Historic New England

Straight Razor

A hinged straight razor with an ivory handle. [.1] A red wood case. [.2]

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), ivory (tooth component), leather

GUSN: 313454

Accession Number: 1918.482.1-.2

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313456

Accession Number: 1919.133.2

Fire Screen

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313463

Accession Number: 1978.50.2

Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313467

Accession Number: 1926.500.5

Sugar Pincer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313472

Accession Number: 1912.217

Textile Remnant "Braintree Stripe"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one attached fabric label, presents a mustard yellow geometric pattern alternating a strip containing stylized palm leaves with a strip of stars in a circle, separated by a thinner avocado green cabled strip containing...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313478

Accession Number: 2001.281.1214

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313479

Accession Number: 1931.291.2

Saltcellar

Pressed glass, footed saltcellar.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313480

Accession Number: 1933.6309.2

Textile Remnant "Wilton Toile"

Three textile fragments, each with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents a repeated scene. It is a pastoral and bucolic scene staging two main groups of people: a woman and a man seated next to a child an in front of a barn-like hut with a bull inside and chickens nearby. ...

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313481

Accession Number: 2001.281.1215.1-.3

Apple parer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313482

Accession Number: 1934.2494

Spoon Holder

Glass spoon holder with faceted sides, scalloped rim, short stem and circular foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313483

Accession Number: 2015.1.61

Decanter with flat top stopper

Blown glass decanter with flat top stopper. Three ribs at neck, faceted sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 313484

Accession Number: 1935.1473.2AB

Decanter

Blown glass decanter with flat top stopper. Three ribs at neck, faceted sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 313485

Accession Number: 2015.1.63AB

Tumbler with slightly faceted sides. Glass

Glass tumbler with slightly faceted sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313486

Accession Number: 2015.1.64

Decanter with circular stopper

Glass decanter with circular stopper. Three ribs at neck, diamond pattern around body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313488

Accession Number: 2015.1.66AB

Decanter with ball shaped stopper

Blown glass decanter with ball shaped stopper. Three ribs at neck, smooth sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 313489

Accession Number: 2015.1.67AB

Sugar Bowl with lid

Glass sugar bowl. Cylindrical form with three Egyptian scenes molded into body, short stem, and circular foot. Lid has urn shaped knop.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313490

Accession Number: 2015.1.68AB

Compote

Cut glass compote with scalloped rim and foot, faceted stem. Button and cane pattern on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313491

Accession Number: 2015.1.69

Decanter with teardrop shaped stopper

Blown glass decanter with teardrop shaped stopper. Three ribs at neck.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 313492

Accession Number: 2015.1.70AB

Decanter

Decanter with funnel top, handle, and spout. Pale green blown glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313493

Accession Number: 2015.1.71

Pen Holder

Carved and inlaid tooth (possibly walrus) on a square soapstone base. Tooth is inlaid with black stone, one side depicts a man preparing to shoot a bear with a bow and arrow, the other a man preparing to shoot a dog with a rifle. Center of soapstone base has a ring carved out of the center that the ...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313786

Accession Number: 2006.44.3718AB

Hunter and Seal figurines

Carved stone figure of a man [.1] and a seal [.2]. The man is kneeling, wearing traditional Native Alaskan snow attire, and holding a leather tie.The tie is attached to a roughly carved stone seal.

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 313787

Accession Number: 2006.44.3719.1-.2

Bowl

Small earthenware bowl with twisted handle. Black burnished glaze. Not signed.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, slip casting

GUSN: 313788

Accession Number: 2006.44.3720

Bowl

Eathenware bowl with carved arch designs around rim. Black burnished glaze.

Date: 1930-1947

Maker: Aguilar, Rosalie Simbola, 1898-1947 (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313789

Accession Number: 2006.44.3721

Wedding Pitcher

Earthenware wedding pitcher with two spouts connected by a twisted handle. Black burnished glaze with cloud and lightening design. Not signed.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313790

Accession Number: 2006.44.3722

Bowl

Squat bowl with wide footring and tapered neck. Black glaze with burnished decoration of an abstract feather design.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Martinez, Maria (Native American potter, 1887-1980) (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313791

Accession Number: 2006.44.3723

Bowl

Bowl with angled sides. Black burnished glaze decorated with handpainted stylized "rain and birds" pattern in black slip. Black unglazed interior.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Martinez, Maria (Native American potter, 1887-1980) (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313792

Accession Number: 2006.44.3724

Bowl

Bowl with sloped sides. Carved triangle designs around rim. Black burnished glaze. White unglazed interior.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Aguilar, Rosalie Simbola, 1898-1947 (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313794

Accession Number: 2006.44.3725

Bowl

Bowl, black burnished glaze with abstract geometric designs around rim. Unglazed black interior.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Roybal, Tonita Martinez (Native American ceramicist, 1892-1945) (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313803

Accession Number: 2006.44.3726

Container with lid

Cylindrical vessel with lid. Black burnished glaze with abstract feather designs around body. Lid patterned with abstract cloud design. Black unglazed interior.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Roybal, Tonita Martinez (Native American ceramicist, 1892-1945) (Artist)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313804

Accession Number: 2006.44.3727AB

Bowl

Earthenware vessel with two bowls joined by an arched, keyhole handle. Burnished black glaze. Black unglazed interior. Not signed.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313805

Accession Number: 2006.44.3728

Dish

Shallow dish in bird form with burnished black glaze painted with black slip abstract cloud design. Not signed.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313806

Accession Number: 2006.44.3729

Harvard Mug

Mug with handle. Printed design of Harvard coat of arms, silver lustre band around rim and on back of handle. and '29 and '54.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313807

Accession Number: 2006.44.3730

Crock

Large stoneware crock with ear side handles and blue figure on front. Marked "No. 3" and "T. T. Wright & Son, Taunton, Mass"

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 313808

Accession Number: 1945.496

Small Thread Winder

Small, circular thread winder found inside small box with other personal items (see 1930.1009).

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 313811

Accession Number: 1930.1010

Plate

Earthenware plate decorated with tan and yellow designs on dark brown ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 313843

Accession Number: 1914.189

"Creation" Cuff

This bracelet is formed from two sheets of cut copper. The first is pierced with a design depicting a scene from the Wabanaki creation myth where Gluskap's arrow strikes a brown ash tree. The tree is silhouetted against a background of woven ash splints and backed with a solid sheet of copper held t...

Date: 2015

Maker: Brown, Jason K. (Artist)

Material: copper (metal), ash (wood)

GUSN: 313854

Accession Number: 2015.97.1.1-.2AB

Alliance Collar

Bias-weave wampum collar with tanned deerskin tie closure. Quahog shells strung on deer sinew.

Date: 2015

Maker: James-Perry, Elizabeth (Artist)

Material: shell (animal material), deerskin, sinew

GUSN: 313859

Accession Number: 2015.98.1

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313948

Accession Number: 1927.1190

Dish

Pair of pressed glass saltcellars.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313951

Accession Number: 1941.458.1-.2

Glass Panel

Blue panel with "BROADWAY" in white. Used as an insert on a trolley car out of Harvard Square.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Possibly New England Glass Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 313952

Accession Number: 1969.197

Shipping Box Containing Kaolin Pipes

Long, narrow wooden box missing cover. Contains eight kaolin pipes (see 1925.864a-h).

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 313953

Accession Number: 1925.865

Wine Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313968

Accession Number: 1942.34

Fork

Fork with two metal tines, wooden handle

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313969

Accession Number: 2015.1.96

Teaspoon

Teaspoon with fiddle handle, square shoulders, and pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313970

Accession Number: 2015.1.97

Sauce ladle

Silver sauce ladle with fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and elliptical bowl. Monogrammed "L.H.S."

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313971

Accession Number: 2015.1.98

Sauce ladle

Silver sauce ladle with downturned oval handle and partial scalloped edged bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313972

Accession Number: 2015.1.99

Sauce ladle

Silver sauce ladle with fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, and elliptical bowl. Monogrammed "A."

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313973

Accession Number: 2015.1.100

Punch ladle with pointed handle and elliptical bowl. Olive pattern. Silver

Silver punch ladle with pointed handle and elliptical bowl. Olive pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313974

Accession Number: 2015.1.101

Punch ladle

Silver punch ladle, downturned oval handle and elliptical bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 313975

Accession Number: 2015.1.102

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