Historic New England

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Pewter burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310264

Accession Number: 2000.1804

Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter whale oil lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310265

Accession Number: 2000.1819

Grease Chamber Lamp

Pewter grease chamber lamp with wick pick and hinged wick channel.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 310266

Accession Number: 2000.1805

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Pewter burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310267

Accession Number: 2000.1802

Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter whale oil lamp that is attributed to the silversmith, F. Porter.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310324

Accession Number: 2000.1800

Burning Fluid Chamber Lamp

Pewter burning fluid chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310327

Accession Number: 2000.1801

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Pewter whale oil chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310328

Accession Number: 2000.1799

Wine Taster

Silver footed wine taster. Oval bowl with repousse and chased decoration. Lion medallion attached to the rim.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 310329

Accession Number: 1969.3637

Spirit Lamp

Cylindrical, colorless glass spirit lamp with brass collar, burner, and extinguisher.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310332

Accession Number: 2000.1987

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid hand lamp in pressed dot pattern with scroll handle and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310334

Accession Number: 2000.1983

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless, blown, and molded glass burning fluid lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310339

Accession Number: 2000.1975

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless, molded glass burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310341

Accession Number: 2000.1974

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid lamp with molded panels and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310343

Accession Number: 2000.1985

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass blown and molded burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310345

Accession Number: 2000.1988

Miniature Burning Fluid Night Lamp

Colorless glass miniature burning fluid night lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310346

Accession Number: 2000.1972

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil hand lamp with molded octagonal shape and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310347

Accession Number: 2000.1990

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid lamp with molded octagonal shape and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310349

Accession Number: 2000.1994

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid hand lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310350

Accession Number: 2000.1980

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310352

Accession Number: 2000.1977

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil hand lamp with molded panels, scroll handle, and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310353

Accession Number: 2000.1981

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed letter from Hanna Lindemann to Walter Gropius (lieber pius) on white paper, affixed to larger sheet of white paper. Signed by Lindemann.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lindemann, Hanna (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333330

Accession Number: 1984.54.105

Black and white printed images of architecture, architectural model, aerial view of geographical features, and abstract image mounted on white mat. Paper with typed name (hans fischli) affixed to lower right hand corner.

Date: 1953

Maker: Fischli, Hans, 1909-1989 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333331

Accession Number: 1984.54.106

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage composed of a painting with a caption and inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lange, Emil, 1884-1968 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 333332

Accession Number: 1984.54.71

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white picture mounted on off-white mat. Picture depicts sculptural relief with text above three human figures above stylized flames. Handwritten inscriptions on mat in black ink from artist to Walter Gropius.

Date: 1953

Maker: Peretti, Fritz, 1895-1978 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333333

Accession Number: 1984.54.76

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a print framed in cream paper with an inscription on front and a drawing in pencil on the back.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: prints (visual works), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333334

Accession Number: 1984.54.57

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph of woven textile mounted on brown mat with handwritten inscription (A) and separate sheet of paper with handwritten inscriptions (B).

Date: 1953

Maker: Ribbentrop-Leudesdorff, Hortense Lore, 1902-1986 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333335

Accession Number: 1984.54.20AB

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two architectural drawings mounted on white mat with handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Batz, K. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333336

Accession Number: 1984.54.99

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black and white photographs mounted on white mat with handwritten captions. Larger, leftmost photograph depicts wooden sculpture; smaller photograph depicts head of a man (possibly artist). Decorative border of blue and white striped paper on right edge of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Eggers, Alf (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333337

Accession Number: 1984.54.47

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph and typed letter mounted on white board. Photograph depicts a man in profile reading.

Date: 1953

Maker: Noesselt, Mirka (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333338

Accession Number: 1984.54.110

Fur Muff

Brown fur hand muff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333436

Accession Number: 1969.5646

Fur Cuff

Fur cuff with light brown shearling and black silk lining, hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333437

Accession Number: 1969.5647

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333438

Accession Number: 1969.5648

Fur Collar

Fur collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333439

Accession Number: 1969.5649

Fur Headband

Brown fur headband.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333440

Accession Number: 1969.5650

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333441

Accession Number: 1969.5651

Print of a Ship

Print of a painting of a ship. Mounted on board. Hangs by a ribbon. Printed backing paper states: "Homeward Bound" by Bernard Gribble, printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London England.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333444

Accession Number: 1931.801

Chest

Six panel chest with straight feet and unusual carving on the front panels and the top rail, the front legs and rails are molded. "WW" is carved on the front panel.

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 333446

Accession Number: 2018.46.1

Carved Bed

Twin bed frame of carved wood. Headboard has two rounded posts with carved decoration of three panels with carved curtains bracketed by a row of connected circles with a four-spoke design. The footboard has similar rounded posts with etched vertical lines and an arched pattern in the slat between ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 333450

Accession Number: 2018.47.1A-D

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a grey paper strip on the right and fabric with sections cut out to frame a photographic print of a woman, a picture, and typed inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: cloth, ink, photographic prints, paper (fiber product), pictures (two-dimensional representations)

GUSN: 333504

Accession Number: 1984.54.4

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Portrait (A) of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker. The painting is of a seated woman, with short hair, holding a red book on her lap. She is wearing and ivory colored blouse, with a loosely tied bow, brownish suit jacket, and a ring on her left finger. Oil on canvas with gold frame (B)

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333680

Accession Number: 2018.57.1AB

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a girl in three quarter view. She is wearing a Peter Pan collar and her hair is pulled back with a bow.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal pencils, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333681

Accession Number: 2018.57.2

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a young woman with short hair and wearing a collard shirt.

Date: 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333682

Accession Number: 2018.57.4

Self portrait of Lucy Hayward Barker

Self portrait of the artist, charcoal on paper. She is wearing glasses, a tutleneck, and a hat with feather on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333683

Accession Number: 2018.57.3

Rhinestone Brooch

Blue and white rhinestone brooch. Pattern is leaf-like with blue stones as "leaves" and one stem, while white stones are the other two stems. Rhinestones are set in a silver plated backing with silver clasp on back.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: rhinestone, stainless steel

GUSN: 333684

Accession Number: 2018.58.1

Coro rose necklace

Coro goldtone necklace with corded chain. At center of chain is a rose surrounded on either side by four satin texured leaves.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Coro, Inc.

Material: gold alloy by composition or origin

GUSN: 333685

Accession Number: 2018.58.2

Campfire Girls ring

Symbolic vintage sterling silver ring, referred to as a Wood Gatherer ring from the youth organization the Camp Fire Girls. The piece is embellished with stud designs at the shoulders which represent work, health, and love (WOHELO). Bundled wood is depicted at the ring's center, by a columnar groupi...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 333686

Accession Number: 2018.58.3

Brooch

Grandmother's brooch has an intricate weave pattern with swirls on four sides of the pink paste stone in the center of the brooch. Alongside the swirls is an art deco like geometric interlacing pattern with raised edges and dots. Back of brooch has a simple pin.

Date: c. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy, paste (glass)

GUSN: 333687

Accession Number: 2018.58.4

Silver medallion necklace

Necklace with silver chain and medallion. Medallion has an incised edge radiating inward with a dots. The dots range in size, but are extremely small and reduce in size as they get closer to the center of the medallion. Etched in the center is the letter "G" with remnants of black paint.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: silver alloy

GUSN: 333688

Accession Number: 2018.58.5

"Dreams of the Past"

Genre scene showing a sleeping figure seated in a chair in red Cardinal's cloak with a second figure leaning over him speaking into his ear. The two are in front of a large fireplace in an Renaissance interior. Ornate gilded frame.

Date: c. 1885

Maker: Vibert, Jean Georges, 1840-1902 (Artist)

Material: gouache (paint), watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333705

Accession Number: 1966.372

Framed drawing, "A Picnic in New England"

Charming pencil on paper drawing entitled, "A Picnic in New England". American school, nineteenth century in a black-painted frame with gilt liner.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin, graphite pencils

GUSN: 333707

Accession Number: 2018.70.1

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