over a Venetian canal. The bridge rails are draped with laundry and various pedestrians are walking in both directions. Two gondolas are in the foreground and buildings line the canal in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 189857

Accession Number: 2006.44.743

Vase

Ovoid shaped porcelain vase with six sides and a short neck with a slightly flared rim. Features two panels of Japanese aristocrats and soldiers in exterior scenes separated by two reserves of blue and red flowers. The scenes are framed by painted gold and polychrome geomtric and floral designs.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189860

Accession Number: 2006.44.1859

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