Historic New England

Balance Scale in Box

Dis-assembled balancing scale missing base. Stored inside box 1936.353b with another scale (1936.353) and set of weights (1936.354a-m). Missing base.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 314632

Accession Number: 1936.352A-F

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314711

Accession Number: 1932.2106.1-.2

Wine glass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314712

Accession Number: 1956.90

Small earthenware plates with mulberry colored transfer-print pattern. Central scene of Asian sailing vessel passing in front of buildings with spires. A spray of flowers in the foreground. The scene is encircled by a chain of lozenge figures. On the rim is a chevron and floral spray border pattern.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 314730

Accession Number: 1980.357.5

Commemorative Saucer

Small porcelain plate with black on white image of the Aspinwall House. Metallic gold trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 314731

Accession Number: 1934.1043

Sauce Dish

Pressed glass sauce dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314748

Accession Number: 1941.518.1

Portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish (1726-1809)

Half length portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish. Sitter is wearing a brown dress with white ruffled bodice, and a blue shawl. A strand of pearls is woven through her brown hair. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1763-1766

Maker: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 314751

Accession Number: 2015.109.1

Box

Small rectangular paper box and dettached lid with glass panel. Painted color outdoor scene of man leading mule with woman seated atop and white dog walking aside. Box and lid are trimmed with gilt paper strips, embossed with row of dots. Interior lined with teal paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 314765

Accession Number: 1964.85

Dish

Pressed glass dish.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314766

Accession Number: 1927.1204

Card Table

Federal card table with a rectangular top, tapering legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314767

Accession Number: 1949.259

Mustard Pot

Colorless glass mustard pot on three legs in daisy and button pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314811

Accession Number: 1941.459

Curtain tiebacks

Five pairs of curtain tiebacks made of gilded, pressed tin formed in the shape of a rose with leaves.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), gilding

GUSN: 314812

Accession Number: 1958.248.1AB-.5AB

Goblet

Coloress, pressed glass goblet with bell-shaped flowers, fruit and vines.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314819

Accession Number: 1941.403

Box of Checkers

Cardboard box with lid containing 15 red and 15 black wooden checkers. Box printed in beige and red.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, cardboard, paint (coating)

GUSN: 314821

Accession Number: 1958.462.1-.31

Figure

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314823

Accession Number: 1931.144B

Cake Stand

Colorless glass cake stand with molded thistle pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314825

Accession Number: 1941.440

Card Table

Mahogany Federal card table with satinwood panels and tapered, reeded legs.

Date: 1790-1818

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 314845

Accession Number: 1932.2154

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314885

Accession Number: 1969.780

Pair of Card Tables

Pair of Federal card tables. Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Women's Shoes

Pair of women's cream colored satin shoes (.1ab) with rhinestones in original cardboard box (.2ab).

Women's red twill cap.

Date: 1979

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 316828

Accession Number: 2008.12.48.2

Bonnet

Rain bonnet in a blue plastic case. Middlesex Institution for Savings.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316829

Accession Number: 2008.12.37.2AB

Bonnet

Rain bonnet in a plastic red case, Lexington Trust Company.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316830

Accession Number: 2008.12.37.1AB

Dragon Figure

Chinese dragon figure.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 316831

Accession Number: 1937.760

Platter

Oval, porcelain enameled platter with green tendrils, pink peonies, and butterflies around six medallions depicting figures engaged in various activities and birds, insects, and flowers. A central circular medallion depicts a floral decoration. This design is sometimes known as Rose Medallion.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, painting (coating)

GUSN: 316832

Accession Number: 1963.323.1

Shoe Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316833

Accession Number: 1941.239AB

Needlework sampler

This square needlework is an alphabet and verse sampler worked in cross, queen, and satin stich on a plainwoven linen (by eye) ground in green, blue, and (formerly red) buff-colored silk floss. Three sets of alphabets are worked between bands of geometric designs. The central band between the small...

Date: 1763

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 316834

Accession Number: 2015.190.1

Dress

Homemade blue velvet dress, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Cunningham, Lois, 1916-1996 (Maker)

GUSN: 316836

Accession Number: 2016.1.1

Tureen

Tureen with lid. Oval shaped silver tureen has two loop handles and a footed base. Tureen body has engraved bands of intertwining circles around top rim and base of foot. Engraved monogram "MM" below three faces. Lid has a decorative knop of a pinecone encircled by ivy leaves.

Date: 1907-1936

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Maker)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 316837

Accession Number: 2016.2.1AB