Historic New England

Faux potted tree

Faux potted tree with glass and stone flowers on a black wood stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), stone (rock)

GUSN: 171608

Accession Number: 2006.44.2417AB

Sea chest

China trade brass-bound camphor sea chest with brass corners and straps along sides, handles on each side, and four turned feet.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: camphor (resin), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 171609

Accession Number: 2006.44.2184

Pitcher

Green metal pitcher with lion handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 171610

Accession Number: 2006.44.2418

Chest of drawers

Federal inlaid mahogany bow-front chest with four pull-out drawers with ivory escutcheons and French bracket feet.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171611

Accession Number: 2006.44.2188

Scoop

Silver scoop with interior scene on bowl. Coat of arms of the Netherlands on the handle with the motto "JE MAINTIENDRAI".

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 171612

Accession Number: 2006.44.2419

Snuffbox

Small oval metal snuffbox with dog on cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 171613

Accession Number: 2006.44.2420AB

Spoon

Small engraved silver spoon.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 171614

Accession Number: 2006.44.2421.1

Child's Windsor armchair

Windsor painted child's bow-back armchair.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171615

Accession Number: 2006.44.2189

Spoon

Small silver engraved spoon.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 171616

Accession Number: 2006.44.2421.2

Slant-front desk

Chippendale style mahogany slant-front desk with four drawers.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 171617

Accession Number: 2006.44.2190

Tripod table

Chippendale style mahogany table with round top and tripod base with turned feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 171618

Accession Number: 2006.44.2191

Windsor armchair

Painted comb-back knuckle-arm Windsor armchair with floral cushion.

Date: 1796-1825

Maker: Attributed to Tuttle, James C., 1772-1849 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171619

Accession Number: 2006.44.2192

Candlestand

Federal mahogany and maple dish-top candlestand with tripod base and turned feet.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 171620

Accession Number: 2006.44.2193

Chessmen set

Carved chess set with 32 red and white pieces.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171622

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215

King chess piece

Carved white ivory king chess piece of an Asian monarch in formal costume holding a sword.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171623

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.1

Queen chess piece

Carved white ivory queen chess piece of an Asisan woman in formal costume.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171624

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.2

Bishop chess piece

Carved white ivory bishop chess piece of an Asisan man wearing a robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (color)

GUSN: 171625

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.3

Bishop chess piece

Carved white ivory bishop chess piece of an Asian man wearing a robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171626

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.4

Knight chess piece

Carved white ivory knight chess piece of a man riding a horse.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171627

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.5

Knight chess piece

Carved white ivory knight chess piece of a man riding a horse.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171628

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.6

Rook chess piece

Carved white ivory rook chess piece of an elephant with a small man standing on its head and a tower with a flag on its back.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171629

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.7

Rook chess piece

Carved white ivory rook chess piece of an elephant with a small man standing on its head and a tower with a flag on its back.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171630

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.8

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171631

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.9

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171632

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.10

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171633

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.11

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171634

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.12

Cloth Fragment

Silk, floral brocade (green ground with pink-red, yellow and green floral pattern)

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171969

Accession Number: 1998.5825b

Cloth Fragment

Silk, floral brocade (green ground with light purple/yellow, and blue floral

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171970

Accession Number: 1998.5825c

Cloth Fragment

Silk, floral brocade (green ground, with pink, yellow/gold, blue floral pattern)

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171971

Accession Number: 1998.5825d

No Title

Silk, damask bronze color. Linen strip of fabric attached. Small strip of 1998.5825 sewn to edge of 1998.5826a. Full repeat not evident.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171973

Accession Number: 1998.8626a

No Title

Silk damask, bronze color

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171974

Accession Number: 1998.8626b

No Title

Silk damask, bronze color

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171975

Accession Number: 1998.8626c

Dress Cloth Sample

Two pieces of green and white silk damask cloth from a dress.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 171976

Accession Number: 1998.5827AB

Cloth Sample

Silk lampas fragments, one side: lavender ground with white floral pattern; the opposite side is white ground with lavender floral pattern.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), lampas (textile material)

GUSN: 171979

Accession Number: 1998.5828

Tape trim

White silk tape trim (None-so-pretty)

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 171982

Accession Number: 1998.5829

Cloth fragment

Red and blue plaid woven cotton cloth fragment. Holes pierced in selvages.

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving

GUSN: 171983

Accession Number: 1998.5831

Berlinwork Sample

Berlinwork sample with approximately seven patterns.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), Berlin woolwork

GUSN: 171984

Accession Number: 1998.5832

Bookmark

Incomplete Bristol board bookmark with blue harp design.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), gold (metal)

GUSN: 171985

Accession Number: 1998.5833

Bookmark

Bristol board bookmark sewn to white ribbon; red flowers in yellow and green urn design.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171986

Accession Number: 1998.5834

Bookmark

Bristol board bookmark sewn to blue-green ribbon

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile)

GUSN: 171987

Accession Number: 1998.5835

Bookmark

Bristol board bookmark sewn to white ribbon

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 171988

Accession Number: 1998.5836

Bookmark

Bristol board bookmark sewn to pink silk ribbons; anchor and flower design.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile)

GUSN: 171989

Accession Number: 1998.5837

Bookmark

Bristol board bookmark sewn to blue-green silk ribbon; lyre design

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile)

GUSN: 171990

Accession Number: 1998.5838

Box top

Cardboard box top; covered with white embossed paper; gilt corner edges; rectangular yellow label

Date: ca. 1820-1840

Maker: Haddock, Lincoln & Foss (Maker)

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 171991

Accession Number: 1998.5840

Chinese export porcelain saucer with Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a central gold circle enclosing a bird and tree peony, border consists of flowers and birds.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 171993

Accession Number: 2006.44.1807.26

Box top

Cardboard box top covered with white paper stamped with manufacturer's name; blue corner edges; blue paper label inside.

Date: c. 1830-1860

Maker: Austin, D. F. (Manufacturer)

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 171994

Accession Number: 1998.5841

Bed Hanging Piece

Fragment of bed hanging; red copper plate print on cotton; diamond grid background, figures of men, women, and children watching a man taming a muzzled bear in front of a Triumphal Arch.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Leisnier, Nicholas Auguste, 1787-1857 (Engraver)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 171996

Accession Number: 1998.5842

Demitasse cup

Chinese export porcelain demitasse cup with loop handle and two finger rests in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of two panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172000

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.21

Demitasse cup

Chinese export porcelain demitasse cup with loop handle and two finger rests in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of two panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172002

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.15

Demitasse cup

Chinese export porcelain demitasse cup with loop handle and two finger rests in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of two panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172004

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.16

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