Historic New England

Bowl

Shallow, round pewter bowl with incised band around the well and reeded rim.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 223547

Accession Number: 1934.593

Mustard tin

Small yellow mustard tin with black and red lettering. Features manufacturing information and directions for use. Top has movable shaker opening or spoon slot.

Maker: McCormick & Co., Inc.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223548

Accession Number: 2006.44.1587

Wooden tennis racket with wood grip; two-toned handle (bottom 2/3 stained dark); bottom of handle wrapped in leather and attached with small nails/tacks; inlay of darker-toned wood at neck; five inches by one-eighths inch hole cut thorugh handle from left to right side above grip area, nail/screw at...

Maker: Harry C. Lee & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223549

Accession Number: 1934.2192

Cap

Man's cap made of black fabric with a double visor. Rim of hat edged with a wide strip of dark brown fur- a tuft of fur at top of hat. Inside is lined with a quilted black silk.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (textile)

GUSN: 223551

Accession Number: 1934.2475

Spice can

Small tin can for spice storage. Can is green with black and red lettering on all sides with trade mark and brand image on front.

Maker: Durkee Famous Foods, Inc.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223552

Accession Number: 2006.44.1577

Hood

Black velvet hood, rim lined with black curly wool/fur. Inside lined with black silk. Has black ribbons and black ribbon bow on top front. Bottom edge is wide with wing-like shape and a triangle fla at nape of neck.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (hair)

GUSN: 223554

Accession Number: 1934.2513

Spice can

Small tin can for spice storage. Can is green with black and red lettering on all sides with trade mark and brand image on front.

Maker: Durkee Famous Foods, Inc.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223555

Accession Number: 2006.44.1578

Dumbbell

A pair of wooden dumbbells with dual terminal bells and a straight shaft between them.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 223557

Accession Number: 1934.2539AB

Can of beans

Can of cut stringless beans. Features a yellow label with blue trim and purple lettering. One side has image of cut green beans in decorated bowl, the other has image of a farm building in a field.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223558

Accession Number: 2006.44.1575

Plate

Round, shallow pewter plate. Samuel Ellis touchmark and hallmarks on base.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: Ellis, Samuel (Pewterer)

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

GUSN: 223559

Accession Number: 1954.99

Can of fish flakes

Can of fish flakes. Features yellow label with red and blue lettering. One side has image of lighthouse with ship in background, the other has image of fish above water. Label includes manufacturing information and recipe.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223560

Accession Number: 2006.44.1576

Plate

Round, shallow pewter plate. Rim is engraved with the letter "E."

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 223561

Accession Number: 1955.162

Muff

Dark brown and golden brown fitch skin barrel shaped muff- black silk lining at edges and interior lined with white fur, large in size.

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 223563

Accession Number: 1935.1335

Can of baking powder

Can of baking powder. Features red label with blue trim and white lettering. Front has image of product in can, back of label has manufacturing information and recipes.

Maker: Standard Brands Incorporated

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223564

Accession Number: 2006.44.1590

Ice Skate

Plain wooden soles, steel blades with moderate curl at toe with acorn tip (mssing on B); leather straps at the end wiht buckles.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), steel (alloy), leather

GUSN: 223565

Accession Number: 1936.1083AB

Muff

Brown curly Alaskan seal skin muff- lined with brown silk-shaped like a barrel.

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 223566

Accession Number: 1937.600A

Boots

Pair of "fancy black silk material carriage boots" lined with white fur on inside and tongue "Rolinsky border on edge trim" lace up front with a black ribbon. Sole black with small square treads fabric patterned in small rectangles.

Date: Mid-to-late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (textile), leather

GUSN: 223567

Accession Number: 1937.637AB

Stole

Chocolate brown seal skin stole with highlights. Stole has a collar; animal tails hanging from bottom edge. Has black silk lining; closes with three alternating large hook and eyes at collar has a decorative toggle with a hanging piece.

Date: ca. 1895

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile), metal

GUSN: 223569

Accession Number: 1937.721

Trophy

Small pewter, bell-shaped trophy on stemmed foot. Opposing loop handles.

Date: 1904

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 223570

Accession Number: 1990.572

Cape

Fur cape made of fitch skin, light and dark brown, has a collar, black ribbons at neck, below collar going all the way around cape are tails/ strips of fur hanging as tassles closes with four hook and eyes and ribbon has light brown matte silk lining.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile), metal

GUSN: 223572

Accession Number: 1940.218

Porringer

Round, pewter porringer with crown handle, convex well with two incised bands.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 223573

Accession Number: 1993.477

Coffee Jug

Gray glazed stoneware jug with loop handle and cork stopper. Stamped in blue on exterior: "ONE GALLON ORIENTAL CONDENSED COFFEE MANF'C BY OREINTAL TEA CO., BOSTON, MASS."

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 222289

Accession Number: 2004.10

Boa

Black feather boa with black silk lining

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 222294

Accession Number: 2004.11.1

Box

Gray oval box with lid. 2004.11.2a-lid and 2004.112b-box.

Date: 1899-1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 222297

Accession Number: 2004.11.2AB

View of Boston

Oil painting on canvas; depicts hill in foreground that overlooks the harbor with Boston neck in the mid-ground with State House, church steeples and other building visible; several figures in foreground include three men and one woman on horseback (at PR), three shepherds and two sheep (at PL) and ...

Date: c. 1845

Maker: Attributed to De Grailly, Victor, 1804-1889 (Artist) Shreve, Crump & Low (Vendor)

Material: oil paint (paint), unprimed canvas

GUSN: 222303

Accession Number: 2004.12

Ash Tray in Original Box

Autumn leaf shaped ash receiver in original box- made by Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222314

Accession Number: 2010.13.1

Coaster set in original box

Four piece coaster set in original box-Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222315

Accession Number: 2010.13.2

Buffet warming oven

Electric buffet warming oven-Chase Brass & Copper Company. Chrome, cylindrical, with grooved wooden base and handles. Interior iron heating element/food warming plate.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chrome steel, walnut (wood), cast iron

GUSN: 222316

Accession Number: 2010.13.3

Oak Armchair

Oak arm chair fastened with wooden pegs. Turned legs and stretchers with blocks. Matted seat. Back has three slats with circles and crosses. Crest circle with cross in center flanked by two ball capped finials. Made from oak timbers saved from the Hancock House (Razed 1863).

Date: 1877

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 222338

Accession Number: 2004.13

Teapot Sculpture

White unglazed plaster teapot, with ear molded into side.

Date: 2003

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 222339

Accession Number: 2004.15

Drying Rack

Wooden drying racks

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222344

Accession Number: 2004.16

Chamber Pot

Creamware chamberpot

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware

GUSN: 222346

Accession Number: 2004.17

Easy Chair

Boston Chippendale mahogany easy chair with reproduction red wool damask upholstery; serpentine crest with shaped wings over outscrolled arms; carved cabriole front legs with claw and ball feet, joined by block and turned stretchers to maple chamfered raking rear legs. Reupholstered by SNPEA in 1993...

Date: c. 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), joining, upholstering, mahogany (wood), maple (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 222348

Accession Number: 2004.18

Wallpaper

Six fragments; flowers, dots and stripes forming a striped pattern block-printed in white on a blue ground on wove paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222352

Accession Number: 2004.22.1

Wallpaper

Several fragments; swag pattern block-printed in black and white on a pink ground; bid paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222353

Accession Number: 2004.22.2

Wallpaper

Four fragments; floral and leaf pattern block-printed in green and gray with black pin dots on white ground; laid paper.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222354

Accession Number: 2004.22.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of border paper; scroll pattern block-printed in tan and white; white dot and orange stripe edge; light tan ground; continuous paper.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222359

Accession Number: 2004.22.4

Luggage rack

Folding luggage rack. Holding the top ends are two pieces of cloth that are red, pink, and cream. The legs swell in the areas that attatch to something else. There are two square stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 222360

Accession Number: 2006.44.2615

Chest of drawers

Chippendale style maple tall chest of drawers. Features six drawers with flattened urn shaped brass pulls, central drop, and ball and claw feet.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222361

Accession Number: 2006.44.2578

Shield

Shield in a rounded-edged diamond shape, made of thick animal hide with a bamboo handle pole extending above and below the top and bottom edges of the shield. The bamboo pole runs down the center of the side that faces the body and is affixed to the inner side of the shield with strips of hide that ...

Maker: unknown

Material: hide (collagenous material), bamboo (material)

GUSN: 222362

Accession Number: 2006.44.2603

Teapot

White porcleain teapot with c-shaped handle applied spout and with hinged lid; with white embossed floral decoration with a peasant girl on the verso and an eagle with a shield on the recto. Blue line decoration overall.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 222363

Accession Number: 2004.1.17AB

Dressing table

Queen Anne style cherry dressing table featuring five drawers with brass pulls. Features carved shell, turned drop spindles, and cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222366

Accession Number: 2006.44.2596

Painting

Painting on a piece of wood, stream in the middle, man fishing on right side and two woman in red and blue dresses, washing cloth on left side of stream.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 222369

Accession Number: 2004.1.18

Secretary

Federeal style secretary. The key holes are rounded escutcheon the drawers have brass pulls. The doors have rectangular panes. The midmolding has a lighter wood outlining the molding, all the way around. The secretary features a cylinder-fall desk. Underneath the cylinder-fall, are five pigeon holes...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222370

Accession Number: 2006.44.2585

Sampler

Alphabet and number sampler on linen ground with silk threads. Cross stitch and Gobelin stitch. Complete upper case and lower case alphabets, numbers 1-9, and maker's name and age with verse. Wooden frame with gold finish, covered with glass.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: Dickinson, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (textile), cross stitch, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 222379

Accession Number: 2004.1.19